In Singapore, former Deputy Prime Minister Tony Tan has won the presidential election after a recount of the vote gave him a razor-thin margin victory. Election officials said that Mr. Tan won by just 7,269 votes out of more than two million cast. Officials ordered the recount after yesterday's vote as there was less than a percentage point difference between Mr. Tan and his top challenger, medical doctor Tan Cheng Bock. The election was seen as a referendum on the ruling People's Action Party – PAP- which has led the country since 1959. The newly-elected president was backed by most of the political parties. Current President S.R. Nathan won two 6-year terms unopposed.