1951 Singapore City Council election

1951 Singapore City Council election

1 December 1951
6 of the 18 elected seats in the Singapore City Council
Turnout	59.33%
First party Second party   Leader Tan Chye Cheng Peter Williams Party Progressive Labour Leader's seat Did not contest Did not contest Seats before 10 3 Seats won 2 3 Seats after 9 6 Seat change 1 3 Popular vote 6,729 4,436 Percentage 43.20% 28.48%

Elections to Singapore City Council were held for the first time on 1 December 1951 to elect six of the council's 18 elected members.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats
				Total before	Won	Not up	Total after	+/–
	Progressive Party	6,729	43.20	10	2	7	9	–1
	Labour Party	4,436	28.48	3	3	3	6	+3
	Independents	4,412	28.32	5	1	2	3	–3
Total		15,577	100.00	18	6	12	18	0
Valid votes		15,577	97.85
Invalid/blank votes		343	2.15
Total votes		15,920	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		26,831	59.33
Source: Singapore Elections

By constituency

Constituency	Electorate	Party		Candidate	Votes	%
City	4,277		Independent	Hassan Ali Jivabhai	1,154	56.5
			Progressive Party	M. Oli Mohamed Mohamed Kassim	887	43.5
East	4,797		Progressive Party	Chan Kum Chee	1,401	49.2
			Labour Party	Lee Yong Min	724	25.4
			Independent	Mak Pak Shee	720	25.3
North	4,783		Progressive Party	Arumugam Ponnu Rajah	1,378	42.7
			Labour Party	Anthony Rebeiro Lazarous	1,074	33.3
			Independent	Anthony Pecci Netto	641	19.9
			Independent	Siow Siang Yew	136	4.2
Rochore	4,648		Labour Party	Philip Rajanayam Williams	1,761	63.7
			Progressive Party	Seah Peng Chuan	1,005	36.3
South	5,985		Labour Party	Vellekat Kesavan Nair	1,933	57.0
			Progressive Party	Manickvasagar Subramaniam	1,457	43.0
West	2,341		Labour Party	Lee Choon Eng	705	54.0
			Progressive Party	Cuthbert Francis Joseph Ess	904	46.0
Source: Singapore Elections