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April 1949 Singapore Municipal Commission election
2 April 1949 December 1949 →
18 elected seats in the Municipal Commission
  First party Second party
 
Leader Tan Chye Cheng Francis Thomas
Party Progressive Labour
Leader's seat Did not contest Did not contest
Seats won 13 1
Popular vote 8,782 1,894
Percentage 59.68% 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 were appointed by the British colonial government.[1]

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

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

Terms of elected commissioners

Constituency Until December 1949 Until December 1950 Until December 1951
Commissioner Party Commissioner Party Commissioner Party
City Hassan Ali Jivabhai Independent Sandy Gurunathan Pillay Progressive M. Oli Mohamed Mohamed Kassim Progressive
East Syed Hassan Al-Junied Progressive Frank Caulfield James Progressive Goh Hood Kiat Independent
North Chong Thutt Pitt Progressive V. Vayloo Pakirisamy Labour Patrick Joseph Johnson Progressive
Rochore Ahmad bin Mohamed Ibrahim Independent Sena Ana Mohamed Ali Progressive Pandarapillai Thillai Nathan Independent
South Duncan Robertson Progressive Abdul bin Samat Progressive Arumugam Ponnu Rajah Progressive
West Phyllis Eu Cheng Li Progressive Gaw Sien Khian Progressive Cuthbert Francis Joseph Ess Progressive

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "MUNICIPAL COMMISSION ELECTION APRIL 1949". Singapore Elections. Archived from the original on 2015-09-20. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  2. ^ "MUNICIPAL COMMISSION ELECTIONS 1889-1911". Singapore Elections. Archived from the original on 2016-02-15. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
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