Four days after campaigning, Tan Jee Say has seen the most gains in social media support, gaining more than 3000 fans since nomination, which represents a 27% increase in his online support. Tan Kin Lian is second with a 22% increase, with Tony Tan a close third with 21%. Both of these candidates have close to the same number of fans and followers – about 4700.

Increase in social media heat



Total number of fans



With his gains, Tan Jee Say has a slender lead in terms of the total number of fans, with a lead of about 1000 over Tan Cheng Bok.



Interestingly, Tony Tan set up a Twitter handle just after nomination day, and has gained close to 200 followers since.