December 1949 Singapore Municipal Commission election
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6 of the 27 seats in the Municipal Commission | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 60.4% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The December 1949 Singapore Municipal Commission election took place on 3 December 1949 to elect 6 of the 18 seats in the Singapore Municipal Commission.[1]
Results[]
Party | Votes | % | Seats | |||||
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Won | Total | +/– | ||||||
Progressive Party | 3,907 | 50.05 | 3 | 12 | –1 | |||
Labour Party | 3,338 | 42.76 | 2 | 3 | +2 | |||
Independents | 561 | 7.19 | 1 | 3 | –1 | |||
Total | 7,806 | 100.00 | 6 | 18 | 0 | |||
Valid votes | 7,806 | 98.28 | ||||||
Invalid/blank votes | 137 | 1.72 | ||||||
Total votes | 7,943 | 100.00 | ||||||
Registered voters/turnout | 13,143 | 60.44 | ||||||
Source: Singapore Elections |
By constituency[]
Constituency | Electorate | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
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City | 1,811 | Independent | 561 | 55.7 | |
Progressive Party | 353 | 35.0 | |||
Labour Party | 94 | 9.3 | |||
East | 2,491 | Progressive Party | 1,464 | 64.4 | |
Labour Party | Mak Pak Shee | 556 | 35.6 | ||
North | 2,199 | Labour Party | 803 | 59.5 | |
Progressive Party | 546 | 40.5 | |||
Rochore | 3,255 | Labour Party | 979 | 52.9 | |
Progressive Party | 871 | 47.1 | |||
Independent | 28 | 1.2 | |||
South | 2,061 | Progressive Party | Duncan Robertson | 654 | 51.2 |
Labour Party | 623 | 48.8 | |||
West | 1,326 | Progressive Party | Phyllis Eu-Chia Cheng Li | 477 | 62.8 |
Labour Party | 283 | 37.2 | |||
Source: Singapore Elections |
References[]
- ^ "MUNICIPAL COMMISSION ELECTION DECEMBER 1949". Singapore Elections. Archived from the original on 2015-09-21. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
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- 1949 elections in Asia
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