1951 Singapore City Council election
The 1951 Singapore City Council elections were the first such elections since the Singapore Municipal Commission had been renamed the City Council.
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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 | % |
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City | Progressive Party | Hassan Ali JIVABHAI | 56.5 |
City | Independent | M. OLI MOHAMED Mohamed Kassim | 43.5 |
Seat | Candidate | Party | % |
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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 | % |
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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 | % |
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Rochore | Labour | Philip Rajanayam WILLIAMS | 63.7 |
Rochore | Progressive Party | SEAH Peng Chuan | 36.3 |
Seat | Candidate | Party | % |
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South | Progressive Party | MANICKAVASAGAR Subramaniam | 43 |
South | Labour | Vellekat Kesavan NAIR | 57 |
Seat | Candidate | Party | % |
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West | Progressive Party | Cuthbert Francis Joseph ESS | 46 |
West | Labour | LEE Choon Eng | 54 |
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