View source for 1999 Singaporean presidential election

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{{EngvarB|date=September 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}
{{Infobox election
| country = Singapore
| type = presidential
| previous_election = 1993 Singaporean presidential election
| previous_year = 1993
| next_election = 2005 Singaporean presidential election
| next_year = 2005
| election_date = 18 August 1999
| registered = 1,967,984 ({{increase}} 12.04%)
| image1 = President of Singapore SR Nathan.jpg
| nominee1 = '''[[Sellapan Ramanathan]]'''
| party1 = Independent politician
| popular_vote1 = '''''Unopposed'''''
| title = President
| before_election = [[Ong Teng Cheong]]
| after_election = [[Sellapan Ramanathan]]
| before_party = Independent politician
| after_party = Independent politician
}}

Presidential elections were scheduled to be held in [[Singapore]] on 18 August 1999. Incumbent president [[Ong Teng Cheong]], who had been elected in [[1993 Singaporean presidential election|1993]], did not seek re-election. The [[Presidential Elections Committee]] declared [[Sellapan Ramanathan]] to be the only eligible presidential candidate to be issued a Certificate of Eligibility (COE) as per the eligibility requirements.

S.R. Nathan previously served as Singapore's Ambassador to the United States from 1990 to 1996 and was elected in an uncontested election due to the lack of eligible candidates. He was sworn in as the sixth [[President of Singapore]] on 1 September 1999. As of {{Currentyear}}, Nathan was also the first (and to date, the only) President-elect without any direct affiliation to any political party or a prior record of political experience.

==Candidates==
===Eligible===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!style="background:RoyalBlue; color: white;"| Candidates
!style="background:RoyalBlue; color: white;"| Background
!style="background: RoyalBlue; color: white;"|Outcome
|-
| '''[[S. R. Nathan]]''' || Seconded to the National Trades Union Congress, and then worked in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Home Affairs. He was the Ambassador-at-large of [[Institute for Defence and Strategic Studies]].
!style="background: lightgreen;" | Application for the Certificate of Eligibility Accepted.
|}
===Declared Ineligible===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!style="background:RoyalBlue; color: white;"| Candidates
!style="background:RoyalBlue; color: white;"| Background
!style="background: RoyalBlue; color: white;"|Outcome
|-
|'''[[Ooi Boon Ewe]]'''
|A member of the [[People's Liberal Democratic Party]]. He submitted eligibility forms to the Elections Department but was declared ineligible.
!rowspan="2" style="background: lightpink;" | Application for the Certificate of Eligibility rejected.
|-
|'''Tan Soo Phuan'''
|The Secretary-General of the [[Democratic Progressive Party (Singapore)|Democratic Progressive Party]]. He submitted eligibility forms to the Elections Department but was declared ineligible.
|}

===Declined to be candidate===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!style="background:RoyalBlue; color: white;"| Candidates
!style="background:RoyalBlue; color: white;"| Background
|-
| '''[[Ong Teng Cheong]]''' || The incumbent and fifth president of Singapore, he decided not to seek re-election for a second term.
|}

==External links ==
*[http://www.elections.gov.sg/elections_past_results.html Presidential Elections Results], Singapore Election Department
*{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080704163641/http://www.singapore-elections.com/pe/1999.html Singaporean presidential election of 1999]}}, Singapore-Elections.com

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[[Category:Presidential elections in Singapore|1999]]
[[Category:1999 elections in Asia]]
[[Category:1999 in Singapore|Presidential election]]
[[Category:Uncontested elections]]