1951 Singapore City Council election|
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Turnout | 59.33% |
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First party
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Second party
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Leader
|
Tan Chye Cheng
|
Peter Williams
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Party
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Progressive
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Labour
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Leader's seat
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Did not contest
|
Did not contest
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Seats before
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10
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3
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Seats won
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2
|
3
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Seats after
|
9
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6
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Seat change
|
1
|
3
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Popular vote
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6,729
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4,436
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Percentage
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43.20%
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28.48%
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Elections to Singapore City Council were held for the first time on 1 December 1951 to elect six of the council's 18 elected members.[1]
Results
Party | Votes | % | Seats |
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Total before | Won | Not up | Total after | +/– |
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| Progressive Party | 6,729 | 43.20 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 9 | –1 |
| Labour Party | 4,436 | 28.48 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | +3 |
| Independents | 4,412 | 28.32 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | –3 |
Total | 15,577 | 100.00 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 0 |
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Valid votes | 15,577 | 97.85 | |
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Invalid/blank votes | 343 | 2.15 | |
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Total votes | 15,920 | 100.00 | |
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Registered voters/turnout | 26,831 | 59.33 | |
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Source: Singapore Elections |
By constituency
Constituency
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Electorate
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Party
|
Candidate
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Votes
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%
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City
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4,277
|
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Independent
|
Hassan Ali Jivabhai
|
1,154
|
56.5
|
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Progressive Party
|
M. Oli Mohamed Mohamed Kassim
|
887
|
43.5
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East
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4,797
|
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Progressive Party
|
Chan Kum Chee
|
1,401
|
49.2
|
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Labour Party
|
Lee Yong Min
|
724
|
25.4
|
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Independent
|
Mak Pak Shee
|
720
|
25.3
|
North
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4,783
|
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Progressive Party
|
Arumugam Ponnu Rajah
|
1,378
|
42.7
|
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Labour Party
|
Anthony Rebeiro Lazarous
|
1,074
|
33.3
|
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Independent
|
Anthony Pecci Netto
|
641
|
19.9
|
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Independent
|
Siow Siang Yew
|
136
|
4.2
|
Rochore
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4,648
|
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Labour Party
|
Philip Rajanayam Williams
|
1,761
|
63.7
|
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Progressive Party
|
Seah Peng Chuan
|
1,005
|
36.3
|
South
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5,985
|
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Labour Party
|
Vellekat Kesavan Nair
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1,933
|
57.0
|
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Progressive Party
|
Manickvasagar Subramaniam
|
1,457
|
43.0
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West
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2,341
|
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Labour Party
|
Lee Choon Eng
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705
|
54.0
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Progressive Party
|
Cuthbert Francis Joseph Ess
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904
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46.0
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Source: Singapore Elections Archived 2015-03-28 at the Wayback Machine
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