1952 Singapore City Council election

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1952 Singapore City Council election
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← 1951 6 December 1952 1953 →
6 (out of 27) seats to the City Council
Turnout51.0%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Tan Chye Cheng – Lim Yew Hock
Party PP Independent Labour Party
Leader's seat Not Contesting – Not Contesting
Seats won 4 1 1
Seat change Increase1 – Decrease1
Popular vote 9,637 7,192 5,647
Percentage 42.9% 32.0% 25.1%

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]

Results[]

PartyVotes%Seats
WonTotal+/–
Progressive Party9,63742.8849+1
Labour Party5,64725.1214–1
Independents7,19232.00150
Total22,476100.006180
Valid votes22,47698.13
Invalid/blank votes4291.87
Total votes22,905100.00
Registered voters/turnout44,89651.02
Source: Singapore Elections

By constituency[]

Constituency Electorate Party Candidate Votes %
City 6,279 Progressive Party 2,164 42.8
Independent 866 35.6
Independent 526 21.6
East 8,707 Progressive Party 1,801 38.0
Independent Mak Pak Shee 1,520 32.1
Labour Party Lee Yong Min 854 18.0
Independent 306 6.5
Independent 260 5.5
North 8,929 Labour Party 2,560 58.2
Progressive Party 1,817 41.3
Independent 23 0.5
Rochore 8,229 Progressive Party 1,936 50.4
Labour Party 1,388 36.1
Independent 520 13.5
South 8,693 Independent 2,093 43.2
Progressive Party 1,903 39.3
Labour Party 845 17.5
West 4,059 Progressive Party Phyllis Eu-Chia Cheng Li 1,139 51.4
Independent 904 40.8
Independent 174 7.8
Source: Singapore Elections

References[]

  1. ^ "CITY COUNCIL ELECTION 1952". Singapore Elections. Retrieved 15 July 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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