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]
1952 Singapore City Council election|
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| Turnout | 51.02% |
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First party
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Second party
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| Leader
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Tan Chye Cheng
|
Lim Yew Hock
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| Party
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Progressive
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Labour
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| Leader's seat
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Did not contest
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Did not contest
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| Seats before
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8
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5
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| Seats won
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4
|
1
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| Seats after
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9
|
4
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| Seat change
|
 1
|
 1
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| Popular vote
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9,637
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5,647
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| Percentage
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42.88%
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25.12%
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|
Total
before | Won | Not up | Total
after | +/– |
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| Progressive Party | 9,637 | 42.88 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 9 | +1 |
| Labour Party | 5,647 | 25.12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | –1 |
| Independents | 7,192 | 32.00 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| Total | 22,476 | 100.00 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 0 |
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| Valid votes | 22,476 | 98.13 | |
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| Invalid/blank votes | 429 | 1.87 | |
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| Total votes | 22,905 | 100.00 | |
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| Registered voters/turnout | 44,896 | 51.02 | |
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| Source: Singapore Elections |
| Constituency
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Electorate
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Party
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Candidate
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Votes
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%
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| City
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6,279
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Progressive Party
|
M. Oli Mohamed Mohamed Kassim
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2,164
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42.8
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Independent
|
Syed Mumtaz Hussain
|
866
|
35.6
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Independent
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Cuthbert Francis Joseph Ess
|
526
|
21.6
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| East
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8,707
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Progressive Party
|
Amy Ede
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1,801
|
38.0
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Independent
|
Mak Pak Shee
|
1,520
|
32.1
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Labour Party
|
Lee Yong Min
|
854
|
18.0
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Independent
|
Valath Sankunny Padmanabhan
|
306
|
6.5
|
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Independent
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Narendra Gerald Nugawela
|
260
|
5.5
|
| North
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8,929
|
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Labour Party
|
Anthony Rebeiro Lazarous
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2,560
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58.2
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Progressive Party
|
Lim Choo Sye
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1,817
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41.3
|
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Independent
|
Abdul L. Shukoor
|
23
|
0.5
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| Rochore
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8,229
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Progressive Party
|
Sim Beng Seng
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1,936
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50.4
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Labour Party
|
D. Stevens
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1,388
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36.1
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Independent
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Syed Mohamed Abdul Hameed Chisty
|
520
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13.5
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| South
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8,693
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Independent
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Jaganathan Saminathan
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2,093
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43.2
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Progressive Party
|
Manickvasagar Subramaniam
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1,903
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39.3
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Labour Party
|
Peter Massillamany Williams
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845
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17.5
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| West
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4,059
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Progressive Party
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Phyllis Eu Cheng Li
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1,139
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51.4
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Independent
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Stella Manyam
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904
|
40.8
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Independent
|
J. George V. Parambil
|
174
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7.8
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| Source: Singapore Elections Archived 2015-02-21 at the Wayback Machine
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