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The 1952 Singapore City Council election was the 2nd election to the Singapore City Council. It was held on 6 December 1952 to elect 6 of the 18 seats in the City Council. [1]
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The 1952 Singapore City Council election was the 2nd election to the Singapore City Council. It was held on 6 December 1952 to elect 6 of the 18 seats in the City Council. [1]
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |||||
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| Total before | Won | Not up | Total after | +/– | ||||
| Progressive Party | 9,637 | 42.88 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 9 | +1 | |
| Labour Party | 5,647 | 25.12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | –1 | |
| Independents | 7,192 | 32.00 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | |
| Total | 22,476 | 100.00 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 22,476 | 98.13 | ||||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 429 | 1.87 | ||||||
| Total votes | 22,905 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 44,896 | 51.02 | ||||||
| Source: Singapore Elections | ||||||||
| Constituency | Electorate | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| City | 6,279 | Progressive Party | M. Oli Mohamed Mohamed Kassim | 2,164 | 42.8 | |
| Independent | Syed Mumtaz Hussain | 866 | 35.6 | |||
| Independent | Cuthbert Francis Joseph Ess | 526 | 21.6 | |||
| East | 8,707 | Progressive Party | Amy Ede | 1,801 | 38.0 | |
| Independent | Mak Pak Shee | 1,520 | 32.1 | |||
| Labour Party | Lee Yong Min | 854 | 18.0 | |||
| Independent | Valath Sankunny Padmanabhan | 306 | 6.5 | |||
| Independent | Narendra Gerald Nugawela | 260 | 5.5 | |||
| North | 8,929 | Labour Party | Anthony Rebeiro Lazarous | 2,560 | 58.2 | |
| Progressive Party | Lim Choo Sye | 1,817 | 41.3 | |||
| Independent | Abdul L. Shukoor | 23 | 0.5 | |||
| Rochore | 8,229 | Progressive Party | Sim Beng Seng | 1,936 | 50.4 | |
| Labour Party | D. Stevens | 1,388 | 36.1 | |||
| Independent | Syed Mohamed Abdul Hameed Chisty | 520 | 13.5 | |||
| South | 8,693 | Independent | Jaganathan Saminathan | 2,093 | 43.2 | |
| Progressive Party | Manickvasagar Subramaniam | 1,903 | 39.3 | |||
| Labour Party | Peter Massillamany Williams | 845 | 17.5 | |||
| West | 4,059 | Progressive Party | Phyllis Eu Cheng Li | 1,139 | 51.4 | |
| Independent | Stella Manyam | 904 | 40.8 | |||
| Independent | J. George V. Parambil | 174 | 7.8 | |||
| Source: Singapore Elections Archived 2015-02-21 at the Wayback Machine | ||||||
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