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April 1949 Singapore Municipal Commission election
2 April 1949 December 1949 →
18 (out of 27) seats to the Municipal Commission
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Tan Chye Cheng – Francis Thomas
Party PP Independent Labour Party
Leader's seat Not Contesting – Not Contesting
Seats won 13 4 1
Popular vote 8,782 4,040 1,894
Percentage 59.68% 27.45% 12.87%

The April 1949 Singapore Municipal Commission election took place on 2 April 1949 to elect 18 of the 27 seats in the Singapore Municipal Commission.[1]

Background

The election was the first election for the Singapore Municipal Commission since the municipal commissioner elections on 5 December 1911.[2] In 1913, elections for the Singapore Municipal Commission were scrapped due to excessive politicking.[1]

Following the end of World War II, elections were brought back for the Singapore Municipal Commission.[1] Out of the 27 seats in the Singapore Municipal Commission, 18 seats were elected.[1] These 18 seats were distributed to six wards in Singapore with each ward having three seats.[1] The remaining nine seats are appointed by the British colonial government.[1]

For the April 1949 election, municipal commissioners are elected to terms of varying lengths depending on their ranking in their respective wards.[1] Commissioners who ranked third in their wards are elected to a term that ends in December 1949. Commissioners who ranked second have a term that ends in December 1950, and commissioners ranking first have a term that ends in December 1951.

Voting in this election is not compulsory, and voters were required to register in order to vote.[1]

Nomination day was scheduled for 7 March 1949.[1] Candidates were required to give an election deposit of $250 which is returned if they achieve at least 4.17% of the votes.[1]

Results

PartyVotes%Seats
Progressive Party8,78259.6813
Labour Party1,89412.871
Independents4,04027.454
Total14,716100.0018
Registered voters/turnout8,688–
Source: Singapore Elections

By constituency

Constituency Seats Electorate Party Candidate Votes %
City 3 1,156 Template:SG/PP M. Oli Mohamed Mohamed Kassim 527
27.4 / 100
Template:SG/PP Sandy Gurunathan Pillay 398
20.7 / 100
Independent Hassan Ali Jivabhai 375
19.5 / 100
Independent Lim Koon Teck 326
16.9 / 100
Template:SG/LP Syed Mumtaz Hussain 299
15.5 / 100
East 3 1,653 Independent Goh Hood Kiat 885
28.1 / 100
Template:SG/PP Frank Caulfield James 778
24.7 / 100
Template:SG/PP Syed Hassan Al-Junied 766
24.3 / 100
Template:SG/PP Amy Laycock 717
22.8 / 100
North 3 1,532 Template:SG/LP Patrick Joseph Johnson 534
20.1 / 100
Template:SG/PP V. Vayloo Pakirisamy 489
18.4 / 100
Template:SG/PP Chong Thutt Pitt 450
16.9 / 100
Independent P. V. Krishnan 407
15.3 / 100
Template:SG/LP Rajaratnam Vaithilingam 393
14.8 / 100
Template:SG/PP Tan Sim Hong 390
14.6 / 100
Rochore 3 1,851 Independent Pandarapillai Thillai Nathan 871
29.9 / 100
Template:SG/PP Sena Ana Mohamed Ali 683
23.4 / 100
Independent Ahmad bin Mohamed Ibrahim 496
17.0 / 100
Independent Syed Mohamed Abdul Hameed Chisty 491
16.8 / 100
Template:SG/LP Govindapillai Maruthamuthoo Kanagasabai 375
12.9 / 100
South 3 1,482 Template:SG/PP Arumugam Ponnu Rajah 867
34.5 / 100
Template:SG/PP Abdul bin Samat 760
30.2 / 100
Template:SG/PP Duncan Robertson 699
27.8 / 100
Independent Cheah Kim Bee 189
7.5 / 100
West 3 1,014 Template:SG/PP Cuthbert Francis Joseph Ess 431
27.8 / 100
Template:SG/PP Gaw Sien Khian 424
27.3 / 100
Template:SG/PP Phyllis Eu-Chia Cheng Li 403
26.0 / 100
Template:SG/LP Madai Puthan Damodaran Nair 293
18.9 / 100
Source: Singapore Elections

Terms of elected commissioners

Elected to a term ending in December 1949

Constituency Party Candidate
City Independent Hassan Ali Jivabhai
East Template:SG/PP Syed Hassan Al-Junied
North Template:SG/PP Chong Thutt Pitt
Rochore Independent Ahmad bin Mohamed Ibrahim
South Template:SG/PP Duncan Robertson
West Template:SG/PP Phyllis Eu-Chia Cheng Li

Elected to a term ending in December 1950

Constituency Party Candidate
City Template:SG/PP Sandy Gurunathan Pillay
East Template:SG/PP Frank Caulfield James
North Template:SG/LP V. Vayloo Pakirisamy
Rochore Template:SG/PP Sena Ana Mohamed Ali
South Template:SG/PP Abdul bin Samat
West Template:SG/PP Gaw Sien Khian

Elected to a term ending in December 1951

Constituency Party Candidate
City Template:SG/PP M. Oli Mohamed Mohamed Kassim
East Independent Goh Hood Kiat
North Template:SG/PP Patrick Joseph Johnson
Rochore Independent Pandarapillai Thillai Nathan
South Template:SG/PP Arumugam Ponnu Rajah
West Template:SG/PP Cuthbert Francis Joseph Ess

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "MUNICIPAL COMMISSION ELECTION APRIL 1949". Singapore Elections. Retrieved 15 July 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ "MUNICIPAL COMMISSION ELECTIONS 1889-1911". Singapore Elections. Retrieved 16 July 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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