| Election Name: | 1970 Singaporean presidential election |
| Before Party: | People's Action Party |
| After Election: | Benjamin Sheares |
| Before Election: | Yeoh Ghim Seng (acting) |
| President | |
| Electoral Vote1: | 54 |
| Party1: | Independent politician |
| Nominee1: | Benjamin Sheares |
| Election Date: | 30 December 1970 |
| Country: | Singapore |
| Next Year: | 1974 |
| Next Election: | 1974 Singaporean presidential election |
| Previous Year: | 1967 |
| Previous Election: | 1967 Singaporean presidential election |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Type: | presidential |
| After Party: | Independent politician |
Indirect presidential elections were held in Singapore on 30 December 1970, following the death of the incumbent, Yusof Ishak.[1] [2] The election took place during a sitting of Parliament on 30 December 1970 where 54 members were present and 4 members were absent.[3]
Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew nominated Benjamin Sheares as president. The Parliament unanimously voted to elect Sheares as president. Sheares was sworn in for his first four-year term as president on 2 January 1971.[4]