Presidential Elections Act 1991 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 1A · Counting of Reserved Elections and Qualifications of President
5B. Further provisions on community requirement
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If an election under a writ is reserved for one community under Article 19B(1) of the Constitution and the election wholly fails, elections under all subsequent writs are to be open elections until a person is elected as President.
election
“election” means an election for the purpose of electing the President;
The following provisions apply if an election under a writ is reserved for 2 communities under Article 19B(1) of the Constitution:
Article 19B(2)(b)(i) of the Constitution applies to that election;
if that election wholly fails, Article 19B(2)(b)(ii) of the Constitution applies to the election under the next writ;
if the election under the next writ wholly fails, elections under all subsequent writs are to be open elections until a person is elected as President.
The following provisions apply if an election under a writ is reserved for 3 communities under Article 19B(1) of the Constitution:
Article 19B(2)(c)(i) of the Constitution applies to that election;
if that election wholly fails, Article 19B(2)(c)(ii) of the Constitution applies to the election under the next writ;
if the election under the next writ wholly fails, Article 19B(2)(c)(iii) of the Constitution applies to the election under the third writ;
if the election under the third writ wholly fails, elections under all subsequent writs are to be open elections until a person is elected as President.
Despite Article 19B(2) of the Constitution, a person does not need to belong to any community to be elected as President in an open election under subsection (1), (2)(c) or (3)(d).
community
“community” means —(a)the Chinese community;(b)the Malay community; or(c)the Indian or other minority communities;
For the purposes of this section, an election under a writ is deemed to have wholly failed only if no person stands or will stand nominated as a candidate on nomination day.
candidate
“candidate” means a person who is nominated as a candidate for election to the office of President;