Английская Википедия:April 1949 Singapore Municipal Commission election
Шаблон:Infobox electionThe 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
By constituency
| Constituency | Seats | Electorate | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City | 3 | 1,156 | bgcolor=Шаблон:Party color| | Progressive Party | M. Oli Mohamed Mohamed Kassim | 527 | 27.4 |
| bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | | Progressive Party | Sandy Gurunathan Pillay | 398 | 20.7 | |||
| bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | | Independent | Hassan Ali Jivabhai | 375 | 19.5 | |||
| bgcolor=Шаблон:Party color| | Independent | Lim Koon Teck | 326 | 16.9 | |||
| bgcolor=Шаблон:Party color| | Labour Party | Syed Mumtaz Hussain | 299 | 15.5 | |||
| East | 3 | 1,653 | bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | | Independent | Goh Hood Kiat | 885 | 28.1 |
| bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | | Progressive Party | Frank Caulfield James | 778 | 24.7 | |||
| bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | | Progressive Party | Syed Hassan Al-Junied | 766 | 24.3 | |||
| bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | | Progressive Party | Amy Ede | 717 | 22.8 | |||
| North | 3 | 1,532 | bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | | Labour Party | Patrick Joseph Johnson | 534 | 20.1 |
| bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | | Progressive Party | V. Vayloo Pakirisamy | 489 | 18.4 | |||
| bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | | Progressive Party | Chong Thutt Pitt | 450 | 16.9 | |||
| bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | | Independent | P. V. Krishnan | 407 | 15.3 | |||
| bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | | Labour Party | Rajaratnam Vaithilingam | 393 | 14.8 | |||
| bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | | Progressive Party | Tan Sim Hong | 390 | 14.6 | |||
| Rochore | 3 | 1,851 | bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | | Independent | Pandarapillai Thillai Nathan | 871 | 29.9 |
| bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | | Progressive Party | Sena Ana Mohamed Ali | 683 | 23.4 | |||
| bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | | Independent | Ahmad bin Mohamed Ibrahim | 496 | 17.0 | |||
| bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | | Independent | Syed Mohamed Abdul Hameed Chisty | 491 | 16.8 | |||
| bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | | Labour Party | Govindapillai Maruthamuthoo Kanagasabai | 375 | 12.9 | |||
| South | 3 | 1,482 | bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | | Progressive Party | Arumugam Ponnu Rajah | 867 | 34.5 |
| bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | | Progressive Party | Abdul bin Samat | 760 | 30.2 | |||
| bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | | Progressive Party | Duncan Robertson | 699 | 27.8 | |||
| bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | | Independent | Cheah Kim Bee | 189 | 7.5 | |||
| West | 3 | 1,014 | bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | | Progressive Party | Cuthbert Francis Joseph Ess | 431 | 27.8 |
| bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | | Progressive Party | Gaw Sien Khian | 424 | 27.3 | |||
| bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | | Progressive Party | Phyllis Eu Cheng Li | 403 | 26.0 | |||
| bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | | 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 | bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | | Independent | Sandy Gurunathan Pillay | bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | | Progressive | M. Oli Mohamed Mohamed Kassim | bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | | Progressive |
| East | Syed Hassan Al-Junied | bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | | Progressive | Frank Caulfield James | bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | | Progressive | Goh Hood Kiat | bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | | Independent |
| North | Chong Thutt Pitt | bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | | Progressive | V. Vayloo Pakirisamy | bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | | Labour | Patrick Joseph Johnson | bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | | Progressive |
| Rochore | Ahmad bin Mohamed Ibrahim | bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | | Independent | Sena Ana Mohamed Ali | bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | | Progressive | Pandarapillai Thillai Nathan | bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | | Independent |
| South | Duncan Robertson | bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | | Progressive | Abdul bin Samat | bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | | Progressive | Arumugam Ponnu Rajah | bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | | Progressive |
| West | Phyllis Eu Cheng Li | bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | | Progressive | Gaw Sien Khian | bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | | Progressive | Cuthbert Francis Joseph Ess | bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color" | | Progressive |
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