December 1949 Singapore Municipal Commission election

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]

December 1949 Singapore Municipal Commission election
3 December 1949
6 of the 27 seats in the Municipal Commission
Turnout60.4%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Tan Chye Cheng Francis Thomas –
Party PP Labour Party Independent
Leader's seat Not contesting Not contesting –
Seats won 3 2 1
Seat change 1 2 1
Popular vote 3,907 3,338 561
Percentage 50.1% 42.8% 7.2%

Results
PartyVotes%Seats
WonTotal+/–
Progressive Party3,90750.05312–1
Labour Party3,33842.7623+2
Independents5617.1913–1
Total7,806100.006180
Valid votes7,80698.28
Invalid/blank votes1371.72
Total votes7,943100.00
Registered voters/turnout13,14360.44
Source: Singapore Elections

By constituency
Constituency Electorate Party Candidate Votes %
City 1,811 Independent Jagatheesan Kalimuthu 561 55.7
Progressive Party Hassan Ali Jivabhai 353 35.0
Labour Party Frederick Bernard Oehlers 94 9.3
East 2,491 Progressive Party Amy Laycock 1,464 64.4
Labour Party Mak Pak Shee 556 35.6
North 2,199 Labour Party Edward Vethanayagam Davies 803 59.5
Progressive Party Chong Thutt Pitt 546 40.5
Rochore 3,255 Labour Party Syed Mohamed Abdul Hameed Chisty 979 52.9
Progressive Party Syed Hassan Al-Junied 871 47.1
Independent M. Abdul Rahim Khan 28 1.2
South 2,061 Progressive Party Duncan Robertson 654 51.2
Labour Party Madai Puthan Damodaran Nair 623 48.8
West 1,326 Progressive Party Phyllis Eu-Chia Cheng Li 477 62.8
Labour Party Vellekat Kesavan Nair 283 37.2
Source: Singapore Elections

References
  1. "MUNICIPAL COMMISSION ELECTION DECEMBER 1949". Singapore Elections. Archived from the original on 2015-09-21. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
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