1957 Singapore City Council election

none January 2024 1957 Singapore City Council election Singapore Flag of Singapore (1946–1952).svg parliamentary no 1953 Singapore City Council election 1953 1958 Singapore City Council by-election 1958 21 December 1957 All 32 seats to the City Council17 seats needed for a majority File:Mr._Lee_Kuan_Yew_Mayoral_reception_1965_(cropped).jpg Lee Kuan Yew People's Action Party Did not contest 13 49,500 30.61% New File:Felice Leon-Soh.png Felice Leon-Soh Liberal Socialist Party Mountbatten 7 56,204 34.76% New File:Lim Yew Hock (cropped).jpg Lim Yew Hock Labour Front Did not contest 4 25,711 15.90% New Mayor Elected Mayor Ong Eng Guan People's Action Party 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 Liberal Socialist Party 56204 7 New People's Action Party 49500 13 New Labour Front 25711 4 New Workers' Party 11896 4 New United Malays National Organisation 7832 2 +2 Independents 10560 2 –1 3701 +14 504291 Singapore Elections 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 PartyWee Swee Hong1,85546.7Labour FrontSim Swee Seng1,34433.8IndependentTan Jin Hong77719.5Anson15,637People's Action PartyJohn Mammen2,76453.9Liberal Socialist PartySundarajulu Lakshmana Perumal2,36346.1Bras Basah16,274People's Action PartySze Yih Hwa3,34564.7Liberal Socialist PartyHwang Cheng Peng1,82635.3Bukit Merah12,768IndependentGovindasamy Gopal1,46538.6Liberal Socialist PartyPang Tong Khiam1,25333.0Labour FrontAhmad bin Ismail1,07928.4Cairnhill14,148Workers' PartyO. Subramaniam Rengasamy1,40634.4Liberal Socialist PartyTan Sim Hong1,37333.6Labour FrontP. Ramasamy1,31332.1Crawford15,547People's Action PartyBaharuddin bin Mohamed Ariff4,35567.0Liberal Socialist PartyLee Thiam Chuan1,22018.8IndependentNeo Tai Kim92314.2Delta16,916Workers' PartyJohn Cruz Corera3,39154.9Liberal Socialist PartyPeck Boon Kang1,27320.6Labour FrontTan Jin Hong1,25120.3IndependentT. R. Fernandez2584.2Farrer Park13,826IndependentKaruppiah Nalliah1,33529.8Liberal Socialist PartyVetrivelu Rengaswamy1,14125.5Labour FrontMariappan Verappan1,07424.0IndependentSoo-Tho Siu Hee93320.8Geylang East17,966People's Action PartyKum Teng Hock3,15454.0Liberal Socialist PartyLee Kip Hiang2,05135.1IndependentNg Cheng Chwee64010.9Geylang West18,112People's Action PartyPeter Lau Por Tuck3,70379.1Liberal Socialist PartyTeo Koh Bee97920.9Havelock18,422Labour FrontLee Hwee Yiow2,97954.5Liberal Socialist PartyAng Khye Chia2,48745.5Hong Lim13,127People's Action PartyOng Eng Guan3,91882.9Liberal Socialist PartyLee Kok Liang81017.1Jalan Besar13,416People's Action PartyChan Chee Seng2,43052.9Liberal Socialist PartyLee Chee Seng1,66036.2Workers' PartyCheong Min Chee50110.9Kallang14,302Workers' PartyChiang Yueh Thong2,70441.5Liberal Socialist PartyTan Hai Tong1,83128.1Labour FrontHenry Leong1,48422.8IndependentLau Liat Meng4997.7Kampong Glam15,609People's Action PartyHoe Puay Choo3,61560.9Liberal Socialist PartyLam Chock Chuan1,20320.3IndependentDaud bin Mohamed Yunos1,11918.8Kampong Kapor19,334People's Action PartyWee Toon Boon3,86051.8Liberal Socialist PartyNg Teik Sim1,86125.0IndependentSim Beng Seng1,73523.3Kreta Ayer16,950People's Action PartyChan Choy Siong3,03486.8Liberal Socialist PartyLee Ho Kee46013.2Moulmein12,020Liberal Socialist PartyLim Choo Sye1,89057.0Labour FrontLam Hock Chye1,42843.0Mountbatten13,728Liberal Socialist PartyFelice Leon-Soh1,81855.9Labour FrontSaul Hugh Zakoo1,43644.1Pasir Panjang10,274Liberal Socialist PartyOng Say Yeo2,35858.7Labour FrontAhmad bin Mohamed Yatim1,66041.3Queenstown11,429Labour FrontTang Peng Yeu2,79675.0Liberal Socialist PartyLeong Poh Seng93425.0River Valley14,865Labour FrontHo Kok Hoe2,16452.0Liberal Socialist PartyWong Peng Tuck1,99648.0Rochore16,333People's Action PartyLin You Eng4,25863.9Liberal Socialist PartyOng Lip Hua1,52722.9IndependentTang Beng Cheong87613.2Sepoy Lines16,281Liberal Socialist PartyManickavasagar Subramaniam2,90450.2People's Action PartyKang Meng Kim2,88049.8Stamford17,860Labour FrontGeorge Benjamin Armstrong1,47053.9Liberal Socialist PartyGopal Krishnan Gosain1,25746.1Tanglin18,775United Malays National OrganisationMohamed Shariff bin Dollah1,95042.5Liberal Socialist PartySyed Omar bin Abdulrahman Alsagoff1,54733.7Labour FrontLim Siew Chuan1,09123.8Tanjong Pagar14,721People's Action PartyOng Pang Boon3,35471.9Liberal Socialist PartyLim Siew Lay1,31128.1Telok Ayer24,412Workers' PartyWang Tsun Hao3,89455.6Liberal Socialist PartyChua Keng Eng2,08129.7Labour FrontYap Tean Hock1,03414.8Telok Blangah18,476United Malays National OrganisationSyed Ali bin Zedha Alsagoff3,43251.3Liberal Socialist PartyChua Bock Kwee3,26248.7Tiong Bahru13,863Liberal Socialist PartyLee Bah Chee2,28552.0Labour FrontLim Huan Seng2,10814.8Toa Payoh18,416People's Action PartyWong Soon Fong4,83062.9Liberal Socialist PartyKhoo Siaw Hua2,84637.1Ulu Pandan15,451Liberal Socialist PartyChua Kim Kee2,54250.9United Malays National OrganisationIbrahim bin Othman2,45049.1Source: Singapore Electionshttps://sg-elections.com/city-election/1957/ Singapore City Council Election 1957 sg-elections.com References External links City Council Ordinary Elections 1957 The Workers' Party of Singapore - History - 1957-1963 Category:Singapore City Council elections Category:1957 in Singapore Singapore Category:December 1957 in Asia