1952 Singapore City Council election
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]
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| Turnout | 51.0% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Results
| Party | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– | ||
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| Won | Total | ||||||
| Progressive Party | 9,637 | 42.9 |  0.3 |
4 | 9 |  1 | |
| Labour Party | 5,647 | 32.0 | 3.5 |
1 | 4 | 1 | |
| Independents | 7,192 | 25.1 | – | 1 | 5 | 0 | |
| Invalid/blank votes | 343 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Total | 22,905 | 100 | – | 6 | 18 | – | |
| Registered voters/turnout | 44,896 | 51.0 | 8.3 |
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| Source: Singapore Elections | |||||||
By constituency
| Constituency | Electorate | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
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| City | 6,279 |  Progressive Party |
M. Oli Mohamed Mohamed Kassim | 2,164 | 42.8 / 100 |
| Independent | Syed Mumtaz Hussain | 866 | 35.6 / 100 | ||
| Independent | Cuthbert Francis Joseph Ess | 526 | 21.6 / 100 | ||
| East | 8,707 | Progressive Party |
Amy Laycock | 1,801 | 38.0 / 100 |
| Independent | Mak Pak Shee | 1,520 | 32.1 / 100 | ||
| Labour Party | Lee Yong Min | 854 | 18.0 / 100 | ||
| Independent | Valath Sankunny Padmanabhan | 306 | 6.5 / 100 | ||
| Independent | Narendra Gerald Nugawela | 260 | 5.5 / 100 | ||
| North | 8,929 | Labour Party | Anthony Rebeiro Lazarous | 2,560 | 58.2 / 100 |
| Progressive Party |
Lim Choo Sye | 1,817 | 41.3 / 100 | ||
| Independent | Abdul L. Shukoor | 23 | 0.5 / 100 | ||
| Rochore | 8,229 | Progressive Party |
Sim Beng Seng | 1,936 | 50.4 / 100 |
| Labour Party | D. Stevens | 1,388 | 36.1 / 100 | ||
| Independent | Syed Mohamed Abdul Hameed Chisty | 520 | 13.5 / 100 | ||
| South | 8,693 | Independent | Jaganathan Saminathan | 2,093 | 43.2 / 100 |
| Progressive Party |
Manickvasagar Subramaniam | 1,903 | 39.3 / 100 | ||
| Labour Party | Peter Massillamany Williams | 845 | 17.5 / 100 | ||
| West | 4,059 | Progressive Party |
Phyllis Eu-Chia Cheng Li | 1,139 | 51.4 / 100 |
| Independent | Stella Manyam | 904 | 40.8 / 100 | ||
| Independent | J. George V. Parambil | 174 | 7.8 / 100 | ||
| Source: Singapore Elections | |||||
References
- "CITY COUNCIL ELECTION 1952". Singapore Elections. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
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