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The 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


Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Progressive Party	8,782	59.68	13
	Labour Party	1,894	12.87	1
	Independents	4,040	27.45	4
Total		14,716	100.00	18

Registered voters/turnout		8,688	–
Source: Singapore Elections

By constituency

Constituency	Seats	Electorate		Candidate	Votes	%
City	3	1,156	Progressive Party	M. Oli Mohamed Mohamed Kassim	527	27.4
			Progressive Party	Sandy Gurunathan Pillay	398	20.7
			Independent	Hassan Ali Jivabhai	375	19.5
			Independent	Lim Koon Teck	326	16.9
			Labour Party	Syed Mumtaz Hussain	299	15.5
East	3	1,653	Independent	Goh Hood Kiat	885	28.1
			Progressive Party	Frank Caulfield James	778	24.7
			Progressive Party	Syed Hassan Al-Junied	766	24.3
			Progressive Party	Amy Ede	717	22.8
North	3	1,532	Labour Party	Patrick Joseph Johnson	534	20.1
			Progressive Party	V. Vayloo Pakirisamy	489	18.4
			Progressive Party	Chong Thutt Pitt	450	16.9
			Independent	P. V. Krishnan	407	15.3
			Labour Party	Rajaratnam Vaithilingam	393	14.8
			Progressive Party	Tan Sim Hong	390	14.6
Rochore	3	1,851	Independent	Pandarapillai Thillai Nathan	871	29.9
			Progressive Party	Sena Ana Mohamed Ali	683	23.4
			Independent	Ahmad bin Mohamed Ibrahim	496	17.0
			Independent	Syed Mohamed Abdul Hameed Chisty	491	16.8
			Labour Party	Govindapillai Maruthamuthoo Kanagasabai	375	12.9
South	3	1,482	Progressive Party	Arumugam Ponnu Rajah	867	34.5
			Progressive Party	Abdul bin Samat	760	30.2
			Progressive Party	Duncan Robertson	699	27.8
			Independent	Cheah Kim Bee	189	7.5
West	3	1,014	Progressive Party	Cuthbert Francis Joseph Ess	431	27.8
			Progressive Party	Gaw Sien Khian	424	27.3
			Progressive Party	Phyllis Eu Cheng Li	403	26.0
			Labour Party	Madai Puthan Damodaran Nair	293	18.9
Source: Singapore Elections^[usurped]

Terms of elected commissioners

Constituency	Until December 1949			Until December 1950			Until December 1951
Constituency	Commissioner	Party		Commissioner	Party		Commissioner	Party
City	Hassan Ali Jivabhai		Independent	Sandy Gurunathan Pillay		Progressive	M. Oli Mohamed Mohamed Kassim		Progressive
East	Syed Hassan Al-Junied		Progressive	Frank Caulfield James		Progressive	Goh Hood Kiat		Independent
North	Chong Thutt Pitt		Progressive	V. Vayloo Pakirisamy		Labour	Patrick Joseph Johnson		Progressive
Rochore	Ahmad bin Mohamed Ibrahim		Independent	Sena Ana Mohamed Ali		Progressive	Pandarapillai Thillai Nathan		Independent
South	Duncan Robertson		Progressive	Abdul bin Samat		Progressive	Arumugam Ponnu Rajah		Progressive
West	Phyllis Eu Cheng Li		Progressive	Gaw Sien Khian		Progressive	Cuthbert Francis Joseph Ess		Progressive

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "MUNICIPAL COMMISSION ELECTION APRIL 1949". Singapore Elections. Archived from the original on 2015-09-20. Retrieved 15 July 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ "MUNICIPAL COMMISSION ELECTIONS 1889-1911". Singapore Elections. Archived from the original on 2016-02-15. Retrieved 16 July 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)