1952 Singapore City Council election

The 1952 Singapore City Council election was the 2nd election to the Singapore City Council. It was held on 6 December 1952 to elect 6 of the 18 seats in the City Council.[1]

1952 Singapore City Council election
6 December 1952
6 (out of 27) seats to the City Council
Turnout51.0%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Tan Chye Cheng – Lim Yew Hock
Party PP Independent Labour Party
Leader's seat Not Contesting – Not Contesting
Seats won 4 1 1
Seat change 1 – 1
Popular vote 9,637 7,192 5,647
Percentage 42.9% 32.0% 25.1%

Results
Party Votes % +/– Seats +/–
Won Total
Progressive Party 9,637 42.9 0.3 4 9 1
Labour Party 5,647 32.0 3.5 1 4 1
Independents 7,192 25.1 – 1 5 0
Invalid/blank votes 343 – – – – –
Total 22,905 100 – 6 18 –
Registered voters/turnout 44,896 51.0 8.3 – – –
Source: Singapore Elections

By constituency
Constituency Electorate Party Candidate Votes %
City 6,279 Progressive Party M. Oli Mohamed Mohamed Kassim 2,164
42.8 / 100
Independent Syed Mumtaz Hussain 866
35.6 / 100
Independent Cuthbert Francis Joseph Ess 526
21.6 / 100
East 8,707 Progressive Party Amy Laycock 1,801
38.0 / 100
Independent Mak Pak Shee 1,520
32.1 / 100
Labour Party Lee Yong Min 854
18.0 / 100
Independent Valath Sankunny Padmanabhan 306
6.5 / 100
Independent Narendra Gerald Nugawela 260
5.5 / 100
North 8,929 Labour Party Anthony Rebeiro Lazarous 2,560
58.2 / 100
Progressive Party Lim Choo Sye 1,817
41.3 / 100
Independent Abdul L. Shukoor 23
0.5 / 100
Rochore 8,229 Progressive Party Sim Beng Seng 1,936
50.4 / 100
Labour Party D. Stevens 1,388
36.1 / 100
Independent Syed Mohamed Abdul Hameed Chisty 520
13.5 / 100
South 8,693 Independent Jaganathan Saminathan 2,093
43.2 / 100
Progressive Party Manickvasagar Subramaniam 1,903
39.3 / 100
Labour Party Peter Massillamany Williams 845
17.5 / 100
West 4,059 Progressive Party Phyllis Eu-Chia Cheng Li 1,139
51.4 / 100
Independent Stella Manyam 904
40.8 / 100
Independent J. George V. Parambil 174
7.8 / 100
Source: Singapore Elections
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References
  1. "CITY COUNCIL ELECTION 1952". Singapore Elections. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
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