Election Name: | December 1949 Singapore Municipal Commission election |
Popular Vote2: | 3,338 |
Percentage2: | 42.76% |
Seat Change2: | 2 |
Leader2: | Francis Thomas |
Party2: | Labour |
Leaders Seat2: | Did not contest |
Seats Before2: | 1 |
Seats2: | 2 |
Seats After2: | 3 |
Turnout: | 60.44% |
Seats For Election: | 6 of the 18 elected seats in the Municipal Commission |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | April 1949 Singapore Municipal Commission election |
Previous Year: | April 1949 |
Next Election: | 1950 Singapore Municipal Commission election |
Next Year: | 1950 |
Election Date: | 3 December 1949 |
Country: | Singapore |
Leader1: | Tan Chye Cheng |
Party1: | Progressive |
Leaders Seat1: | Did not contest |
Seats Before1: | 13 |
Seats1: | 3 |
Seats After1: | 12 |
Popular Vote1: | 3,907 |
Percentage1: | 50.05% |
Seat Change1: | 1 |
Flag Image: | Flag of Singapore (1946–1952).svg |
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]
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 Ede | 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 Cheng Li | 477 | 62.8 | ||
Labour Party | Vellekat Kesavan Nair | 283 | 37.2 | ||||
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