Municipal South-West was a constituency represented in the Legislative Council of Singapore from 1948 until 1951.[1] It elected two Legislative Council members.[2]
Municipal South-West | |
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Former constituency for the Legislative Council of Singapore | |
Region | Singapore |
Electorate | 8,800 |
Former constituency | |
Created | 1948 |
Abolished | 1951 |
Seats | 2 |
Replaced by |
Constituency changes
editElection | Boundary changes | Electorate |
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1948 | Constituency formed from the wards of Central, Tanglin and Tanjong Pagar. | 8,800 |
1951 | Constituency abolished and split into City, Keppel and Tanglin. |
Legislative Council members
editElection | Member | Party | |
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1948 | Tan Chye Cheng | Progressive Party | |
Nazir Ahmad Mallal | Progressive Party |
Electoral results
edit1948
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PP | Tan Chye Cheng | 4,125 | 42.3 | ||
PP | Nazir Ahmad Mallal | 4,056 | 41.6 | ||
Independent | Mirza Abdul Majid | 1,572 | 16.1 | ||
Turnout | 5,150 | 58.5 | |||
Registered electors | 8,800 |
References
edit- ^ "Singapore Legislative Council General Election 1948". Singapore Elections. Archived from the original on February 21, 2015.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Singapore Legislative Council General Election 1948 > Municipal South-West". Singapore Elections. Archived from the original on December 8, 2014.
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