1953 Singapore City Council election

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1953 Singapore City Council election
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  1952 5 December 1953 1957  

6 of the 18 elected seats to the Singapore City Council
Turnout49.44%
 First partySecond party
  Tan Chye Cheng (cropped).png Lim Yew Hock (cropped).jpg
Leader Tan Chye Cheng Lim Yew Hock
Party Progressive Labour
Leader's seatDid not contestDid not contest
Seats before87
Seats won30
Seats after95
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 1Decrease2.svg 2
Popular vote8,5321,723
Percentage40.52%8.18%

The 1953 Singapore City Council election was the 3rd election to the Singapore City Council. It was held on 5 December 1953 to elect 6 of the 18 seats in the City Council. [1]

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Results

PartyVotes%Seats
Total
before
WonNot upTotal
after
+/–
Progressive Party 8,53240.528369+1
Labour Party 1,7238.187055–2
United Malays National Organisation 1,6227.700000New
Independent9,17743.593234+1
Total21,054100.0018514180
Valid votes21,05497.80
Invalid/blank votes4732.20
Total votes21,527100.00
Registered voters/turnout43,53849.44
Source: Singapore Elections

By constituency

ConstituencyElectoratePartyCandidateVotes%
City6,700IndependentJumabhoy Mohamed JumabhoyUncontested
East9,726Independent Mak Pak Shee 2,16451.4
Progressive Party Syed Hassan Al-Junied1,40933.5
United Malays National Organisation Syed Esa Almenoar63415.1
North9,759 Progressive Party Lim Choo Sye2,58554.8
Labour Party Shunmugh Subra Manyam1,72336.6
United Malays National Organisation Syed Haron A. Alhabshi4058.6
Rochore9,445IndependentT. A. Simon1,60734.8
IndependentSyed Mumtaz Hussain1,51632.8
IndependentGuok Sing Inn1,49332.3
South10,048 Progressive Party Manickvasagar Subramaniam2,80153.9
IndependentMariappan Verappan2,39746.1
West4,560 Progressive Party Soh Ghee Soon1,73774.9
United Malays National Organisation Cuthbert Francis Joseph Ess58325.1
Source: Singapore Elections


References

  1. "CITY COUNCIL ELECTION 1953". Singapore Elections. Archived from the original on 2015-02-21. Retrieved 15 July 2020.