Despite his sensitivity to accusations of nepotism, Lee Kuan Yew may have secured his legacy by training his son for 14 years to follow in his footsteps, writes Bill Emmott

Former Singapore Deputy Prime Minister Tony Tan won a narrow victory to become the country’s seventh president, a sign that the popularity of the South east Asian city-state’s ruling party is eroding.

Singapore’s long-time ruling party has won an overwhelming parliamentary majority in elections, but the opposition made historic gains after mounting its biggest challenge since independence in 1965, according to returns.

Singapore’s long-ruling People’s Action Party today won the general election with 75.29% of the vote.

Voters in Singapore went to the polls today, with the ruling party guaranteed a return to power but the tiny opposition still fighting hard to raise their presence in parliament.