1951 Singapore City Council election

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1951 Singapore City Council election
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  1950 1 December 1951 1952  

6 of the 18 elected seats in the Singapore City Council
Turnout59.33%
 First partySecond party
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Leader Tan Chye Cheng Peter Williams
Party Progressive Labour
Leader's seatDid not contestDid not contest
Seats before103
Seats won23
Seats after96
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 1Increase2.svg 3
Popular vote6,7294,436
Percentage43.20%28.48%

Elections to Singapore City Council were held for the first time on 1 December 1951 to elect six of the council's 18 elected members. [1]

Contents

Results

PartyVotes%Seats
Total
before
WonNot upTotal
after
+/–
Progressive Party 6,72943.2010279–1
Labour Party 4,43628.483336+3
Independents4,41228.325123–3
Total15,577100.0018612180
Valid votes15,57797.85
Invalid/blank votes3432.15
Total votes15,920100.00
Registered voters/turnout26,83159.33
Source: Singapore Elections

By constituency

ConstituencyElectoratePartyCandidateVotes%
City4,277IndependentHassan Ali Jivabhai1,15456.5
Progressive Party M. Oli Mohamed Mohamed Kassim88743.5
East4,797 Progressive Party Chan Kum Chee1,40149.2
Labour Party Lee Yong Min72425.4
Independent Mak Pak Shee 72025.3
North4,783 Progressive Party Arumugam Ponnu Rajah 1,37842.7
Labour Party Anthony Rebeiro Lazarous1,07433.3
IndependentAnthony Pecci Netto64119.9
IndependentSiow Siang Yew1364.2
Rochore4,648 Labour Party Philip Rajanayam Williams1,76163.7
Progressive Party Seah Peng Chuan1,00536.3
South5,985 Labour Party Vellekat Kesavan Nair1,93357.0
Progressive Party Manickvasagar Subramaniam1,45743.0
West2,341 Labour Party Lee Choon Eng70554.0
Progressive Party Cuthbert Francis Joseph Ess90446.0
Source: Singapore Elections


References

  1. "CITY COUNCIL ELECTION 1951". Singapore Elections. Archived from the original on 2015-03-28. Retrieved 15 July 2020.