PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS 1993

This was the first time the President of Singapore was to be elected by the people. A former PAP Deputy Prime Minister was pitted against a "non-party" candidate, a former attorney-general. Although PAP's first-choice candidate was not under the PAP ticket and a few PAP ministers backed the second candidate, the results showed that a credible "opposition" candidate could garner a large chunk of support against a former top leader of the "almighty" ruling party. The main PAP-supported candidate won with a lower-than-expected share of votes.

Nomination day: 18 August 1993
Polling day: 28 August 1993

Total voters: 1,756,517
Total voter turnout: 1,659,482 (94.5%)

RESULTS
	ONG Teng Cheong, 58 Deputy Prime Minister		CHUA Kim Yeow, 66 Director
952,513 (58.7%)		670,358 (41.3%)

President-elect Mr ONG Teng Cheong wins by 282,155 (17.4%) votes

Spoilt votes: 36,611 (2.2%)