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All 97 directly elected seats in Parliament
(and up to 12 NCMPs)
Registered2,758,846[a]
Turnout97.10% (Increase 1.29pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Lawrence S. Wong Pritam Singh Leong Mun Wai
Party PAP WP PSP
Leader's seat Marsiling–Yew Tee GRC (Limbang)
(lost re-election)
Aljunied GRC (Eunos) West Coast–
Jurong West GRC

(Taman Jurong)
Seats won 46
Decrease 37
26
Increase 16
12
Increase 10
Popular vote 1,368,175
Decrease 159,316
431,979
Increase 152,057
179,951
Decrease 74,045
Percentage 52.68%
Decrease 8.55pp
17.95%
Increase 6.73pp
7.48%
Decrease 2.70pp

  Fourth party
 
Leader Chee Soon Juan
Party SDP
Leader's seat Sembawang West SMC
Seats won 11
Increase 11
Popular vote 159,688
Increase 70,635
Percentage 6.64%
Increase 2.92pp


Prime Minister before election

Lawrence Wong
PAP

Prime Minister after election

Pritam Singh
WP–PSP–SDP



2008 Singaporean presidential election

← 2004 November 4, 2008 2012 →

538 members of the Electoral College
270 electoral votes needed to win
Opinion polls
Turnout61.6% Increase 1.5 pp
 
Nominee S. Tharman Tony Tan
Party Democratic Republican
Home state Jurong Sembawang
Running mate Adrian Tan Grace Fu
Electoral vote 365 173
States carried 28 22
Popular vote 766,065 661,799
Percentage 52.9% 45.7%

Presidential election results map. Blue denotes states won by Tharman/Tan and red denotes those won by Tan/Fu. Numbers indicate electoral votes cast by each town.

President before election

Tan Kin Lian
Republican

Elected President

S. Tharman
Democratic

List of officeholders

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Political parties
No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Constituency
Election Term of office Political party Cabinet
Took office Left office Time in office
1 Li Kuongyeu
耀光李
(1923–2015)
MP for Tanjong Pagar
1959 June 5, 1959 Sept. 7, 1988 29 years, 94 days PAP Li K. I
1963 Li K. II
1968 Li K. III
1972 Li K. IV
1976 Li K. V
1980 Li K. VI
1984 Li K. VII
2 Chiam Sitong
中時詹
(born 1935)
MP for Potong Pasir
1988 Sept. 7, 1988 Sept. 2, 1992 3 years, 361 days SDA Chiam
3 Ong Tengchiong
昌鼎王
(1936–2002)
MP for Tua Payo
1992 Sept. 2, 1992 Sept. 6, 2000 8 years, 4 days PAP Ong I
1996 Ong II
4 J. B. Jeyaretnam
ஜ. ப. ஜெயரத்தினம்
(1926–2008)
MP for Anson
2000 Sept. 6, 2000 Sept. 1, 2004 3 years, 361 days WP Jeyaretnam
5 Li Hianlong
龍顯李
(born 1952)
MP for Angmokio
2004 Sept. 1, 2004 Sept. 3, 2008 4 years, 2 days PAP Li H.
6 Lau Thiakhiang
強程劉
(born 1956)
MP for Aukang
2008 Sept. 3, 2008 Sept. 7, 2016 8 years, 4 days WP Lau I
2012 Lau II
7 Halima Yakob
حاليمه يعقوب
(born 1954)
MP for Ngisung
2016 Sept. 7, 2016 Sept. 2, 2020 3 years, 361 days PAP Halima
8 Pritam Singh
پریتم سنگھ
(born 1976)
MP for Aljunid
2020 Sept. 2, 2020 Sept. 4, 2024 4 years, 2 days WP Pritam
9 Tharman Shanmugaratnam
தர்மன் சண்முகரத்தினம்
(born 1957)
MP for Jurong East
2024 Sept. 4, 2024 Incumbent 119 days PAP Tharman


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