Singapore City Council election, 1957

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The 1957 Singapore City Council Elections was the first for the newly renamed council, as well as the first to open all seats for direct popular voting. Nomination day was on 18 November 1957, with voting held on 21 December in the same year.

A total of 32 seats were contested. Also up for contention, was the new office of Mayor of Singapore, which would be awarded to the leader of the political party with the majority of seats won.

[edit] Results

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Constituency	Candidate	Party	Votes	% of valid votes	Result
Cairnhill	O. S. Rengasamy	The Workers' Party of Singapore	1,406	34.36	O. S. Rengasamy
	Tan Sim Hong	Liberal Socialist Party	1,373	33.6
	P. Ramasamy	Labour Front	1,313	32.1
Delta	J. C. Corera	The Workers' Party of Singapore	3,391	54.91	J. C. Corera
	Peck Boon Kang	Liberal Socialist Party	1,273	20.6
	Tan Jin Hong	Labour Front	1,251	20.3
	T. R. Fernandez	Independent	258	4.2
Jalan Besar	Cheong Min Chew	The Workers' Party of Singapore	1,660	36.16	to be added
Kallang	Chang Yuen Tong	The Workers' Party of Singapore	2,704	41.49	Chan Yuen Tong
Telok Ayer	Wang Tsun Hao	The Workers' Party of Singapore	3,894	53.50	Wang Tsun Hao