Tony Tan shakes the hands of supporters at a stadium in Singapore early on August 28, 2011. Tan, a veteran politician and banker, was declared the winner of Singapore#39;s presidential election on August 28 after a recount gave him a razor-thin margin that exposed a sharply split electorate. Singapore#39;s former Deputy Prime Minister, Tony Tan, has won the presidential election, to become the country#39;s seventh president. He#39;ll be sworn in on September 1st, at the start of a six-year ter
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Election results Singapore 2011
