December 1949 Singapore Municipal Commission election

The December 1949 Singapore Municipal Commission election took place on 3 December 1949 to elect 6 of the 18 seats in the Singapore Municipal Commission.

December 1949 Singapore Municipal Commission election

3 December 1949
6 of the 18 elected seats in the Municipal Commission
Turnout	60.44%
First party Second party   Leader Tan Chye Cheng Francis Thomas Party Progressive Labour Leader's seat Did not contest Did not contest Seats before 13 1 Seats won 3 2 Seats after 12 3 Seat change 1 2 Popular vote 3,907 3,338 Percentage 50.05% 42.76%

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats
				Total before	Won	Not up	Total after	+/–
	Progressive Party	3,907	50.05	13	3	9	12	–1
	Labour Party	3,338	42.76	1	2	1	3	+2
	Independent	561	7.19	4	1	2	3	–1
Total		7,806	100.00	18	6	12	18	0
Valid votes		7,806	98.28
Invalid/blank votes		137	1.72
Total votes		7,943	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		13,143	60.44
Source: Singapore Elections

By constituency

Constituency	Electorate	Party		Candidate	Votes	%
City	1,811		Independent	Jagatheesan Kalimuthu	561	55.7
			Progressive Party	Hassan Ali Jivabhai	353	35.0
			Labour Party	Frederick Bernard Oehlers	94	9.3
East	2,491		Progressive Party	Amy Ede	1,464	64.4
			Labour Party	Mak Pak Shee	556	35.6
North	2,199		Labour Party	Edward Vethanayagam Davies	803	59.5
			Progressive Party	Chong Thutt Pitt	546	40.5
Rochore	3,255		Labour Party	Syed Mohamed Abdul Hameed Chisty	979	52.9
			Progressive Party	Syed Hassan Al-Junied	871	47.1
			Independent	M. Abdul Rahim Khan	28	1.2
South	2,061		Progressive Party	Duncan Robertson	654	51.2
			Labour Party	Madai Puthan Damodaran Nair	623	48.8
West	1,326		Progressive Party	Phyllis Eu Cheng Li	477	62.8
			Labour Party	Vellekat Kesavan Nair	283	37.2
Source: Singapore Elections