December 1949 Singapore Municipal Commission election

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December 1949 Singapore Municipal Commission election
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  April 1949 3 December 1949 1950  

6 of the 18 elected seats in the Municipal Commission
Turnout60.44%
 First partySecond party
 
Leader Tan Chye Cheng Francis Thomas
Party Progressive Labour
Leader's seatDid not contestDid not contest
Seats before131
Seats won32
Seats after123
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 1Increase2.svg 2
Popular vote3,9073,338
Percentage50.05%42.76%

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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Results

PartyVotes%Seats
Total
before
WonNot upTotal
after
+/–
Progressive Party 3,90750.05133912–1
Labour Party 3,33842.761213+2
Independent5617.194123–1
Total7,806100.0018612180
Valid votes7,80698.28
Invalid/blank votes1371.72
Total votes7,943100.00
Registered voters/turnout13,14360.44
Source: Singapore Elections

By constituency

ConstituencyElectoratePartyCandidateVotes%
City1,811IndependentJagatheesan Kalimuthu56155.7
Progressive Party Hassan Ali Jivabhai35335.0
Labour Party Frederick Bernard Oehlers949.3
East2,491 Progressive Party Amy Ede 1,46464.4
Labour Party Mak Pak Shee 55635.6
North2,199 Labour Party Edward Vethanayagam Davies80359.5
Progressive Party Chong Thutt Pitt54640.5
Rochore3,255 Labour Party Syed Mohamed Abdul Hameed Chisty97952.9
Progressive Party Syed Hassan Al-Junied87147.1
IndependentM. Abdul Rahim Khan281.2
South2,061 Progressive Party Duncan Robertson65451.2
Labour Party Madai Puthan Damodaran Nair62348.8
West1,326 Progressive Party Phyllis Eu Cheng Li 47762.8
Labour Party Vellekat Kesavan Nair28337.2
Source: Singapore Elections

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References

  1. "MUNICIPAL COMMISSION ELECTION DECEMBER 1949". Singapore Elections. Archived from the original on 2015-09-21. Retrieved 15 July 2020.