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1957 Singapore City Council election

FieldValue
election_name1957 Singapore City Council election
countrySingapore
flag_imageFlag of Singapore (1946–1952).svg
typeparliamentary
ongoingno
previous_election1953 Singapore City Council election
previous_year1953
next_election1958 Singapore City Council by-election
next_year1958
election_date21 December 1957
seats_for_electionAll 32 seats to the City Council
17 seats needed for a majority
image1File:Mr._Lee_Kuan_Yew_Mayoral_reception_1965_(cropped).jpg
leader1**Lee Kuan Yew**
party1People's Action Party
leaders_seat1*Did not contest*
seats1**13**
popular_vote149,500
percentage130.61%
seat_change1New
image2File:Felice Leon-Soh.png
leader2Felice Leon-Soh
party2Liberal Socialist Party
leaders_seat2*Mountbatten*
seats27
popular_vote2**56,204**
percentage2**34.76%**
seat_change2New
image3File:Lim Yew Hock (cropped).jpg
leader3Lim Yew Hock
party3Labour Front
leaders_seat3*Did not contest*
seats34
popular_vote325,711
percentage315.90%
seat_change3New
titleMayor
posttitleElected Mayor
after_electionOng Eng Guan
after_partyPeople's Action Party

17 seats needed for a majority

The 1957 Singapore City Council elections were the first in which all council seats were filled through direct popular vote, following the removal of appointed positions. Nomination Day was held on 18 November 1957, and polling took place on 21 December. A total of 32 seats were contested. For the first time, the office of Mayor of Singapore was introduced, to be awarded to the leader of the political party that secured the largest number of seats.

The People's Action Party (PAP) won the most seats with 13, although it did not achieve a majority. The Liberal Socialist Party (LSP) received the highest share of the popular vote but secured only 7 seats. As the party with the largest number of seats, the PAP was offered the mayoralty and nominated Ong Eng Guan to the post. He became the first and only elected mayor in Singapore's history.

Results

By constituency

Under First-past-the-post voting, six candidates (out of the 14 multi-cornered contests) are elected to the council with under a simple majority (50%) of the valid votes cast. The results for Sepoy Lines came with then a record of the narrowest election margin to date at about 0.4%, which would later be surpassed by the River Valley Constituency's 0.05% margin in the 1959 Singaporean general election, two years later. PAP's Chan Choy Siong in Kreta Ayer won the best margin in the election with 86.8% of the votes cast, while the worst-performing candidate for the election was T. R. Fernandez, who garnered 258 votes, 4.2% of the valid votes cast in Delta. Only four candidates had garnered under 12.5% of their vote share and had their $250 election deposit forfeited.

ConstituencyElectoratePartyCandidateVotes%
Aljunied15,033Liberal Socialist Party (Singapore)}}"**Liberal Socialist Party****Wee Swee Hong**1,855
Labour Front}}"Labour FrontSim Swee Seng1,34433.8
Independent}}"IndependentTan Jin Hong77719.5
Anson15,637People's Action Party}}"**People's Action Party****John Mammen**2,764
Liberal Socialist Party (Singapore)}}"Liberal Socialist PartySundarajulu Lakshmana Perumal2,36346.1
Bras Basah16,274People's Action Party}}"**People's Action Party****Sze Yih Hwa**3,345
Liberal Socialist Party (Singapore)}}"Liberal Socialist PartyHwang Cheng Peng1,82635.3
Bukit Merah12,768Independent}}"**Independent****Govindasamy Gopal**1,465
Liberal Socialist Party (Singapore)}}"Liberal Socialist PartyPang Tong Khiam1,25333.0
Labour Front}}"Labour FrontAhmad bin Ismail1,07928.4
Cairnhill14,148Workers' Party (Singapore)}}"**Workers' Party****O. Subramaniam Rengasamy**1,406
Liberal Socialist Party (Singapore)}}"Liberal Socialist PartyTan Sim Hong1,37333.6
Labour Front}}"Labour FrontP. Ramasamy1,31332.1
Crawford15,547People's Action Party}}"**People's Action Party****Baharuddin bin Mohamed Ariff**4,355
Liberal Socialist Party (Singapore)}}"Liberal Socialist PartyLee Thiam Chuan1,22018.8
Independent}}"IndependentNeo Tai Kim92314.2
Delta16,916Workers' Party (Singapore)}}"**Workers' Party****John Cruz Corera**3,391
Liberal Socialist Party (Singapore)}}"Liberal Socialist PartyPeck Boon Kang1,27320.6
Labour Front}}"Labour FrontTan Jin Hong1,25120.3
Independent}}"IndependentT. R. Fernandez2584.2
Farrer Park13,826Independent}}"**Independent****Karuppiah Nalliah**1,335
Liberal Socialist Party (Singapore)}}"Liberal Socialist PartyVetrivelu Rengaswamy1,14125.5
Labour Front}}"Labour FrontMariappan Verappan1,07424.0
Independent}}"IndependentSoo-Tho Siu Hee93320.8
Geylang East17,966People's Action Party}}"**People's Action Party****Kum Teng Hock**3,154
Liberal Socialist Party (Singapore)}}"Liberal Socialist PartyLee Kip Hiang2,05135.1
Independent}}"IndependentNg Cheng Chwee64010.9
Geylang West18,112People's Action Party}}"**People's Action Party****Peter Lau Por Tuck**3,703
Liberal Socialist Party (Singapore)}}"Liberal Socialist PartyTeo Koh Bee97920.9
Havelock18,422Labour Front}}"**Labour Front****Lee Hwee Yiow**2,979
Liberal Socialist Party (Singapore)}}"Liberal Socialist PartyAng Khye Chia2,48745.5
Hong Lim13,127People's Action Party}}"**People's Action Party****Ong Eng Guan**3,918
Liberal Socialist Party (Singapore)}}"Liberal Socialist PartyLee Kok Liang81017.1
Jalan Besar13,416People's Action Party}}"**People's Action Party****Chan Chee Seng**2,430
Liberal Socialist Party (Singapore)}}"Liberal Socialist PartyLee Chee Seng1,66036.2
Workers' Party (Singapore)}}"Workers' PartyCheong Min Chee50110.9
Kallang14,302Workers' Party (Singapore)}}"**Workers' Party****Chiang Yueh Thong**2,704
Liberal Socialist Party (Singapore)}}"Liberal Socialist PartyTan Hai Tong1,83128.1
Labour Front}}"Labour FrontHenry Leong1,48422.8
Independent}}"IndependentLau Liat Meng4997.7
Kampong Glam15,609People's Action Party}}"**People's Action Party****Hoe Puay Choo**3,615
Liberal Socialist Party (Singapore)}}"Liberal Socialist PartyLam Chock Chuan1,20320.3
Independent}}"IndependentDaud bin Mohamed Yunos1,11918.8
Kampong Kapor19,334People's Action Party}}"**People's Action Party****Wee Toon Boon**3,860
Liberal Socialist Party (Singapore)}}"Liberal Socialist PartyNg Teik Sim1,86125.0
Independent}}"IndependentSim Beng Seng1,73523.3
Kreta Ayer16,950People's Action Party}}"**People's Action Party****Chan Choy Siong**3,034
Liberal Socialist Party (Singapore)}}"Liberal Socialist PartyLee Ho Kee46013.2
Moulmein12,020Liberal Socialist Party (Singapore)}}"**Liberal Socialist Party****Lim Choo Sye**1,890
Labour Front}}"Labour FrontLam Hock Chye1,42843.0
Mountbatten13,728Liberal Socialist Party (Singapore)}}"**Liberal Socialist Party****Felice Leon-Soh**1,818
Labour Front}}"Labour FrontSaul Hugh Zakoo1,43644.1
Pasir Panjang10,274Liberal Socialist Party (Singapore)}}"**Liberal Socialist Party****Ong Say Yeo**2,358
Labour Front}}"Labour FrontAhmad bin Mohamed Yatim1,66041.3
Queenstown11,429Labour Front}}"**Labour Front****Tang Peng Yeu**2,796
Liberal Socialist Party (Singapore)}}"Liberal Socialist PartyLeong Poh Seng93425.0
River Valley14,865Labour Front}}"**Labour Front****Ho Kok Hoe**2,164
Liberal Socialist Party (Singapore)}}"Liberal Socialist PartyWong Peng Tuck1,99648.0
Rochore16,333People's Action Party}}"**People's Action Party****Lin You Eng**4,258
Liberal Socialist Party (Singapore)}}"Liberal Socialist PartyOng Lip Hua1,52722.9
Independent}}"IndependentTang Beng Cheong87613.2
Sepoy Lines16,281Liberal Socialist Party (Singapore)}}"**Liberal Socialist Party****Manickavasagar Subramaniam**2,904
People's Action Party}}"People's Action PartyKang Meng Kim2,88049.8
Stamford17,860Labour Front}}"**Labour Front****George Benjamin Armstrong**1,470
Liberal Socialist Party (Singapore)}}"Liberal Socialist PartyGopal Krishnan Gosain1,25746.1
Tanglin18,775United Malays National Organisation}}"**United Malays National Organisation****Mohamed Shariff bin Dollah**1,950
Liberal Socialist Party (Singapore)}}"Liberal Socialist PartySyed Omar bin Abdulrahman Alsagoff1,54733.7
Labour Front}}"Labour FrontLim Siew Chuan1,09123.8
Tanjong Pagar14,721People's Action Party}}"**People's Action Party****Ong Pang Boon**3,354
Liberal Socialist Party (Singapore)}}"Liberal Socialist PartyLim Siew Lay1,31128.1
Telok Ayer24,412Workers' Party (Singapore)}}"**Workers' Party****Wang Tsun Hao**3,894
Liberal Socialist Party (Singapore)}}"Liberal Socialist PartyChua Keng Eng2,08129.7
Labour Front}}"Labour FrontYap Tean Hock1,03414.8
Telok Blangah18,476United Malays National Organisation}}"**United Malays National Organisation****Syed Ali bin Zedha Alsagoff**3,432
Liberal Socialist Party (Singapore)}}"Liberal Socialist PartyChua Bock Kwee3,26248.7
Tiong Bahru13,863Liberal Socialist Party (Singapore)}}"**Liberal Socialist Party****Lee Bah Chee**2,285
Labour Front}}"Labour FrontLim Huan Seng2,10814.8
Toa Payoh18,416People's Action Party}}"**People's Action Party****Wong Soon Fong**4,830
Liberal Socialist Party (Singapore)}}"Liberal Socialist PartyKhoo Siaw Hua2,84637.1
Ulu Pandan15,451Liberal Socialist Party (Singapore)}}"**Liberal Socialist Party****Chua Kim Kee**2,542
United Malays National Organisation}}"United Malays National OrganisationIbrahim bin Othman2,45049.1
Source: Singapore Elections

References

References

  1. "Singapore City Council Election 1957".
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