Singapore general election, 1948

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The Legislative Council General Elections was the first election to be held in Singapore, taking place on 21 March 1948 when six of the 22 seats on the Legislative Council were open for popular voting, albeit only for British subjects. The election was announced on 1 February, and nominations were due by 15 February. The campaign period lasted for 31 days.

Calls by various organisations to boycott the election led to a voter turnout of 63.1% with 25,072 votes cast.

[edit] Results summary

See also Singapore general election, 1948 results

Party	Seats		Popular votes
	Contested	Won	#	%	+/-
Progressive Party	5	3	11,754	49.5	NA
Independents	10	3	11,997	50.5	NA

[edit] References

• Sr, Pugalenthi (1996) Elections in Singapore VJ Times International Pte Ltd, Singapore ISBN 981-221-025-3

[edit] External link

• Singapore Elections Webpage

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