SINGAPORE - President-elect Tharman Shanmugaratnam's landslide victory is a reflection of his personal popularity, and showed that voters did not treat this election as a referendum on the ruling People's Action Party, said political analysts. They said the former senior minister's personal standing and clout among Singaporeans garnered him the lion's share of the votes and a resounding mandate to...
SINGAPORE - President-elect Tharman Shanmugaratnam's landslide victory is a reflection of his personal popularity, and showed that voters did not treat this election as a referendum on the ruling People's Action Party, said political analysts.
During the hustings, political analysts had noted that the endorsements Mr Tan had received from various opposition politicians could lead voters to see the presidential election as a proxy for the next general election. He also noted that Mr Ng had a credible track record, having been the former chief investment officer of GIC.
Singapore Management University associate professor of law Eugene Tan said he would have been surprised if anyone had expected a landslide win for Mr Tharman. Prof Walid said: "Evidently the scandals didn't matter as much. But more broadly, because Tharman was from the PAP and the whole contest was about who was independent, I think the results show that the party brand has not been damaged too much by recent happenings."Even though the issue of Mr Tharman's independence was a recurrent sticking point throughout the hustings, it clearly did not hurt him at the ballot box.
He pointed out that few people knew of Mr Ng before the election, and while Mr Tan was known to the public, he was called out during the campaigning period for his past social media posts that objectified women.
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