Indian-Origin Politician Tharman Shanmugaratnam In 3-Way Race To Become Singapore President

New Delhi/Singapore: Indian-origin politician Tharman Shanmugaratnam is part of a three-way race to become next president of Singapore as polls for presidential elections– the first since since 2011– closed on Friday.

Singaporeans voted in large number to elect a new head of the state for the city-state in nearly 12 years. The voting closed at 8 PM (local time) as ballot boxes were sealed and transported to counting centres, where a sample count will be done to get an early indication of the possible outcome.

The polls ended with over 2.7 million voters casting their ballots in Singapore’s first presidential election in 12 years as the last one in 2017 – which was reserved for Malay candidates – was uncontested.