1950 Singapore Municipal Commission election

The 1950 Singapore Municipal Commission election took place on 2 December 1950 to elect 6 of the 27 seats in the Singapore Municipal Commission.[1]

1950 Singapore Municipal Commission election

2 December 1950
6 (out of 27) seats to the Municipal Commission
Turnout	55.1%
Leader Tan Chye Cheng Peter Williams – Party PP Labour Party Independent Leader's seat Not Contesting Not Contesting – Seats won 3 1 2 Seat change 3 1 2 Popular vote 3,902 4,793 3,345 Percentage 32.4% 39.8% 27.8%

Results

Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats		+/–
					Won	Total
	Progressive Party	3,902	32.4	17.7	3	9	3
	Labour Party	4,793	39.8	3.0	1	3	1
	Independents	3,345	27.8	–	2	6	2
Invalid/blank votes		254	–	–	–	–	–
Total		12,294	100	–	6	18	–
Registered voters/turnout		22,325	55.1	5.3	–	–	–
Source: Singapore Elections

By constituency

Constituency	Electorate	Party	Candidate	Votes	%
City	3,372	Independent	Jumabhoy Mohamed Jumabhoy	732	37.6 / 100
		Independent	Jiwanbhai Mehta Jamnadas	710	36.4 / 100
		Independent	Mak Pak Shee	259	13.3 / 100
		Labour Party	Mirza Abdul Majid	248	12.7 / 100
East	3,962	Progressive Party	Frank Caulfield James	1,464	70.6 / 100
		Labour Party	Lee Yong Min	610	29.4 / 100
North	3,261	Progressive Party	Shunmugh Subra Manyam	836	56.6 / 100
		Labour Party	Rajaratnam Vaithilingam	640	43.4 / 100
Rochore	4,872	Independent	Sena Ana Mohamed Ali	1,182	49.6 / 100
		Labour Party	Caralapati Raghaviah Dasaratha Raj	1,005	49.3 / 100
		Independent	M. Abdul Rahim Khan	28	1.2 / 100
South	4,754	Labour Party	Madai Puthan Damodaran Nair	1,871	65.8 / 100
		Progressive Party	Chan Kum Chee	974	34.2 / 100
West	2,104	Progressive Party	Soh Ghee Soon	628	47.9 / 100
		Independent	Elizabeth Choy-Yong Su-Moi	434	33.1 / 100
		Labour Party	Yap Chin Poh	249	19.0 / 100
Source: Singapore Elections

References

1. "MUNICIPAL COMMISSION ELECTION 1950". Singapore Elections. Retrieved 15 July 2020.