1953 Singapore City Council election

The 1953 Singapore City Council election was the 3rd election to the Singapore City Council. It was held on 5 December 1953 to elect 6 of the 18 seats in the City Council.[1]

1953 Singapore City Council election

5 December 1953
6 (out of 27) seats to the City Council
Turnout	32.8%
Leader – Tan Chye Cheng Lim Yew Hock Party Independent PP Labour Party Leader's seat – Not Contesting Not Contesting Seats won 3 3 0 Seat change 1 1 2 Popular vote 9,177 8,532 1,723 Percentage 43.6% 40.5% 8.2%

Results

Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats		+/–
					Won	Total
	Progressive Party	8,532	40.5	2.4	3	9	1
	Labour Party	1,723	8.2	23.8	0	5	2
	United Malays National Organisation	1,622	7.7	New	0	0	New
	Independents	9,177	43.6	–	3	4	1
Invalid/blank votes		473	–	–	–	–	–
Total		21,527	100	–	6	18	–
Eligible voters/turnout		43,538	50.3	0.7	–	–	–
Walkover voters		6,700	13.3	–	–	–	–
Registered voters		50,238	100	–	–	–	–
Source: Singapore Elections

By constituency

Constituency	Electorate	Party	Candidate	Votes	%
City	6,700	Independent	Jumabhoy Mohamed Jumabhoy	Uncontested
East	9,726	Independent	Mak Pak Shee	2,164	51.4 / 100
		Progressive Party	Syed Hassan Al-Junied	1,409	33.5 / 100
		United Malays National Organisation	Syed Esa Almenoar	634	15.1 / 100
North	9,759	Progressive Party	Lim Choo Sye	2,585	54.8 / 100
		Labour Party	Shunmugh Subra Manyam	1,723	36.6 / 100
		United Malays National Organisation	Syed Haron A. Alhabshi	405	8.6 / 100
Rochore	9,445	Independent	T. A. Simon	1,607	34.8 / 100
		Independent	Syed Mumtaz Hussain	1,516	32.8 / 100
		Independent	Guok Sing Inn	1,493	32.3 / 100
South	10,048	Progressive Party	Manickvasagar Subramaniam	2,801	53.9 / 100
		Independent	Mariappan Verappan	2,397	46.1 / 100
West	4,560	Progressive Party	Soh Ghee Soon	1,737	74.9 / 100
		United Malays National Organisation	Cuthbert Francis Joseph Ess	583	25.1 / 100
Source: Singapore Elections

References

1. "CITY COUNCIL ELECTION 1953". Singapore Elections. Retrieved 15 July 2020.