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1952 Singapore City Council election

← 1951 6 December 1952 1953 →

6 of the 18 elected seats to the Singapore City Council
Turnout51.02%
  First party Second party
 
Leader Tan Chye Cheng Lim Yew Hock
Party Progressive Labour
Leader's seat Did not contest Did not contest
Seats before 8 5
Seats won 4 1
Seats after 9 4
Seat change Increase1 Decrease1
Popular vote 9,637 5,647
Percentage 42.88% 25.12%

The 1952 Singapore City Council election was the 2nd election to the Singapore City Council. It was held on 6 December 1952 to elect 6 of the 18 seats in the City Council.[1]

Results

[edit]
PartyVotes%Seats
Total
before
WonNot upTotal
after
+/–
Progressive Party9,63742.888459+1
Labour Party5,64725.125134–1
Independents7,19232.0051450
Total22,476100.0018612180
Valid votes22,47698.13
Invalid/blank votes4291.87
Total votes22,905100.00
Registered voters/turnout44,89651.02
Source: Singapore Elections

By constituency

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Constituency Electorate Party Candidate Votes %
City 6,279 Progressive Party M. Oli Mohamed Mohamed Kassim 2,164 42.8
Independent Syed Mumtaz Hussain 866 35.6
Independent Cuthbert Francis Joseph Ess 526 21.6
East 8,707 Progressive Party Amy Ede 1,801 38.0
Independent Mak Pak Shee 1,520 32.1
Labour Party Lee Yong Min 854 18.0
Independent Valath Sankunny Padmanabhan 306 6.5
Independent Narendra Gerald Nugawela 260 5.5
North 8,929 Labour Party Anthony Rebeiro Lazarous 2,560 58.2
Progressive Party Lim Choo Sye 1,817 41.3
Independent Abdul L. Shukoor 23 0.5
Rochore 8,229 Progressive Party Sim Beng Seng 1,936 50.4
Labour Party D. Stevens 1,388 36.1
Independent Syed Mohamed Abdul Hameed Chisty 520 13.5
South 8,693 Independent Jaganathan Saminathan 2,093 43.2
Progressive Party Manickvasagar Subramaniam 1,903 39.3
Labour Party Peter Massillamany Williams 845 17.5
West 4,059 Progressive Party Phyllis Eu Cheng Li 1,139 51.4
Independent Stella Manyam 904 40.8
Independent J. George V. Parambil 174 7.8
Source: Singapore Elections

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "CITY COUNCIL ELECTION 1952". Singapore Elections. Archived from the original on 2015-02-21. Retrieved 15 July 2020.

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Categories: 
Singapore City Council elections
1952 in Singapore
1952 elections in Asia
December 1952 events in Asia
 



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