Singapore City Council election, 1951

Singaporean City Council election, 1951

1 December 1951

6 seats

The 1951 Singapore City Council elections were the first such elections since the Singapore Municipal Commission had been renamed the City Council.

The city council consisted of a total of 6 seats representing the south side of the island. There were 26,831 eligible voters during the elections.

Results

The Progressive Party and Labour Party had an even split of seats with each party taking three each.

Elections results for 1951:[1]

Seat Candidate Party %
City Progressive Party Hassan Ali JIVABHAI 56.5
City Independent M. OLI MOHAMED Mohamed Kassim 43.5
Seat Candidate Party %
East Progressive Party CHAN Kum Chee 49.2
East Labour Party LEE Yong Min 25.4
East Independent MAK Pak Shee 25.3
Seat Candidate Party %
North Labour Anthony Rebeiro LAZAROUS 33.3
North Progressive Party Arumugan Ponnu RAJAH 42.7
North Independent Anthony Pecci NETTO 19.9
North Independent SIOW Siang Yew 4.2
Seat Candidate Party %
Rochore Labour Philip Rajanayam WILLIAMS 63.7
Rochore Progressive Party SEAH Peng Chuan 36.3
Seat Candidate Party %
South Progressive Party MANICKAVASAGAR Subramaniam 43
South Labour Vellekat Kesavan NAIR 57
Seat Candidate Party %
West Progressive Party Cuthbert Francis Joseph ESS 46
West Labour LEE Choon Eng 54

References

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