1953 Singapore City Council election
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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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6 of the 18 elected seats to the Singapore City Council | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 49.44% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Results
editParty | Votes | % | Seats | |||||
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Total before | Won | Not up | Total after | +/– | ||||
Progressive Party | 8,532 | 40.52 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 9 | +1 | |
Labour Party | 1,723 | 8.18 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 5 | –2 | |
United Malays National Organisation | 1,622 | 7.70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | |
Independent | 9,177 | 43.59 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | +1 | |
Total | 21,054 | 100.00 | 18 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 0 | |
Valid votes | 21,054 | 97.80 | ||||||
Invalid/blank votes | 473 | 2.20 | ||||||
Total votes | 21,527 | 100.00 | ||||||
Registered voters/turnout | 43,538 | 49.44 | ||||||
Source: Singapore Elections |
By constituency
editConstituency | 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 | |
Progressive Party | Syed Hassan Al-Junied | 1,409 | 33.5 | |||
United Malays National Organisation | Syed Esa Almenoar | 634 | 15.1 | |||
North | 9,759 | Progressive Party | Lim Choo Sye | 2,585 | 54.8 | |
Labour Party | Shunmugh Subra Manyam | 1,723 | 36.6 | |||
United Malays National Organisation | Syed Haron A. Alhabshi | 405 | 8.6 | |||
Rochore | 9,445 | Independent | T. A. Simon | 1,607 | 34.8 | |
Independent | Syed Mumtaz Hussain | 1,516 | 32.8 | |||
Independent | Guok Sing Inn | 1,493 | 32.3 | |||
South | 10,048 | Progressive Party | Manickvasagar Subramaniam | 2,801 | 53.9 | |
Independent | Mariappan Verappan | 2,397 | 46.1 | |||
West | 4,560 | Progressive Party | Soh Ghee Soon | 1,737 | 74.9 | |
United Malays National Organisation | Cuthbert Francis Joseph Ess | 583 | 25.1 | |||
Source: Singapore Elections |
References
edit- ^ "CITY COUNCIL ELECTION 1953". Singapore Elections. Archived from the original on 2015-02-21. Retrieved 15 July 2020.