1952 Singapore City Council election

1952 Singapore City Council election

←  1951 6 December 1952 1953  →
6 of the 18 elected seats to the Singapore City Council
Turnout	51.02%
First party Second party   Leader Tan Chye Cheng Lim Yew Hock Party Progressive Labour Leader's seat Did not contest Did not contest Seats before 8 5 Seats won 4 1 Seats after 9 4 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 9,637 5,647 Percentage 42.88% 25.12%

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]

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats
				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

By constituency

Constituency	Electorate	Party		Candidate	Votes	%
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

References

1. "CITY COUNCIL ELECTION 1952". Singapore Elections. Archived from the original on 2015-02-21. Retrieved 15 July 2020.