City Constituency
Appearance
City | |
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Former constituency for theLegislative Council of Singapore | |
Region | Singapore |
Electorate | 5,611 |
Former constituency | |
Created | 1951 |
Abolished | 1955 |
Seats | 1 |
Replaced by |
City Constituencywas aconstituencyrepresented in theLegislative Council of Singaporefrom 1951 until 1955.[1]The constituency was formed in 1951 from carving out fromMunicipal South-West Constituencyand in 1955, it was split intoHavelock,Stamford,Tanjong PagarandTelok Ayerconstituencies.
Legislative Council member
[edit]Election | Member | Party | |
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1951 | Nazir Ahmad Mallal | PP |
Elections
[edit]Note:Elections Department Singaporedo not include rejected votes for calculation of candidate's vote share. Hence, the total of all candidates' vote share will be 100%.
Elections in the 1950s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
PP | Nazir Ahmad Mallal | 1,308 | 53.8 | ||
Independent | Balwant Singh Bajaj | 1,025 | 42.2 | ||
Independent | Mirza Abdul Majid | 96 | 4.0 | ||
Majority | 283 | 11.6 | |||
Turnout | 2,465 | 43.9 | |||
Registered electors | 5,611 | ||||
PPwin |
References
[edit]- ^"Singapore Legislative Council General Election 1951".Singapore Elections.Archived fromthe originalon 2020-07-27.Retrieved2020-08-08.