Municipal South-West Constituency

Municipal South-West
Former constituency
for the Legislative Council of Singapore
Location of Municipal South-West in Singapore
RegionSingapore
Electorate8,800
Former constituency
Created1948 (1948)
Abolished1951 (1951)
Seats2
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

General Election 1948[2]
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

  1. ^ "Singapore Legislative Council General Election 1948". Singapore Elections. Archived from the original on February 21, 2015.
  2. ^ "Singapore Legislative Council General Election 1948 > Municipal South-West". Singapore Elections.