Municipal South-West Constituency
| Municipal South-West | |
|---|---|
| Former constituency for the Legislative Council of Singapore | |
Location of Municipal South-West in Singapore | |
| Region | Singapore |
| Electorate | 8,800 |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | 1948 |
| Abolished | 1951 |
| Seats | 2 |
| Replaced by | |
Municipal South-West was a constituency represented in the Legislative Council of Singapore from 1948 until 1951.[1] It elected two members to the council.
History
In 1948, the constituency was formed from merging the wards of Central, Tanglin and Tanjong Pagar.
In 1951, the constituency was abolished and split into City, Keppel and Tanglin Constituencies.
Members of the Legislative Council
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Formation | |||
| 1948 | Tan Chye Cheng | Progressive Party | |
| Nazir Ahmad Mallal | Progressive Party | ||
| Constituency abolished (1951) | |||
Electoral results
Note: The Elections Department does not include rejected votes when calculating the vote shares of candidates. Hence, all candidates' vote shares will total to 100% at any given election (may not appear so in multi-way contests due to rounding).
Elections in 1940s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PP | Tan Chye Cheng | 4,125 | 42.29 | |
| PP | Nazir Ahmad Mallal | 4,056 | 41.58 | |
| Independent | Mirza Abdul Majid | 1,572 | 16.13 | |
| Majority | 2,553 | 26.16 | ||
| Majority | 2,484 | 25.45 | ||
| Total valid votes | 9,753 | 94.58 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 547 | 5.42 | ||
| Turnout | 5,150 | 58.52 | ||
| Registered electors | 8,800 | |||
References
- ^ "Singapore Legislative Council General Election 1948". Singapore Elections. Archived from the original on February 21, 2015.
- ^ "Singapore Legislative Council General Election 1948 > Municipal South-West". Singapore Elections.