1953 Malayan local elections

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The local elections were held in the Federation of Malaya in 1953. [1]

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Municipal election

George Town

Date: 5 December 1953
Electorate: 26,081
Turnout:
WardsElected councillorElected partyVotesMajorityOpponent(s)PartyVotesElectorate
UMNO-Muslim League 3 (4) | Radicals 0 (4) | Labour 0 (1)
Jelutong1. Nyak Hashim Nyak PutehUMNO-Muslim League2,1786172. N. Patkunam
3. Lim Chong Eu
4. Charan Singh		Labour
Radicals
IMP		1,561
1,186
416		8,762
Kelawei1. S. M. HussainUMNO-Muslim League8833422. A. C. Reutens
3. D. S. Ramanathan
4. Khoo Kay Eong		Radicals
Labour
IMP		541
406
255		3,895
Tanjong1. H. E. TyebkhanUMNO-Muslim League3,1281,6022. Khoo Soo Jin
3. Wong Loh Hun
4. Yeoh Cheng Kung		IMP
Radicals
Labour		1,526
1,508
494		13,424
Source: [2] [3]

Kuala Lumpur

Date: 5 December 1953
Electorate:
Turnout: 63%
WardsElected councillorElected partyVotesMajorityOpponent(s)PartyVotesElectorate
UMNO-MCA 4 (10) | IMP 0 (1) | Independent 0 (1)
Bangsar1. Abdul Aziz Ishak UMNO-MCA507702. K. Gurupatham
3. A. C. Segaram		Ind.
IMP		437
155		1,348
Imbi1. Cheah Ewe KeatUMNO-MCAUnopposed
Petaling1. Ong Yoke Lin UMNO-MCAUnopposed
Sentul1. Yahaya Sheikh AhmadUMNO-MCA8733862. Badrillah Abdul KarimInd.4872,517
Source: [4] [5]

Malacca

Date: 5 December 1953
Electorate:
Turnout:
WardsElected councillorElected partyVotesMajorityOpponent(s)PartyVotesTotal votesSpoilt voteTurnout
UMNO-MCA 2 (4) | Labour 1 (2) | Progressive 0 (3)
Bukit China1. J. L. D'CruzLabour1,1551402. Yusoff SulongUMNO-MCA1,0152,2023263.8%
Fort1. A. W. B. ActonUMNO-MCAUnopposed
Tranquerah1. Abu Bakar Abdul RahmanUMNO-MCAUnopposed
Source: [6] [7] [8]

Town councils election

Alor Star

Date:
Electorate:
Turnout:
WardsElected councillorElected party
 ?
Kampong1.
2.
3. Mustafa Ismail		UMNO-MCA
Pekan1.
2.
3. Mak Guan Pin		UMNO-MCA
Seberang1.
2.
3. Ibrahim Salleh		Ind.
Ind.
UMNO-MCA
Source:

Bandar Maharani, Muar

Date: 5 December 1953
Electorate: 4,587
Turnout: 73.8%
WardsElected councillorElected partyVotesMajorityOpponent(s)PartyVotesTotal votes
UMNO-MCA 3 (?) | ?
Maharani1. Lim Ah SittUMNO-MCA9386502. Ja'afar Abdul RahmanInd.2881,256
Parit Stongkat1. Chan Shi ShiUMNO-MCA5021122. Chua Huck YewInd.390910
Sultan Ibrahim1. Hassan Yunus UMNO-MCA8725342. Omar AhmadInd.3381,220
Source: [9] [10] [11] [12]

Bandar Penggaram, Batu Pahat

Date: 5 December 1953
Electorate:
Turnout: nil
WardsElected councillorElected partyVotesMajorityOpponent(s)PartyVotes
UMNO-MCA 2 (?) | Independent 1 (?) | ?
Gunong Soga1. Ami Muhamed AminUMNO-MCAUnopposed
Jalan Sultanah1. Soo Sze YingUMNO-MCAUnopposed
Kampong Petani1. Sulaiman Abdul RahmanInd.Unopposed
Source: [13] [14]

Johore Bahru

Date: 5 December 1953
Electorate:
Turnout: nil
WardsElected councillorElected partyVotesMajorityOpponent(s)PartyVotes
UMNO-MCA 4 (9)
Ayer Molek1. Wong Sze MingUMNO-MCAUnopposed
Nong Chik1. Mansoor Bakri
2. Abdul Rahim Kimes		UMNO-MCA
UMNO-MCA		Unopposed
Tebrau1. Wong Peng LongUMNO-MCAUnopposed
Source: [15] [16] [14]

Kluang

Date: 7 November 1953
Electorate:
Turnout:
WardsElected councillorElected partyVotesMajorityOpponent(s)PartyVotes
UMNO-MCA 9 (9)
Gunong Lambak1. Wee Lee Poh
2. Teoh Chze Chong
3. Cheong Soo Kheng		UMNO-MCA
UMNO-MCA
UMNO-MCA		419
411
259		8S. M. Pillay
Tan Kim Seck		Ind.
Ind.
Mengkibol1. Alwi Jawal
2. Lim Chin Khean
3. Cheah Chin Khean		UMNO-MCA
UMNO-MCA
UMNO-MCA		345
337
332		8Foo See Juan
Woo See Tiam		Ind.
Ind.
Mesjid Lama1. Teh Wan Boon
2. Md. Zain Mohammed
3. Md. Salim Ahmad		UMNO-MCA
UMNO-MCA
UMNO-MCA		456
385
296		71S. M. Pillay
Tan Kim Seck		Ind.
Ind.
Source: [17] [18] [19] [20]

Kota Bharu

Date: 4 July 1953
Electorate:
Turnout: 78%
WardsElected councillorElected partyVotesMajorityOpponent(s)PartyVotes
 ?
Kubang Pasu1.
2.
3.		Ind.
Ind.
Chamber-Gabongan		Che Mohamad Daud Salleh
Nik Yahya Nik Daud
Mohamad Abu Bakar Saman
Nik Ja'afar Nik Hassan
Nik Mahmood Abdul Majid
Nik Mohamed Abdul Rahman
Nik Mohamad Nik Mahmood
Wan Ibrahim Wan Mustapha
Wan Sulaiman Ibrahim
Kota Lama1.
2.
3.		Chamber-Gabongan
Chamber-Gabongan
Chamber-Gabongan		A. Nachiappan
Che Jaafar Ahmad
Che Jaafar Yusoff
Che Mohamed Noor Yusof
Ismail Omar
Ibrahim Isa
Mohamed Noordin Che Embi
Ng Yew Seng
Nik Hassan Nik Yahya
Wan Daud
Wee Jit Seng
Wong Yew Wye
Wakaf Siku1.
2.
3.		Chamber-Gabongan
Chamber-Gabongan
Ind.		Abu Bakar Mohamad
Ibrahim Omar
Hamid Ya'acob
Mary Kam
Nik Ahmad Mahmood
Nik Amin Ali
Quah Eng Chuan
Tengku Ismail
Source: [21] [22] [23] [24]

Kuala Trengganu

Date: 22 February 1953
Electorate:
Turnout:
WardsElected councillorElected partyVotesMajorityOpponent(s)PartyVotes
 ?
Bukit Besar1. Muda Abdullah
2.
3.
Kuala1. Gan Chong Bin
2.
3.		Syed Alwee Ahmad Alkaff
Che Long Abas
Mohamed Othman
P. C. Isaacs
Ladang1. Mohamed Chik
2.
3.		Abdul Rashid Hussein
Che Puteh Arshad
Tan Cheng Soon
Source: [25] [26]

Segamat

Date: 7 November 1953
Electorate: 1,210
Turnout: 89.3%
WardsElected councillorElected partyVotesMajorityOpponent(s)PartyVotesElectorateTurnout
UMNO-MCA 9 (9)
Buloh Kasap1. Osman Setot
2. Elias Abu Bakar
3. Gan Tian Soo		UMNO-MCA
UMNO-MCA
UMNO-MCA		252
228
218		244. K. Ponniah
5. K. Osman Mohammed		Ind.
Ind.		169
143		43191.3%
Gemereh1. Kuan Chian Sang
2. Pee Kang Hai
3. Razali Abdul Manap		UMNO-MCA
UMNO-MCA
UMNO-MCA		321
312
233		94. Henry Lim Meng SeeInd.111506
Genuang1. Hassan Mohamed
2. Chia Chin Koon
3. Soon Boon Seng		UMNO-MCA
UMNO-MCA
UMNO-MCA		Unopposed273nil
Source: [27] [19] [28]

[20]

Seremban

Date: 22 August 1953
Electorate:
Turnout: 84.62%
WardsElected councillorElected partyVotesMajorityOpponent(s)PartyVotes
UMNO-MCA 10 (10) | Labour 1 (1) | Independent 1 (1)
Lake1. Lee Tee Siong
2. Tungku Asiah Tungku Muda Chik
3. Wong Nang Ching		UMNO-MCA
UMNO-MCA
UMNO-MCA		485
405
342		80Kat Pye Hin
Singam
Joseph Siow Loong Hin
Suppiah
Lobak1. S. Sathappan
2. Han Hui Fong
3. Jaafar Talib		Labour
UMNO-MCA
UMNO-MCA		526
524
443		2I. M. K. Pillay
K. Rajah
Tham Tit Ming
Rahang1. Lim Ewe Law
2. Stanley Ponniah
3. Raja Mohamed Hanifah		UMNO-MCA
Ind.
UMNO-MCA		546
500
379		46Manniam
M. Vallipuram
Yusof Ibrahim
Temiang1. Chin See Yin
2. Lim Kee Siong
3. Jamaluddin Aji		UMNO-MCA
UMNO-MCA
UMNO-MCA		634
559
540		75Lam Teck Choon
B. H. Tan
Source: [29] [30] [31] [32] [33] [34]

Sungei Patani

Date:
Electorate:
Turnout:
WardsElected councillorElected party
 ?
Pekan Bahru1.
2.
3. Chin Chin Cheang		UMNO-MCA
Pekan Lama1.
2.
3. John Karuvilla		UMNO-MCA
Rural1.
2.
3. Osman Hussein		UMNO-MCA
Source:

Local councils election

Guntong

Guntong local election was the second election to be held in the Kinta district. Guntong was divided into four wards with an electorate of 4,000. [35] [36]

Kota Tinggi

Date: 6 December 1953
Electorate:
Turnout:
WardsElected councillorElected party
UMNO-MCA 7
Mohamed Abdullah
Abdul Maji Ahmed
Hassan Deri
Omar Ahmad
Mahmood Hussein
Syed Hussein Tahir
Ahmad Hussein		UMNO-MCA
UMNO-MCA
UMNO-MCA
UMNO-MCA
UMNO-MCA
UMNO-MCA
UMNO-MCA
Source: [37]

Kuala Ketil

[38]

Kulai

Date: 3 March 1953
Electorate:
Turnout:
WardsElected councillorElected party
Foo Gee Teng
Chew Fong Choon
Hung Chin Poh
Pong Kiat Kee
K. V. Devan
Law Ah Bak
Chong Chock Len
Tan Seong Teok
Tai Ng
Hew Nai Tong
Hew Soon
Chear Kok Foo
Source: [39]

Trengganu

Local council elections for 17 kampongs in five mukims in Trengganu were held in January 1953. The mukims are Pantai, Chalok, Guntong, Tasek and Ulu Situ. [40] [41]

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