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City Constituency

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City
Former constituency
for theLegislative Council of Singapore
RegionSingapore
Electorate5,611
Former constituency
Created1951
Abolished1955
Seats1
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

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Election Member Party
1951 Nazir Ahmad Mallal PP

Elections

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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

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General Election 1951:City
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

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  1. ^"Singapore Legislative Council General Election 1951".Singapore Elections.Archived fromthe originalon 2020-07-27.Retrieved2020-08-08.