Singapore City Council election, 1951

Singaporean City Council election, 1951

1 December 1951

6 seats

The 1951 Singapore City Council elections were the first such elections since the Singapore Municipal Commission had been renamed the City Council.

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	%
City	Progressive Party	Hassan Ali JIVABHAI	56.5
City	Independent	M. OLI MOHAMED Mohamed Kassim	43.5

Seat	Candidate	Party	%
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	%
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	%
Rochore	Labour	Philip Rajanayam WILLIAMS	63.7
Rochore	Progressive Party	SEAH Peng Chuan	36.3

Seat	Candidate	Party	%
South	Progressive Party	MANICKAVASAGAR Subramaniam	43
South	Labour	Vellekat Kesavan NAIR	57

Seat	Candidate	Party	%
West	Progressive Party	Cuthbert Francis Joseph ESS	46
West	Labour	LEE Choon Eng	54

Elections and referendums in Singapore
General elections	1948 1951 1955 1959 1963 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1991 1997 2001 2006 2011 2015 Next
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Referendums	1962
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