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 (out of 27) seats to the Municipal Commission
Turnout	60.4%
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

Party		Votes	%	Seats		+/–
				Won	Total
	Progressive Party	3,907	50.1	3	12	1
	Labour Party	3,338	42.8	2	3	2
	Independents	561	7.2	1	3	1
Invalid/blank votes		137	–	–	–	–
Total		7,943	100	6	18	–
Registered voters/turnout		13,143	60.4	–	–	–
Source: Singapore Elections

By constituency

Constituency	Electorate	Party	Candidate	Votes	%
City	1,811	Independent	Jagatheesan Kalimuthu	561	55.7 / 100
		Progressive Party	Hassan Ali Jivabhai	353	35.0 / 100
		Labour Party	Frederick Bernard Oehlers	94	9.3 / 100
East	2,491	Progressive Party	Amy Laycock	1,464	64.4 / 100
		Labour Party	Mak Pak Shee	556	35.6 / 100
North	2,199	Labour Party	Edward Vethanayagam Davies	803	59.5 / 100
		Progressive Party	Chong Thutt Pitt	546	40.5 / 100
Rochore	3,255	Labour Party	Syed Mohamed Abdul Hameed Chisty	979	52.9 / 100
		Progressive Party	Syed Hassan Al-Junied	871	47.1 / 100
		Independent	M. Abdul Rahim Khan	28	1.2 / 100
South	2,061	Progressive Party	Duncan Robertson	654	51.2 / 100
		Labour Party	Madai Puthan Damodaran Nair	623	48.8 / 100
West	1,326	Progressive Party	Phyllis Eu-Chia Cheng Li	477	62.8 / 100
		Labour Party	Vellekat Kesavan Nair	283	37.2 / 100
Source: Singapore Elections

References

1. "MUNICIPAL COMMISSION ELECTION DECEMBER 1949". Singapore Elections. Retrieved 15 July 2020.