1950 Singapore Municipal Commission election

The 1950 Singapore Municipal Commission election took place on 2 December 1950 to elect 6 of the 27 seats in the Singapore Municipal Commission.

1950 Singapore Municipal Commission election

2 December 1950
6 of the 27 seats in the Municipal Commission
Turnout	55.1%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Tan Chye Cheng Peter Williams – Party PP Labour Party Independent Leader's seat Not Contesting Not Contesting – Seats won 3 1 2 Seat change 3 1 2 Popular vote 3,902 4,793 3,345 Percentage 32.4% 39.8% 27.8%

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats
				Won	Total	+/–
	Progressive Party	3,902	32.41	3	9	–3
	Labour Party	4,793	39.81	1	3	+1
	Independents	3,345	27.78	2	6	+2
Total		12,040	100.00	6	18	0
Valid votes		12,040	97.93
Invalid/blank votes		254	2.07
Total votes		12,294	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		22,325	55.07
Source: Singapore Elections

By constituency

Constituency	Electorate	Party	Candidate	Votes	%
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-Yong Su-Moi	434	33.1
		Labour Party	Yap Chin Poh	249	19.0
Source: Singapore Elections