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1951 Singapore City Council election

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1 December 1951

1952 →

6 of the 18 elected seats in the Singapore City Council

Turnout

59.33%

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

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Party		Votes	%	Seats
Party		Votes	%	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

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Constituency	Electorate		Candidate	Votes	%
City	4,277	Independent	Hassan Ali Jivabhai	1,154	56.5
City	4,277	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
Rochore	4,648	Progressive Party	Seah Peng Chuan	1,005	36.3
South	5,985	Labour Party	Vellekat Kesavan Nair	1,933	57.0
South	5,985	Progressive Party	Manickvasagar Subramaniam	1,457	43.0
West	2,341	Labour Party	Lee Choon Eng	705	54.0
West	2,341	Progressive Party	Cuthbert Francis Joseph Ess	904	46.0
Source: Singapore Elections

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^ "CITY COUNCIL ELECTION 1951". Singapore Elections. Archived from the original on 2015-03-28. Retrieved 15 July 2020.

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