1951 Singapore City Council election

The 1951 Singapore City Council election was the 1st election to the Singapore City Council. It was held on 1 December 1951 to elect 6 of the 18 seats in the City Council.[1]

1951 Singapore City Council election
1 December 1951
6 (out of 27) seats to the City Council
Turnout59.3%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Tan Chye Cheng Peter Williams –
Party PP Labour Party Independent
Leader's seat Not Contesting – Not Contesting
Seats won 2 3 1
Seat change 1 3 2
Popular vote 6,729 4,436 4,412
Percentage 43.2% 28.5% 28.3%

Results
Party Votes % +/– Seats +/–
Won Total
Progressive Party 6,729 43.2 10.8 2 9 1
Labour Party 4,436 28.5 11.3 3 6 3
Independents 4,412 28.3 – 1 3 2
Invalid/blank votes 343 – – – – –
Total 15,920 100 – 6 18 –
Registered voters/turnout 26,831 59.3 4.2 – – –
Source: Singapore Elections

By constituency
Constituency Electorate Party Candidate Votes %
City 4,277 Independent Hassan Ali Jivabhai 1,154
56.5 / 100
Progressive Party M. Oli Mohamed Mohamed Kassim 887
43.5 / 100
East 4,797 Progressive Party Chan Kum Chee 1,401
49.2 / 100
Labour Party Lee Yong Min 724
25.4 / 100
Independent Mak Pak Shee 720
25.3 / 100
North 4,783 Progressive Party Arumugam Ponnu Rajah 1,378
42.7 / 100
Labour Party Anthony Rebeiro Lazarous 1,074
33.3 / 100
Independent Anthony Pecci Netto 641
19.9 / 100
Independent Siow Siang Yew 136
4.2 / 100
Rochore 4,648 Labour Party Philip Rajanayam Williams 1,761
63.7 / 100
Progressive Party Seah Peng Chuan 1,005
36.3 / 100
South 5,985 Labour Party Vellekat Kesavan Nair 1,933
57.0 / 100
Progressive Party Manickvasagar Subramaniam 1,457
43.0 / 100
West 2,341 Labour Party Lee Choon Eng 705
54.0 / 100
Progressive Party Cuthbert Francis Joseph Ess 904
46.0 / 100
Source: Singapore Elections
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References
  1. "CITY COUNCIL ELECTION 1951". Singapore Elections. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
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