Election Name: | 1950 Singapore Municipal Commission election |
Turnout: | 55.07% |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | December 1949 Singapore Municipal Commission election |
Previous Year: | December 1949 |
Next Election: | 1951 Singapore City Council election |
Next Year: | 1951 |
Election Date: | 2 December 1950 |
Seats For Election: | 6 of the 18 elected seats in the Municipal Commission |
Leader1: | Tan Chye Cheng |
Party1: | Progressive |
Leaders Seat1: | Did not contest |
Seats Before1: | 12 |
Seats1: | 3 |
Seats After1: | 9 |
Popular Vote1: | 3,902 |
Percentage1: | 32.41% |
Seat Change1: | 3 |
Flag Image: | Flag of Singapore (1946–1952).svg |
Country: | Singapore |
Seats Before2: | 2 |
Party2: | Labour |
Seats2: | 1 |
Seats After2: | 3 |
Popular Vote2: | 4,793 |
Percentage2: | 39.81% |
Seat Change2: | 1 |
Leader2: | Peter Williams |
Leaders Seat2: | Did not contest |
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]
Constituency | Electorate | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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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 |