Polls open as Singaporeans begin voting for country's ninth President

Polls opened on this morning as Singaporeans began voting for the country's ninth President. The three candidates for the 2023 Presidential Election - the first contested election since 2011 - are former GIC chief investment officer Ng Kok Song, former senior minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam and former NTUC Income chief executive Tan Kin Lian. 

Eligible voters started casting



their ballots at 8 am when polling stations opened. But queues were already beginning to form at some stations before opening time, such as the Waterway Primary School in Punggol where a line of people could be seen waiting outside its gates.

The Elections Department Singapore (ELD) said in a statement, that voting will last until 8 pm.