Cliffhanger Presidential Election in Singapore
Former deputy prime minister Tony Tan was elected as Singapore's seventh President in Saturday's Presidential polls after a vote recount.
With 35.19 per cent of the popular vote, his win comes narrowly ahead of second-favourite candidate Dr Tan Cheng Bock, who trailed by just 7,269 votes, a difference of just 0.34 per cent.
In third place was Tan Jee Say, who received 529,732 votes, equivalent to 25.04 percent of the total, while coming in last was Tan Kin Lian with 103,931 votes, about 5 percent.
Spoilt votes numbered 37,826, a sizeable 1.75 per cent.
After the election results were announced by Returning Officer Yam Ah Mee, Dr Tony Tan said, "I plan to work my utmost for Singaporeans, whatever be their political affiliation."
Watch our round-up of the results from yesterday's polls:
