1951 Singapore City Council election
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6 of the 18 elected seats in the Singapore City Council | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 59.33% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections to Singapore City Council were held for the first time on 1 December 1951 to elect six of the council's 18 elected members.[1]
Results
[edit]| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |||||
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| Total before | Won | Not up | Total after | +/– | ||||
| Progressive Party | 6,729 | 43.20 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 9 | –1 | |
| Labour Party | 4,436 | 28.48 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | +3 | |
| Independents | 4,412 | 28.32 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | –3 | |
| Total | 15,577 | 100.00 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 15,577 | 97.85 | ||||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 343 | 2.15 | ||||||
| Total votes | 15,920 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 26,831 | 59.33 | ||||||
| Source: Singapore Elections[usurped] | ||||||||
By constituency
[edit]| Constituency | Electorate | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| City | 4,277 | Independent | Hassan Ali Jivabhai | 1,154 | 56.5 | |
| Progressive Party | M. Oli Mohamed Mohamed Kassim | 887 | 43.5 | |||
| East | 4,797 | Progressive Party | Chan Kum Chee | 1,401 | 49.2 | |
| Labour Party | Lee Yong Min | 724 | 25.4 | |||
| Independent | Mak Pak Shee | 720 | 25.3 | |||
| North | 4,783 | Progressive Party | Arumugam Ponnu Rajah | 1,378 | 42.7 | |
| Labour Party | Anthony Rebeiro Lazarous | 1,074 | 33.3 | |||
| Independent | Anthony Pecci Netto | 641 | 19.9 | |||
| Independent | Siow Siang Yew | 136 | 4.2 | |||
| Rochore | 4,648 | Labour Party | Philip Rajanayam Williams | 1,761 | 63.7 | |
| Progressive Party | Seah Peng Chuan | 1,005 | 36.3 | |||
| South | 5,985 | Labour Party | Vellekat Kesavan Nair | 1,933 | 57.0 | |
| Progressive Party | Manickvasagar Subramaniam | 1,457 | 43.0 | |||
| West | 2,341 | Labour Party | Lee Choon Eng | 705 | 54.0 | |
| Progressive Party | Cuthbert Francis Joseph Ess | 904 | 46.0 | |||
| Source: Singapore Elections[usurped] | ||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "CITY COUNCIL ELECTION 1951". Singapore Elections. Archived from the original on 2015-03-28. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
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