1957 Singapore City Council election

The 1957 Singapore City Council elections was the first time that all appointed seats were scrapped, and all seats were opened for direct popular voting. Nomination day was on 18 November 1957, with voting held on 21 December in the same year.

1957 Singapore City Council election
21 December 1957
All 32 seats to the City Council
17 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Lee Kuan Yew Felice Leon-Soh Lim Yew Hock
Party PAP LSP LF
Leader's seat Not Contesting Not Contesting Not Contesting
Seats won 13 7 4
Seat change 13 1 1
Popular vote 49,500 56,204 25,711
Percentage 30.6% 34.8% 15.9%
Elected Mayor

Ong Eng Guan
PAP

A total of 32 seats were contested. Also up for contention, was the new office of Mayor of Singapore, which would be awarded to the leader of the political party with the majority of seats won.

Results
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
People's Action Party49,50030.6113New
Liberal Socialist Party56,20434.767–1
Labour Front25,71115.904–1
Workers' Party11,8967.364New
United Malays National Organisation7,8324.842+2
Independents10,5606.532–1
Total161,703100.0032+14
Valid votes161,70397.76
Invalid/blank votes3,7012.24
Total votes165,404100.00
Registered voters/turnout504,29132.80
Source: Singapore Elections

By constituency
ConstituencyElectoratePartyCandidateVotes%
Aljunied 15,033 Liberal Socialist Party Wee Swee Hong 1,855
46.7 / 100
Labour Front Sim Swee Seng 1,344
33.8 / 100
Independent Tan Jin Hong 777
19.5 / 100
Anson 15,637 People's Action Party John Mammen 2,764
53.9 / 100
Liberal Socialist Party Sundarajulu Lakshmana Perumal 2,363
46.1 / 100
Bras Basah 16,274 People's Action Party Sze Yih Hwa 3,345
64.7 / 100
Liberal Socialist Party Hwang Cheng Peng 1,826
35.3 / 100
Bukit Merah 12,768 Independent Govindasamy Gopal 1,465
38.6 / 100
Liberal Socialist Party Pang Tong Khiam 1,253
33.0 / 100
Labour Front Ahmad bin Ismail 1,079
28.4 / 100
Cairnhill 14,148 Workers' Party O. Subramaniam Rengasamy 1,406
34.4 / 100
Liberal Socialist Party Tan Sim Hong 1,373
33.6 / 100
Labour Front P. Ramasamy 1,313
32.1 / 100
Crawford 15,547 People's Action Party Baharuddin bin Mohamed Ariff 4,355
67.0 / 100
Liberal Socialist Party Lee Thiam Chuan 1,220
18.8 / 100
Independent Neo Tai Kim 923
14.2 / 100
Delta 16,916 Workers' Party John Cruz Corera 3,391
54.9 / 100
Liberal Socialist Party Peck Boon Kang 1,273
20.6 / 100
Labour Front Tan Jin Hong 1,251
20.3 / 100
Independent T. R. Fernandez 258
4.2 / 100
Farrer Park 13,826 Independent Karuppiah Nalliah 1,335
29.8 / 100
Liberal Socialist Party Vetrivelu Rengaswamy 1,141
25.5 / 100
Labour Front Mariappan Verappan 1,074
24.0 / 100
Independent Soo-Tho Siu Hee 933
20.8 / 100
Geylang East 17,966 People's Action Party Kum Teng Hock 3,154
54.0 / 100
Liberal Socialist Party Lee Kip Hiang 2,051
35.1 / 100
Independent Ng Cheng Chwee 640
10.9 / 100
Geylang West 18,112 People's Action Party Peter Lau Por Tuck 3,703
79.1 / 100
Liberal Socialist Party Teo Koh Bee 979
20.9 / 100
Havelock 18,422 Labour Front Lee Hwee Yiow 2,979
54.5 / 100
Liberal Socialist Party Ang Khye Chia 2,487
45.5 / 100
Hong Lim 13,127 People's Action Party Ong Eng Guan 3,918
82.9 / 100
Liberal Socialist Party Lee Kok Liang 810
17.1 / 100
Jalan Besar 13,416 People's Action Party Chan Chee Seng 2,430
52.9 / 100
Liberal Socialist Party Lee Chee Seng 1,660
36.2 / 100
Workers' Party Cheong Min Chee 501
10.9 / 100
Kallang 14,302 Workers' Party Chiang Yueh Thong 2,704
41.5 / 100
Liberal Socialist Party Tan Hai Tong 1,831
28.1 / 100
Labour Front Henry Leong 1,484
22.8 / 100
Independent Lau Liat Meng 499
7.7 / 100
Kampong Glam 15,609 People's Action Party Hoe Puay Choo 3,615
60.9 / 100
Liberal Socialist Party Lam Chock Chuan 1,203
20.3 / 100
Independent Daud bin Mohamed Yunos 1,119
18.8 / 100
Kampong Kapor 19,334 People's Action Party Wee Toon Boon 3,860
51.8 / 100
Liberal Socialist Party Ng Teik Sim 1,861
25.0 / 100
Independent Sim Beng Seng 1,735
23.3 / 100
Kreta Ayer 16,950 People's Action Party Chan Choy Siong 3,034
86.8 / 100
Liberal Socialist Party Lee Ho Kee 460
13.2 / 100
Moulmein 12,020 Liberal Socialist Party Lim Choo Sye 1,890
57.0 / 100
Labour Front Lam Hock Chye 1,428
43.0 / 100
Mountbatten 13,728 Liberal Socialist Party Felice Leon-Soh 1,818
55.9 / 100
Labour Front Saul Hugh Zakoo 1,436
44.1 / 100
Pasir Panjang 10,274 Liberal Socialist Party Ong Say Yeo 2,358
58.7 / 100
Labour Front Ahmad bin Mohamed Yatim 1,660
41.3 / 100
Queenstown 11,429 Labour Front Tang Peng Yeu 2,796
75.0 / 100
Liberal Socialist Party Leong Poh Seng 934
25.0 / 100
River Valley 14,865 Labour Front Ho Kok Hoe 2,164
52.0 / 100
Liberal Socialist Party Wong Peng Tuck 1,996
48.0 / 100
Rochore 16,333 People's Action Party Lin You Eng 4,258
63.9 / 100
Liberal Socialist Party Ong Lip Hua 1,527
22.9 / 100
Independent Tang Beng Cheong 876
13.2 / 100
Sepoy Lines 16,281 Liberal Socialist Party Manickavasagar Subramaniam 2,904
50.2 / 100
People's Action Party Kang Meng Kim 2,880
49.8 / 100
Stamford 17,860 Labour Front George Benjamin Armstrong 1,470
53.9 / 100
Liberal Socialist Party Gopal Krishnan Gosain 1,257
46.1 / 100
Tanglin 18,775 United Malays National Organisation Mohamed Shariff bin Dollah 1,950
42.5 / 100
Liberal Socialist Party Syed Omar bin Abdulrahman Alsagoff 1,547
33.7 / 100
Labour Front Lim Siew Chuan 1,091
23.8 / 100
Tanjong Pagar 14,721 People's Action Party Ong Pang Boon 3,354
71.9 / 100
Liberal Socialist Party Lim Siew Lay 1,311
28.1 / 100
Telok Ayer 24,412 Workers' Party Wang Tsun Hao 3,894
55.6 / 100
Liberal Socialist Party Chua Keng Eng 2,081
29.7 / 100
Labour Front Yap Tean Hock 1,034
14.8 / 100
Telok Blangah 18,476 United Malays National Organisation Syed Ali bin Zedha Alsagoff 3,432
51.3 / 100
Liberal Socialist Party Chua Bock Kwee 3,262
48.7 / 100
Tiong Bahru 13,863 Liberal Socialist Party Lee Bah Chee 2,285
52.0 / 100
Labour Front Lim Huan Seng 2,108
14.8 / 100
Toa Payoh 18,416 People's Action Party Wong Soon Fong 4,830
62.9 / 100
Liberal Socialist Party Khoo Siaw Hua 2,846
37.1 / 100
Ulu Pandan 15,451 Liberal Socialist Party Chua Kim Kee 2,542
50.9 / 100
United Malays National Organisation Ibrahim bin Othman 2,450
49.1 / 100
Source: Singapore Elections
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