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With constitutional admendments in 1991, Singaporeans can elect the President of Singapore by popular vote.
 
==1993 presidentaipresidential election==
 
The first presidential election was held in [[September 1]] [[1993]]. The two candidates were [[Ong Teng Cheong]] and Chua Kim Yeow. A total of 1,756,517 votes were polled. Ong received 952,513 votes while Chua had 670,358 votes.
 
==1999 presidentalpresidential election==
 
After 6 years in office, Mr [[Ong Teng Cheong]] decided not to run for a second term. [[Sellapan Rama Nathan]], a former diplomat and Ambassador to the [[United States of America]] was elected by default as there were no suitable candidates besides Mr Nathan himself, in 1999 to become the sixth president of the Republic of Singapore. Mr Nathan's term will expire on August 31, 2005. He has hinted he will not run for a second term.
 
==2005 presidentalpresidential election==