page_title: Tan Cheng Bock
section_title: 2011 presidential election
hierarchical_section_title: Tan Cheng Bock / 2011 presidential election
caption_attribution_description: English: Dr. Tan Cheng Bock, with Mrs. Cecilia Tan, waving to reporters after disembarking from the van at the Nomination Centre.
context_page_description: Adrian Tan Cheng Bock is a Singaporean politician and medical doctor who is the founder and first Secretary-General of the Progress Singapore Party. He also stood for the 2011 presidential election and won the second highest number of votes at 34.85% among all four candidates, losing marginally by 0.35% to the winner Tony Tan.
  He was previously a member of the People's Action Party and was the PAP Member of Parliament for Ayer Rajah SMC from December 1980 to May 2006.
context_section_description: On 27 May 2011, 20 days after the recent general election, Tan was the first candidate to seek candidacy for the forthcoming Presidential Election; he resigned from PAP earlier that month prior to the announcement (per the constitution, candidates running for the presidential election must be a nonpartisan, independent candidate, and should not affiliate or to represent to any political party). On 22 July 2011, Tan submitted the presidency forms.
  Ahead of the nomination day (due to be held on 17 August), despite anticipation for a strong contest against the other potential rivals who also announced their candidacy (former Deputy Prime Minister Tony Tan, and NTUC Income Chief Executive Officer Tan Kin Lian), he filed his applications on 22 July, and on 11 August, was one of the four candidates (the aforementioned three, plus former Singapore Democratic Party candidate Tan Jee Say) to be granted the Certificate of Eligibility, an item required to complete their nominations during Nomination Day. The four-cornered fight marked only the second presidential election in history (the first was in 1993) with a contest, as the two preceding presidential elections (1999 and 2005) were both uncontested walkovers.
  Tan stated that he would promote multiracialism, if elected.
caption: Dr. Tan Cheng Bock, with Mrs. Cecilia Tan, waving to reporters after disembarking from the van at the Nomination Centre.
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