1953 Singapore City Council election
The 1953 Singapore City Council election was the 3rd election to the Singapore City Council. It was held on 5 December 1953 to elect 6 of the 18 seats in the City Council.[1]
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| Turnout | 32.8% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Results
| Party | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– | ||
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| Won | Total | ||||||
| Progressive Party | 8,532 | 40.5 |  2.4 |
3 | 9 |  1 | |
| Labour Party | 1,723 | 8.2 | 23.8 |
0 | 5 | 2 | |
| United Malays National Organisation | 1,622 | 7.7 | New | 0 | 0 | New | |
| Independents | 9,177 | 43.6 | – | 3 | 4 | 1 | |
| Invalid/blank votes | 473 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Total | 21,527 | 100 | – | 6 | 18 | – | |
| Eligible voters/turnout | 43,538 | 50.3 | 0.7 |
– | – | – | |
| Walkover voters | 6,700 | 13.3 | – | – | – | – | |
| Registered voters | 50,238 | 100 | – | – | – | – | |
| Source: Singapore Elections | |||||||
By constituency
| Constituency | Electorate | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
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| City | 6,700 | Independent | Jumabhoy Mohamed Jumabhoy | Uncontested | |
| East | 9,726 | Independent | Mak Pak Shee | 2,164 | 51.4 / 100 |
 Progressive Party |
Syed Hassan Al-Junied | 1,409 | 33.5 / 100 | ||
 United Malays National Organisation |
Syed Esa Almenoar | 634 | 15.1 / 100 | ||
| North | 9,759 | Progressive Party |
Lim Choo Sye | 2,585 | 54.8 / 100 |
| Labour Party | Shunmugh Subra Manyam | 1,723 | 36.6 / 100 | ||
| United Malays National Organisation |
Syed Haron A. Alhabshi | 405 | 8.6 / 100 | ||
| Rochore | 9,445 | Independent | T. A. Simon | 1,607 | 34.8 / 100 |
| Independent | Syed Mumtaz Hussain | 1,516 | 32.8 / 100 | ||
| Independent | Guok Sing Inn | 1,493 | 32.3 / 100 | ||
| South | 10,048 | Progressive Party |
Manickvasagar Subramaniam | 2,801 | 53.9 / 100 |
| Independent | Mariappan Verappan | 2,397 | 46.1 / 100 | ||
| West | 4,560 | Progressive Party |
Soh Ghee Soon | 1,737 | 74.9 / 100 |
| United Malays National Organisation |
Cuthbert Francis Joseph Ess | 583 | 25.1 / 100 | ||
| Source: Singapore Elections | |||||
References
- "CITY COUNCIL ELECTION 1953". Singapore Elections. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
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