Example
| Candidate | Symbol & party | Results | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | Percentage (%) | ||||
| Tony Tan Keng Yam | Nonpartisan | 745,693 | 35.20 | ||
| Tan Cheng Bock | Nonpartisan | 738,311 | 34.85 | ||
| Tan Jee Say | Nonpartisan | 530,441 | 25.04 | ||
| Tan Kin Lian | Nonpartisan | 104,095 | 4.91 | ||
| Valid votes | 2,118,540 | 98.24 | |||
| Rejected votes | 37,849 | 1.76 | |||
| Total vote cast | 2,156,389 | 100.00 | |||
| Electorate / turnout rate | 2,274,773 | 94.80 | |||
Under a first-past-the-post voting system the highest polling candidate (or a group of candidates for some cases) is elected. In this real-life example, Tony Tan obtained a greater number than the other candidates, and so was declared the winner.
Read more about this topic: First-past-the-post Voting
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