The local elections were held in a common date (6 December 1952) for all six municipal and town councils in the Federation of Malaya. [1] [2] [3]
The Federation of Malaya was a federation of what previously had been British Malaya comprising eleven states that existed from 1 February 1948 until 16 September 1963. The Federation became independent on 31 August 1957, and in 1963 Malaysia was formed when the federation united with the Singapore, North Borneo, and Sarawak Crown Colonies.
| Date: 6 December 1952 Electorate: 17,544 Turnout: 51.8% | |||||||
| Wards | Elected councillor | Elected party | Votes | Majority | Opponent(s) | Party | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Radicals 1 (6) | UMNO-Muslim League 1 (2) | Labour 1 (1) | |||||||
| Jelutong | 1. A. Raja Gopal | Labour | S. Mohd. Baboo Aziz Ibrahim | UMNO-Muslim League Radicals | |||
| Kelawei | 1. C. O. Lim | Radicals | 666 | 133 | A. Sabapathy S. M. Hussain | Labour UMNO-Muslim League | |
| Tanjong | 1. A. M. Abu Bakar | UMNO-Muslim League | Wong Kok Kee N. Ponnudurai | Radicals Labour | |||
| Source: [4] [5] | |||||||
| Date: 16 February 1952 Electorate: 11,005 Turnout: 68% | |||||||
| Wards | Elected councillor | Elected party | Votes | Majority | Opponent(s) | Party | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UMNO-MCA 9 (9) | IMP 2 (2) | Independent 1 (1) | |||||||
| Bungsar | 1. S. C. E. Singam 2. K. L. Devaser 3. Devaki Krishnan | Ind. IMP IMP | 718 577 570 | 141 | 4. Ahmad Mahmood 5. Raja Mohamed Raja Alang 6. S. Karalasingam 7. T. Rajendra 8. Elsie Somasundram | UMNO-MCA UMNO-MCA Labour IMP UMNO-MCA | 517 508 466 422 232 |
| Imbi | 1. Chan Chee Hong 2. Cheah Ewe Keat 3. Douglas Lee | UMNO-MCA UMNO-MCA UMNO-MCA | 840 833 778 | 7 | 4. K. C. Chia 5. T. R. Marks 6. Chua Boon Guan 7. E. Ramachandram 8. Ho Tee Chim | Labour IMP IMP IMP Labour | 645 530 452 419 377 |
| Petaling | 1. Chan Kwong Hon 2. Ong Yoke Lin 3. Lee Yoon Thim | UMNO-MCA UMNO-MCA UMNO-MCA | 871 856 750 | 15 | 4. Ng Kok Thoy 5. Leong Hoe Yeng 6. Loke Soh Lip 7. A. Tharmalingam 8. V. G. T. Singam 9. Yap Chong Kuen | IMP IMP IMP Ind. Ind. Labour | 323 320 299 299 251 115 |
| Sentul | 1. Abdullah Yassin 2. Yahaya Sheikh Ahmad 3. Mohamed Salleh Hakim | UMNO-MCA UMNO-MCA UMNO-MCA | 1,616 1,296 1,243 | 320 | 4. Abdul Aziz Ishak 5. Mohamed Tahir Kuteh 6. K. V. Thaver 7. Pawanchick Mohamed | IMP IMP IMP Rentpayers | 1,151 834 744 420 |
| Source: [6] [7] [8] [9] | |||||||
| Date: 6 December 1952 Electorate: 13,503 Turnout: 53% | |||||||||
| Wards | Elected councillor | Elected party | Votes | Majority | Opponent(s) | Party | Votes | Electorate | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UMNO-MCA 3 (9) | IMP 1 (2) | Independent 0 (1) | |||||||||
| Bungsar | 1. Devaki Krishnan | IMP | 2. Foong Soon Seng | UMNO-MCA | |||||
| Imbi | 1. Douglas Lee | UMNO-MCA | 2. K. C. Chin | Labour | |||||
| Petaling | 1. Lee Yoon Thim | UMNO-MCA | 168 | 2. A. Tharmalingam | Labour | ||||
| Sentul | 1. Raja Mohamad Raja Alang | UMNO-MCA | 2. Goh Swee Seng | IMP | 4,541 | 38% | |||
| Source: [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] | |||||||||
| Date: 6 December 1952 Electorate: 8,334 Turnout: | ||||||||
| Wards | Elected councillor | Elected party | Votes | Majority | Opponent(s) | Party | Votes | Electorate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UMNO-MCA 2 (2) | Labour 1 (3) | Progressive 0 (3) | Independent 0 (1) | ||||||||
| Bukit China | 1. Amy Joseph | Labour | Mohd. Yusoff Sulong | UMNO-MCA | 3,217 | |||
| Fort | 1. Chan Geok Eng | UMNO-MCA | Wee Hock Chye S. Shunmugam | Labour Progressive | 2,401 | |||
| Tranquerah | 1. Goh Kay Seng | UMNO-MCA | Allan Acton Hashim Abdul Ghani | Labour Progressive | 2,716 | |||
| Source: [15] [16] | ||||||||
| Date: 6 December 1952 Electorate: Turnout: | |||||||
| Wards | Elected councillor | Elected party | Votes | Majority | Opponent(s) | Party | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UMNO-MCA 7 (7) | ? | |||||||
| Maharani | 1. 2. 3. | Ahmad Ariffin Ho Koon Toh Ja'afar A. Manan Lim Ah Sitt Sulaiman Ninam Shah | |||||
| Parit Stongkat | 1. 2. 3. | A. Jabbar A. Majid Chan Shi Shi Chua Huck Yew Ibrahim M. Yunos Sheikh Ahmad Said | |||||
| Sultan Ibrahim | 1. 2. 3. | Fatimah M. Yunos Ashari Abdullah H. N. McLeod Omar Ahmad Shahdan M. Salleh | |||||
| Source: [20] [21] [22] | |||||||
| Date: 6 December 1952 Electorate: Turnout: | ||||||||
| Wards | Elected councillor | Elected party | Votes | Majority | Opponent(s) | Party | Votes | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UMNO-MCA 5 (5) | ? | ||||||||
| Gunong Soga | 1. 2. 3 | Abu Bakar Haron Ahmad Abbas S. C. MacIntyre Syed Ahmad Alwee Tan Peng Koon | 87% | |||||
| Jalan Sultanah | 1. 2. 3 | Ahmad Daud Frank Tan Ah Mong Ismail Abu Bakar Syed Mustaffa Syed Tan Joo Soon | ||||||
| Kampong Petani | 1. 2. 3 | Abdul Samad Puteh Taha Zakaria Kang Kock Seng Sulaiman Abdul Rahman Zahrah Mohamed Taib | ||||||
| Source: [23] [24] [25] | ||||||||
| Date: 6 December 1952 Electorate: 4,599 Turnout: 84.5% | |||||||||
| Wards | Elected councillor | Elected party | Votes | Majority | Opponent(s) | Party | Votes | Electorate | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UMNO-MCA 9 (9) | |||||||||
| Ayer Molek | 1. M. Birchee 2. Ahmad Mohd. Shah 3. Wong Sze Ming | UMNO-MCA UMNO-MCA UMNO-MCA | 1,097 1,088 904 | 9 | 4. Mohamed Arshad Awang 5. Ong See Jiang 6. Mohd. Salleh Mustapha 7. Ahmad A. Hamid 8. Osman A. Raschid | IMP IMP IMP Ind. PMU | 302 250 223 217 95 | 1,772 | 82.6% |
| Nong Chik | 1. Ismail Abdul Rahman 2. Mansoor Bakri 3. Uda Awang | UMNO-MCA UMNO-MCA UMNO-MCA | 1,114 942 871 | 172 | 4. Chan Chong Wen 5. Jamaliah Mustapha 6. Zaharah Abdul Hamid 7. Abdul Mubin Abdullah 8. Abdullah Taib | IMP IMP IMP Ind. Ind. | 416 380 303 260 247 | 1,771 | 86.5% |
| Tebrau | 1. Sardon Zubir 2. Syed Abdul Rahman Ahmad 3. Wong Peng Long | UMNO-MCA UMNO-MCA UMNO-MCA | 713 710 695 | 3 | 4. K. H. Han 5. Hussein Abdullah 6. M. N. Roy | IMP IMP IMP | 163 154 119 | 1,056 | 84.2% |
| Source: [23] [26] [27] [28] | |||||||||
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