1957 Singapore City Council election
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
Lee Kuan Yew
Felice Leon-Soh
Lim Yew Hock
Party
PAP
LSP
LF
Leader's seat
Not Contesting
Not Contesting
Not Contesting
Seats won
13
7
4
Seat change
13
1
1
Popular vote
49,500
56,204
25,711
Percentage
30.6%
34.8%
15.9%
The 1957 Singapore City Council elections was the first time that all appointed seats were scrapped, and all seats were opened 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.
Results [ ]
Party Votes % Seats +/– People's Action Party 49,500 30.61 13 New Liberal Socialist Party 56,204 34.76 7 –1 Labour Front 25,711 15.90 4 –1 Workers' Party 11,896 7.36 4 New United Malays National Organisation 7,832 4.84 2 +2 Independents 10,560 6.53 2 –1 Total 161,703 100.00 32 +14 Valid votes 161,703 97.76 Invalid/blank votes 3,701 2.24 Total votes 165,404 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 504,291 32.80 Source: Singapore Elections
By constituency [ ]
Constituency
Electorate
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Aljunied
15,033
Liberal Socialist Party
1,855
46.7
Labour Front
1,344
33.8
Independent
777
19.5
Anson
15,637
People's Action Party
2,764
53.9
Liberal Socialist Party
2,363
46.1
Bras Basah
16,274
People's Action Party
3,345
64.7
Liberal Socialist Party
1,826
35.3
Bukit Merah
12,768
Independent
1,465
38.6
Liberal Socialist Party
1,253
33.0
Labour Front
Ahmad bin Ismail
1,079
28.4
Cairnhill
14,148
Workers' Party
1,406
34.4
Liberal Socialist Party
1,373
33.6
Labour Front
P. Ramasamy
1,313
32.1
Crawford
15,547
People's Action Party
4,355
67.0
Liberal Socialist Party
1,220
18.8
Independent
923
14.2
Delta
16,916
Workers' Party
3,391
54.9
Liberal Socialist Party
1,273
20.6
Labour Front
1,251
20.3
Independent
258
4.2
Farrer Park
13,826
Independent
1,335
29.8
Liberal Socialist Party
1,141
25.5
Labour Front
1,074
24.0
Independent
933
20.8
Geylang East
17,966
People's Action Party
3,154
54.0
Liberal Socialist Party
2,051
35.1
Independent
640
10.9
Geylang West
18,112
People's Action Party
3,703
79.1
Liberal Socialist Party
979
20.9
Havelock
18,422
Labour Front
2,979
54.5
Liberal Socialist Party
2,487
45.5
Hong Lim
13,127
People's Action Party
Ong Eng Guan
3,918
82.9
Liberal Socialist Party
810
17.1
Jalan Besar
13,416
People's Action Party
2,430
52.9
Liberal Socialist Party
1,660
36.2
Workers' Party
501
10.9
Kallang
14,302
Workers' Party
2,704
41.5
Liberal Socialist Party
1,831
28.1
Labour Front
1,484
22.8
Independent
499
7.7
Kampong Glam
15,609
People's Action Party
3,615
60.9
Liberal Socialist Party
1,203
20.3
Independent
1,119
18.8
Kampong Kapor
19,334
People's Action Party
3,860
51.8
Liberal Socialist Party
1,861
25.0
Independent
1,735
23.3
Kreta Ayer
16,950
People's Action Party
Chan Choy Siong
3,034
86.8
Liberal Socialist Party
460
13.2
Moulmein
12,020
Liberal Socialist Party
1,890
57.0
Labour Front
1,428
43.0
Mountbatten
13,728
Liberal Socialist Party
1,818
55.9
Labour Front
1,436
44.1
Pasir Panjang
10,274
Liberal Socialist Party
2,358
58.7
Labour Front
1,660
41.3
Queenstown
11,429
Labour Front
2,796
75.0
Liberal Socialist Party
934
25.0
River Valley
14,865
Labour Front
2,164
52.0
Liberal Socialist Party
1,996
48.0
Rochore
16,333
People's Action Party
4,258
63.9
Liberal Socialist Party
1,527
22.9
Independent
876
13.2
Sepoy Lines
16,281
Liberal Socialist Party
2,904
50.2
People's Action Party
2,880
49.8
Stamford
17,860
Labour Front
1,470
53.9
Liberal Socialist Party
1,257
46.1
Tanglin
18,775
United Malays National Organisation
1,950
42.5
Liberal Socialist Party
1,547
33.7
Labour Front
1,091
23.8
Tanjong Pagar
14,721
People's Action Party
Ong Pang Boon
3,354
71.9
Liberal Socialist Party
1,311
28.1
Telok Ayer
24,412
Workers' Party
3,894
55.6
Liberal Socialist Party
2,081
29.7
Labour Front
1,034
14.8
Telok Blangah
18,476
United Malays National Organisation
3,432
51.3
Liberal Socialist Party
3,262
48.7
Tiong Bahru
13,863
Liberal Socialist Party
2,285
52.0
Labour Front
2,108
14.8
Toa Payoh
18,416
People's Action Party
4,830
62.9
Liberal Socialist Party
2,846
37.1
Ulu Pandan
15,451
Liberal Socialist Party
2,542
50.9
United Malays National Organisation
2,450
49.1
Source: Singapore Elections
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