December 1949 Singapore Municipal Commission election

December 1949 Singapore Municipal Commission election
3 December 1949
6 of the 18 elected seats in the Municipal Commission
Turnout60.44%
  First party Second party
 
Leader Tan Chye Cheng Francis Thomas
Party Progressive Labour
Leader's seat Did not contest Did not contest
Seats before 13 1
Seats won 3 2
Seats after 12 3
Seat change Decrease 1 Increase 2
Popular vote 3,907 3,338
Percentage 50.05% 42.76%

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]

Results

PartyVotes%Seats
Total
before		WonNot upTotal
after		+/–
Progressive Party3,90750.05133912–1
Labour Party3,33842.761213+2
Independent5617.194123–1
Total7,806100.0018612180
Valid votes7,80698.28
Invalid/blank votes1371.72
Total votes7,943100.00
Registered voters/turnout13,14360.44
Source: Singapore Elections

By constituency

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

References

  1. ^ "MUNICIPAL COMMISSION ELECTION DECEMBER 1949". Singapore Elections. Archived from the original on 2015-09-21. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
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