11:32 TCB 35.4%, TT 33%
11:37 Tony Tan is believed to be leading in Marine Parade
11:39 Tan Cheng Bock is leading in Pasir Ris Punggol by over 200 votes
11:40 Just in from Maha Bodhi Primary School: Tony Tan - 4996 votes, Tan Jee Say - 4649 votes, Tan Cheng Bock - 4444 votes, Tan Kin Lian - 928 votes and 337 spoilt votes. Tony Tan leads.
11:41 TT is catching up on TCB with the votes from the north and central parts coming in. Difference is less than 2% now.
11:42 TCB 35% TT 33% Final?
11:54 Tan Jee Say is leaving his house for Bedok Stadium now, though he's declined to say anything to the press
12:05 AM More than 600,000 Singaporeans voted for TJS. This is an impressive result considering that he is a newcomer with no political base or experience.
12:08 FINAL RESULTS FROM RIVERSIDE SECONDARY (North): TCB - 32.94%. TJS - 28%. TT - 35.82%. TKL - 5.45%.
12:13 TJS just arrived at Bedok stadium. Crowd's chanting, "Tan Jee Say, ho say".
12:14 With 60% of the vote counted, Tan Cheng Bock is still leading by "2-plus per cent"
12:16 If it's a really, really close race, the 5,500 overseas votes - to be counted on Tuesday - will come into play
12:18 Tony Tan's counting agent says he's leading in Marine Parade, ahead of TCB but only by a narrow margin.
12:20 TT appears to be inching closer to TCB as the last batch of votes come in.
12:24 80% of overall votes have been counted but it is too close to tell if candidates TCB or TT is leading.
12:25 TT: 35%, TCB: 35%, TJS: 25%, TKL: 5% If TT win, kelong anyone?
12:31 ED - recount going on, TCB neck to neck with TT
12:34 TCB's 2% lead appears to have evaporated in recount. Stunning
12:37 My gut feelings....the final countdown...the final shoot out ....the final winner will be
TT...
12:45 "I want to thank all my supporters. Whether we win or lose, we have already won, with our hearts."- Tan Jee Say
12:53 SHOCKING: Workers' Party supporters switched at the last minute to support Tan Cheng Bock because Low Thia Khiang had expressed privately that he does not like Tan Jee Say. Congrats WP for splitting front runner TJS votes with TCB. Now looks like TT will be the president.
01:07 Tan Cheng Bock is surrounded by a huge mob of photographers at Jurong East Stadium. TCB appears as if he won the PE!
01:15 Yes-Man Gillian from institute of policy study at CNA says TT is leading.
01:18 ED: Tan Cheng Bock and Dr Tony Tan with most votes. Difference not more than 2% of total number of valid votes.
01:20 The difference was about 8,000 votes as there's less than 2% separating TCB and TT
01:21 TT won by about 8,000 votes, TCB ask for recount.
01:24 TJS: I will seek our nation's happiness. Thanks opponents, and says it was humbling meeting different Singaporeans. "Walk with me as we write the next chapter of the Singapore story, there is no limit to what I can do and what we can do. Thank you and good night."
01:28 Tan Jee Say: The integrity of Govt must be proven. I pledge to you that this trust shall not be misplaced. I will not fail you
01:31 8,000 votes quite difficult to bridge. Let's welcome Tony Tan as our next President tomorrow. Good night?
04:26 Returning officer: 'I declare Tony Tan Keng Yam as the candidate elected as the President of Singapore'
Final Results:
Tan Cheng Bock: 737,128 (34.85%)
Tan Jee Say: 529,732 (25.04%)
Tony Tan: 744,397 (35.19%)
Tan Kin Lian: 103,931 (4.91%)
Total valid votes: 2,115,188
Rejected votes: 37,826
Local votes counted are conclusive of the results.
Me too;)
ReplyDeletequite sadden with the results...:(
ReplyDeleteThk goodness TCB still leading...
ReplyDeleteTcb will be a useless president. "unifying"???we need someone to stick it to the pap pies not some ineffectual buffoon whose done nothing for 30 years
ReplyDeleteif tony tan wins, singapore sure "foolish enough"
ReplyDeleteMe too;)
ReplyDeleteSame here
ReplyDeleteHopefully TCB wins and not TT coz we don't want our president to be any connections with the PAP...
ReplyDeleteTCB only say and complain about his own party's policies.
ReplyDeleteTJS is some no name guy who isn't from PAP which is why anti-PAP people are supporting him
Do you think that using these excuses to vote for these two guys will make for a better Singapore?
Isn't this a fair game? Even if you supported the opposition (represented by TJS, I suppose and I rekon he is a man of good character)
ReplyDeleteand I voted for TCB.
If in the end, TT(backed by the govt) were to win, so be it.
What kelong?
This is the spirit of democracy.
Fk123 just so you know. Is'nt a "useless president" what the PAP wants? Think about it before deeming a such a humble and noble man such as Tan Cheng Bock an " ineffectual buffoon".
ReplyDeleteso i see TT is a better choice? nah... i just think he is "foolish enough" to expect we trust his BullSh.. explainations. his experience is a joke. nothing but a complete failure and disappointment. papdog
ReplyDeleteyup what can we say, singapore is doomed to suffer in the hands of P&P and ppl who still trust they are all about the welfare of it's own people bu11sh1t
ReplyDeleteWhere did you get the results for the election from? I rmb there is this site, but i forgot the link, mind to provide?
ReplyDeleteIt might be that if LTK had not switched WP to TCB, TCB and TJS may have lost ignominiously. Now, at least, we have a neck-to-neck contest.
ReplyDeleteTT said in 1985 that the MRT proposal from OTC was doomed to failure. Make an excuse for that.
ReplyDeleteso far, my predictions have been correct (since May).
ReplyDeletePAP (especially the younger generations) has become arrogant over the years. the people wanted a not-so-drastic reform.
they don't want CSJ/SDP's mad-dog type of opposition. so SDP lost.
and WP under Low's careful management for 10 years won.
as for SPP's Potong Pasir.... people respected Chiam a lot. yet people don't want him to pass the baton to his own wife. so he lost too.
and for this presidential election. I voted for TCB. now even if he cannot win, it is already close enough (recount)
and this election indication will make the PAP and the PM to consult the people more in making decisons in at least the next 5 years.
so, isn't this a good thing/sign?
the final victory goes to the whole of Singapore and her people.
hope tt will not be as hopeless as S.tamper of R.ubber Nathan
ReplyDeleteThe CNA reporter at Bedok studium is rude:1. She should not push Mr Tan Jee Say's hand away.2. She should not post question like why Mr Tan Jee Say not concede.
ReplyDeleteWhere is your professionalism?
I heard TT's 2 sons did not attend NS at all. In his interview, he's arrogant, intercepting other opponents interview, smirking while TCB TJS talking and no precise answer to all question. Do we need a President like that? What do u wish to see in a respectable president?
ReplyDeletePeeps, stop blaming TJS for splitting votes away from TCB. Cock eye issit?? Correct person to blame is obviously TT himself. Dun malign wrong person who gave Singapore so much hope.
ReplyDeleteIf WP and LTK dislike someone, pls keep the comments to themselves and don't sabo anyone with their own opinion during PE period.
ReplyDeleteWe living in Hougang, do you think many like LTK's arrogant outlook too? At least not for those I know, we supported WP just for the sake of having opposition MP all these years.
Well, next GE my neighbours, friends and relatives will not support WP again. It makes no diff in our private estate whoever is MP.
Finally, we fully agree with Sharon Au for her changed of mind to support PAP cos WE ARE UTTERLY DISAPPOINTED !! .... with what the hell SPP and WP had done during recent PE !!!!!!!