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The December 1949 Singapore Municipal Commission election took place on 3 December 1949 to elect 6 of the 18 seats in the Singapore Municipal Commission. [1]
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The December 1949 Singapore Municipal Commission election took place on 3 December 1949 to elect 6 of the 18 seats in the Singapore Municipal Commission. [1]
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |||||
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| Total before | Won | Not up | Total after | +/– | ||||
| Progressive Party | 3,907 | 50.05 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 12 | –1 | |
| Labour Party | 3,338 | 42.76 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | |
| Independent | 561 | 7.19 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | –1 | |
| Total | 7,806 | 100.00 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 7,806 | 98.28 | ||||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 137 | 1.72 | ||||||
| Total votes | 7,943 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 13,143 | 60.44 | ||||||
| Source: Singapore Elections | ||||||||
| Constituency | Electorate | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| City | 1,811 | Independent | Jagatheesan Kalimuthu | 561 | 55.7 | |
| Progressive Party | Hassan Ali Jivabhai | 353 | 35.0 | |||
| Labour Party | Frederick Bernard Oehlers | 94 | 9.3 | |||
| East | 2,491 | Progressive Party | Amy Ede | 1,464 | 64.4 | |
| Labour Party | Mak Pak Shee | 556 | 35.6 | |||
| North | 2,199 | Labour Party | Edward Vethanayagam Davies | 803 | 59.5 | |
| Progressive Party | Chong Thutt Pitt | 546 | 40.5 | |||
| Rochore | 3,255 | Labour Party | Syed Mohamed Abdul Hameed Chisty | 979 | 52.9 | |
| Progressive Party | Syed Hassan Al-Junied | 871 | 47.1 | |||
| Independent | M. Abdul Rahim Khan | 28 | 1.2 | |||
| South | 2,061 | Progressive Party | Duncan Robertson | 654 | 51.2 | |
| Labour Party | Madai Puthan Damodaran Nair | 623 | 48.8 | |||
| West | 1,326 | Progressive Party | Phyllis Eu Cheng Li | 477 | 62.8 | |
| Labour Party | Vellekat Kesavan Nair | 283 | 37.2 | |||
| Source: Singapore Elections | ||||||
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