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

← December 1949 2 December 1950 1951 →
6 of the 18 elected seats in the Municipal Commission
Turnout	55.07%
First party Second party   Leader Tan Chye Cheng Peter Williams Party Progressive Labour Leader's seat Did not contest Did not contest Seats before 12 2 Seats won 3 1 Seats after 9 3 Seat change 3 1 Popular vote 3,902 4,793 Percentage 32.41% 39.81%

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats
				Total before	Won	Not up	Total after	+/–
	Labour Party	4,793	39.81	2	1	2	3	+1
	Progressive Party	3,902	32.41	12	3	6	9	–3
	Independents	3,345	27.78	4	2	4	6	+2
Total		12,040	100.00	18	6	12	18	0
Valid votes		12,040	97.93
Invalid/blank votes		254	2.07
Total votes		12,294	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		22,325	55.07
Source: Singapore Elections

By constituency

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

References

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