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1952 Singapore City Council election Turnout 51.02%
First party
Second party
Leader
Tan Chye Cheng
Lim Yew Hock
Party
Progressive
Labour
Leader's seat
Did not contest
Did not contest
Seats before
8
5
Seats won
4
1
Seats after
9
4
Seat change
Popular vote
9,637
5,647
Percentage
42.88%
25.12%
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]
Party Votes % Seats Total Won Not up Total +/– Progressive Party 9,637 42.88 8 4 5 9 +1 Labour Party 5,647 25.12 5 1 3 4 –1 Independents 7,192 32.00 5 1 4 5 0 Total 22,476 100.00 18 6 12 18 0 Valid votes 22,476 98.13 Invalid/blank votes 429 1.87 Total votes 22,905 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 44,896 51.02 Source: Singapore Elections [usurped]
Constituency
Electorate
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
City
6,279
Progressive Party M. Oli Mohamed Mohamed Kassim
2,164
42.8
Independent
Syed Mumtaz Hussain
866
35.6
Independent
Cuthbert Francis Joseph Ess
526
21.6
East
8,707
Progressive Party Amy Ede 1,801
38.0
Independent
Mak Pak Shee
1,520
32.1
Labour Party
Lee Yong Min
854
18.0
Independent
Valath Sankunny Padmanabhan
306
6.5
Independent
Narendra Gerald Nugawela
260
5.5
North
8,929
Labour Party Anthony Rebeiro Lazarous
2,560
58.2
Progressive Party
Lim Choo Sye
1,817
41.3
Independent
Abdul L. Shukoor
23
0.5
Rochore
8,229
Progressive Party Sim Beng Seng
1,936
50.4
Labour Party
D. Stevens
1,388
36.1
Independent
Syed Mohamed Abdul Hameed Chisty
520
13.5
South
8,693
Independent
Jaganathan Saminathan
2,093
43.2
Progressive Party
Manickvasagar Subramaniam
1,903
39.3
Labour Party
Peter Massillamany Williams
845
17.5
West
4,059
Progressive Party Phyllis Eu Cheng Li 1,139
51.4
Independent
Stella Manyam
904
40.8
Independent
J. George V. Parambil
174
7.8
Source: Singapore Elections [usurped]
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