1952 Singapore City Council election

1952 Singapore City Council election

6 December 1952
6 (out of 27) seats to the City Council
Turnout	51.0%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Tan Chye Cheng – Lim Yew Hock Party PP Independent Labour Party Leader's seat Not Contesting – Not Contesting Seats won 4 1 1 Seat change 1 – 1 Popular vote 9,637 7,192 5,647 Percentage 42.9% 32.0% 25.1%

The 1952 Singapore City Council election was the 2nd election to the Singapore City Council. It was held on 6 December 1952 to elect 6 of the 18 seats in the City Council.

Results

Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats		+/–
					Won	Total
bgcolor="Template:Progressive Party (Singapore)/meta/color" |	Progressive Party	9,637	42.9	0.3	4	9	1
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (Singapore)/meta/color" |	Labour Party	5,647	32.0	3.5	1	4	1
bgcolor="Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" |	Independents	7,192	25.1	–	1	5	0
Invalid/blank votes		343	–	–	–	–	–
Total		22,905	100	–	6	18	–
Registered voters/turnout		44,896	51.0	8.3	–	–	–
Source: Singapore Elections

By constituency

Constituency	Electorate	Party	Candidate	Votes	%
City	6,279	Progressive Party	M. Oli Mohamed Mohamed Kassim	2,164	42.8 / 100
		Independent	Syed Mumtaz Hussain	866	35.6 / 100
		Independent	Cuthbert Francis Joseph Ess	526	21.6 / 100
East	8,707	Progressive Party	Amy Laycock	1,801	38.0 / 100
		Independent	Mak Pak Shee	1,520	32.1 / 100
		Labour Party	Lee Yong Min	854	18.0 / 100
		Independent	Valath Sankunny Padmanabhan	306	6.5 / 100
		Independent	Narendra Gerald Nugawela	260	5.5 / 100
North	8,929	Labour Party	Anthony Rebeiro Lazarous	2,560	58.2 / 100
		Progressive Party	Lim Choo Sye	1,817	41.3 / 100
		Independent	Abdul L. Shukoor	23	0.5 / 100
Rochore	8,229	Progressive Party	Sim Beng Seng	1,936	50.4 / 100
		Labour Party	D. Stevens	1,388	36.1 / 100
		Independent	Syed Mohamed Abdul Hameed Chisty	520	13.5 / 100
South	8,693	Independent	Jaganathan Saminathan	2,093	43.2 / 100
		Progressive Party	Manickvasagar Subramaniam	1,903	39.3 / 100
		Labour Party	Peter Massillamany Williams	845	17.5 / 100
West	4,059	Progressive Party	Phyllis Eu-Chia Cheng Li	1,139	51.4 / 100
		Independent	Stella Manyam	904	40.8 / 100
		Independent	J. George V. Parambil	174	7.8 / 100
Source: Singapore Elections