December 1949 Singapore Municipal Commission election

The December 1949 Singapore Municipal Commission election took place on 3 December 1949 to elect 6 of the 18 seats in the Singapore Municipal Commission.[1]

December 1949 Singapore Municipal Commission election
3 December 1949
6 (out of 27) seats to the Municipal Commission
Turnout60.4%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Tan Chye Cheng Francis Thomas –
Party PP Labour Party Independent
Leader's seat Not Contesting Not Contesting –
Seats won 3 2 1
Seat change 1 2 1
Popular vote 3,907 3,338 561
Percentage 50.1% 42.8% 7.2%

Results
Party Votes % Seats +/–
Won Total
Progressive Party 3,907 50.1 3 12 1
Labour Party 3,338 42.8 2 3 2
Independents 561 7.2 1 3 1
Invalid/blank votes 137 – – – –
Total 7,943 100 6 18 –
Registered voters/turnout 13,143 60.4 – – –
Source: Singapore Elections

By constituency
Constituency Electorate Party Candidate Votes %
City 1,811 Independent Jagatheesan Kalimuthu 561
55.7 / 100
Progressive Party Hassan Ali Jivabhai 353
35.0 / 100
Labour Party Frederick Bernard Oehlers 94
9.3 / 100
East 2,491 Progressive Party Amy Laycock 1,464
64.4 / 100
Labour Party Mak Pak Shee 556
35.6 / 100
North 2,199 Labour Party Edward Vethanayagam Davies 803
59.5 / 100
Progressive Party Chong Thutt Pitt 546
40.5 / 100
Rochore 3,255 Labour Party Syed Mohamed Abdul Hameed Chisty 979
52.9 / 100
Progressive Party Syed Hassan Al-Junied 871
47.1 / 100
Independent M. Abdul Rahim Khan 28
1.2 / 100
South 2,061 Progressive Party Duncan Robertson 654
51.2 / 100
Labour Party Madai Puthan Damodaran Nair 623
48.8 / 100
West 1,326 Progressive Party Phyllis Eu-Chia Cheng Li 477
62.8 / 100
Labour Party Vellekat Kesavan Nair 283
37.2 / 100
Source: Singapore Elections

References
  1. "MUNICIPAL COMMISSION ELECTION DECEMBER 1949". Singapore Elections. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
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