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The 1957 Singapore City Council elections was the first time that all appointed seats were scrapped, and all seats were opened for direct popular voting. Nomination day was on 18 November 1957, with voting held on 21 December in the same year.
A total of 32 seats were contested. Also up for contention, was the new office of Mayor of Singapore, which would be awarded to the leader of the political party with the majority of seats won.
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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Liberal Socialist Party | 56,204 | 34.76 | 7 | New | |
People's Action Party | 49,500 | 30.61 | 13 | New | |
Labour Front | 25,711 | 15.90 | 4 | New | |
Workers' Party | 11,896 | 7.36 | 4 | New | |
United Malays National Organisation | 7,832 | 4.84 | 2 | +2 | |
Independents | 10,560 | 6.53 | 2 | –1 | |
Total | 161,703 | 100.00 | 32 | +14 | |
Valid votes | 161,703 | 97.76 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 3,701 | 2.24 | |||
Total votes | 165,404 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 504,291 | 32.80 | |||
Source: Singapore Elections |
Constituency | Electorate | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Aljunied | 15,033 | Liberal Socialist Party | Wee Swee Hong | 1,855 | 46.7 | |
Labour Front | Sim Swee Seng | 1,344 | 33.8 | |||
Independent | Tan Jin Hong | 777 | 19.5 | |||
Anson | 15,637 | People's Action Party | John Mammen | 2,764 | 53.9 | |
Liberal Socialist Party | Sundarajulu Lakshmana Perumal | 2,363 | 46.1 | |||
Bras Basah | 16,274 | People's Action Party | Sze Yih Hwa | 3,345 | 64.7 | |
Liberal Socialist Party | Hwang Cheng Peng | 1,826 | 35.3 | |||
Bukit Merah | 12,768 | Independent | Govindasamy Gopal | 1,465 | 38.6 | |
Liberal Socialist Party | Pang Tong Khiam | 1,253 | 33.0 | |||
Labour Front | Ahmad bin Ismail | 1,079 | 28.4 | |||
Cairnhill | 14,148 | Workers' Party | O. Subramaniam Rengasamy | 1,406 | 34.4 | |
Liberal Socialist Party | Tan Sim Hong | 1,373 | 33.6 | |||
Labour Front | P. Ramasamy | 1,313 | 32.1 | |||
Crawford | 15,547 | People's Action Party | Baharuddin bin Mohamed Ariff | 4,355 | 67.0 | |
Liberal Socialist Party | Lee Thiam Chuan | 1,220 | 18.8 | |||
Independent | Neo Tai Kim | 923 | 14.2 | |||
Delta | 16,916 | Workers' Party | John Cruz Corera | 3,391 | 54.9 | |
Liberal Socialist Party | Peck Boon Kang | 1,273 | 20.6 | |||
Labour Front | Tan Jin Hong | 1,251 | 20.3 | |||
Independent | T. R. Fernandez | 258 | 4.2 | |||
Farrer Park | 13,826 | Independent | Karuppiah Nalliah | 1,335 | 29.8 | |
Liberal Socialist Party | Vetrivelu Rengaswamy | 1,141 | 25.5 | |||
Labour Front | Mariappan Verappan | 1,074 | 24.0 | |||
Independent | Soo-Tho Siu Hee | 933 | 20.8 | |||
Geylang East | 17,966 | People's Action Party | Kum Teng Hock | 3,154 | 54.0 | |
Liberal Socialist Party | Lee Kip Hiang | 2,051 | 35.1 | |||
Independent | Ng Cheng Chwee | 640 | 10.9 | |||
Geylang West | 18,112 | People's Action Party | Peter Lau Por Tuck | 3,703 | 79.1 | |
Liberal Socialist Party | Teo Koh Bee | 979 | 20.9 | |||
Havelock | 18,422 | Labour Front | Lee Hwee Yiow | 2,979 | 54.5 | |
Liberal Socialist Party | Ang Khye Chia | 2,487 | 45.5 | |||
Hong Lim | 13,127 | People's Action Party | Ong Eng Guan | 3,918 | 82.9 | |
Liberal Socialist Party | Lee Kok Liang | 810 | 17.1 | |||
Jalan Besar | 13,416 | People's Action Party | Chan Chee Seng | 2,430 | 52.9 | |
Liberal Socialist Party | Lee Chee Seng | 1,660 | 36.2 | |||
Workers' Party | Cheong Min Chee | 501 | 10.9 | |||
Kallang | 14,302 | Workers' Party | Chiang Yueh Thong | 2,704 | 41.5 | |
Liberal Socialist Party | Tan Hai Tong | 1,831 | 28.1 | |||
Labour Front | Henry Leong | 1,484 | 22.8 | |||
Independent | Lau Liat Meng | 499 | 7.7 | |||
Kampong Glam | 15,609 | People's Action Party | Hoe Puay Choo | 3,615 | 60.9 | |
Liberal Socialist Party | Lam Chock Chuan | 1,203 | 20.3 | |||
Independent | Daud bin Mohamed Yunos | 1,119 | 18.8 | |||
Kampong Kapor | 19,334 | People's Action Party | Wee Toon Boon | 3,860 | 51.8 | |
Liberal Socialist Party | Ng Teik Sim | 1,861 | 25.0 | |||
Independent | Sim Beng Seng | 1,735 | 23.3 | |||
Kreta Ayer | 16,950 | People's Action Party | Chan Choy Siong | 3,034 | 86.8 | |
Liberal Socialist Party | Lee Ho Kee | 460 | 13.2 | |||
Moulmein | 12,020 | Liberal Socialist Party | Lim Choo Sye | 1,890 | 57.0 | |
Labour Front | Lam Hock Chye | 1,428 | 43.0 | |||
Mountbatten | 13,728 | Liberal Socialist Party | Felice Leon-Soh | 1,818 | 55.9 | |
Labour Front | Saul Hugh Zakoo | 1,436 | 44.1 | |||
Pasir Panjang | 10,274 | Liberal Socialist Party | Ong Say Yeo | 2,358 | 58.7 | |
Labour Front | Ahmad bin Mohamed Yatim | 1,660 | 41.3 | |||
Queenstown | 11,429 | Labour Front | Tang Peng Yeu | 2,796 | 75.0 | |
Liberal Socialist Party | Leong Poh Seng | 934 | 25.0 | |||
River Valley | 14,865 | Labour Front | Ho Kok Hoe | 2,164 | 52.0 | |
Liberal Socialist Party | Wong Peng Tuck | 1,996 | 48.0 | |||
Rochore | 16,333 | People's Action Party | Lin You Eng | 4,258 | 63.9 | |
Liberal Socialist Party | Ong Lip Hua | 1,527 | 22.9 | |||
Independent | Tang Beng Cheong | 876 | 13.2 | |||
Sepoy Lines | 16,281 | Liberal Socialist Party | Manickavasagar Subramaniam | 2,904 | 50.2 | |
People's Action Party | Kang Meng Kim | 2,880 | 49.8 | |||
Stamford | 17,860 | Labour Front | George Benjamin Armstrong | 1,470 | 53.9 | |
Liberal Socialist Party | Gopal Krishnan Gosain | 1,257 | 46.1 | |||
Tanglin | 18,775 | United Malays National Organisation | Mohamed Shariff bin Dollah | 1,950 | 42.5 | |
Liberal Socialist Party | Syed Omar bin Abdulrahman Alsagoff | 1,547 | 33.7 | |||
Labour Front | Lim Siew Chuan | 1,091 | 23.8 | |||
Tanjong Pagar | 14,721 | People's Action Party | Ong Pang Boon | 3,354 | 71.9 | |
Liberal Socialist Party | Lim Siew Lay | 1,311 | 28.1 | |||
Telok Ayer | 24,412 | Workers' Party | Wang Tsun Hao | 3,894 | 55.6 | |
Liberal Socialist Party | Chua Keng Eng | 2,081 | 29.7 | |||
Labour Front | Yap Tean Hock | 1,034 | 14.8 | |||
Telok Blangah | 18,476 | United Malays National Organisation | Syed Ali bin Zedha Alsagoff | 3,432 | 51.3 | |
Liberal Socialist Party | Chua Bock Kwee | 3,262 | 48.7 | |||
Tiong Bahru | 13,863 | Liberal Socialist Party | Lee Bah Chee | 2,285 | 52.0 | |
Labour Front | Lim Huan Seng | 2,108 | 14.8 | |||
Toa Payoh | 18,416 | People's Action Party | Wong Soon Fong | 4,830 | 62.9 | |
Liberal Socialist Party | Khoo Siaw Hua | 2,846 | 37.1 | |||
Ulu Pandan | 15,451 | Liberal Socialist Party | Chua Kim Kee | 2,542 | 50.9 | |
United Malays National Organisation | Ibrahim bin Othman | 2,450 | 49.1 | |||
Source: Singapore Elections |
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