1950 Singapore Municipal Commission election

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1950 Singapore Municipal Commission election
Flag of Singapore (1946-1952).svg
  December
1949
2 December 1950 1951  

6 of the 18 elected seats in the Municipal Commission
Turnout55.07%
 First partySecond party
 
Leader Tan Chye Cheng Peter Williams
Party Progressive Labour
Leader's seatDid not contestDid not contest
Seats before122
Seats won31
Seats after93
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 3Increase2.svg 1
Popular vote3,9024,793
Percentage32.41%39.81%

The 1950 Singapore Municipal Commission election took place on 2 December 1950 to elect 6 of the 27 seats in the Singapore Municipal Commission. [1]

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Results

PartyVotes%Seats
Total
before
WonNot upTotal
after
+/–
Labour Party 4,79339.812123+1
Progressive Party 3,90232.4112369–3
Independents3,34527.784246+2
Total12,040100.0018612180
Valid votes12,04097.93
Invalid/blank votes2542.07
Total votes12,294100.00
Registered voters/turnout22,32555.07
Source: Singapore Elections

By constituency

ConstituencyElectoratePartyCandidateVotes%
City3,372IndependentJumabhoy Mohamed Jumabhoy73237.6
IndependentJiwanbhai Mehta Jamnadas71036.4
Independent Mak Pak Shee 25913.3
Labour Party Mirza Abdul Majid24812.7
East3,962 Progressive Party Frank Caulfield James1,46470.6
Labour Party Lee Yong Min61029.4
North3,261 Progressive Party Shunmugh Subra Manyam83656.6
Labour Party Rajaratnam Vaithilingam64043.4
Rochore4,872IndependentSena Ana Mohamed Ali1,18249.6
Labour Party Caralapati Raghaviah Dasaratha Raj1,00549.3
IndependentM. Abdul Rahim Khan281.2
South4,754 Labour Party Madai Puthan Damodaran Nair1,87165.8
Progressive Party Chan Kum Chee97434.2
West2,104 Progressive Party Soh Ghee Soon62847.9
Independent Elizabeth Choy 43433.1
Labour Party Yap Chin Poh24919.0
Source: Singapore Elections


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References

  1. "MUNICIPAL COMMISSION ELECTION 1950". Singapore Elections. Retrieved 15 July 2020.