The local elections were held in a common date (6 December 1952) for all six municipal and town councils in the Federation of Malaya.[1][2][3]
Municipal election
[edit]Date: 6 December 1952 Electorate: 17,544 Turnout: 51.8% | |||||||
Wards | Elected councillor | Elected party | Votes | Majority | Opponent(s) | Party | Votes |
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Radicals 1 (6) | UMNO-Muslim League 1 (2) | Labour 1 (1) | |||||||
Jelutong | 1. A. Raja Gopal | Labour | S. Mohd. Baboo Aziz Ibrahim |
UMNO-Muslim League Radicals |
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Kelawei | 1. C. O. Lim | Radicals | 666 | 133 | A. Sabapathy S. M. Hussain |
Labour UMNO-Muslim League |
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Tanjong | 1. A. M. Abu Bakar | UMNO-Muslim League | Wong Kok Kee N. Ponnudurai |
Radicals Labour |
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Source: [4][5] |
Date: 16 February 1952 Electorate: 11,005 Turnout: 68% | |||||||
Wards | Elected councillor | Elected party | Votes | Majority | Opponent(s) | Party | Votes |
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UMNO-MCA 9 (9) | IMP 2 (2) | Independent 1 (1) | |||||||
Bangsar | 1. S. C. E. Singam 2. K. L. Devaser 3. Devaki Krishnan |
Ind. IMP IMP |
718 577 570 |
141 | 4. Ahmad Mahmood 5. Raja Mohamed Raja Alang 6. S. Karalasingam 7. T. Rajendra 8. Elsie Somasundram |
UMNO-MCA UMNO-MCA Labour IMP UMNO-MCA |
517 508 466 422 232 |
Imbi | 1. Chan Chee Hong 2. Cheah Ewe Keat 3. Douglas Lee |
UMNO-MCA UMNO-MCA UMNO-MCA |
840 833 778 |
7 | 4. K. C. Chia 5. T. R. Marks 6. Chua Boon Guan 7. E. Ramachandram 8. Ho Tee Chim |
Labour IMP IMP IMP Labour |
645 530 452 419 377 |
Petaling | 1. Chan Kwong Hon 2. Ong Yoke Lin 3. Lee Yoon Thim |
UMNO-MCA UMNO-MCA UMNO-MCA |
871 856 750 |
15 | 4. Ng Kok Thoy 5. Leong Hoe Yeng 6. Loke Soh Lip 7. A. Tharmalingam 8. V. G. T. Singam 9. Yap Chong Kuen |
IMP IMP IMP Ind. Ind. Labour |
323 320 299 299 251 115 |
Sentul | 1. Abdullah Yassin 2. Yahaya Sheikh Ahmad 3. Mohamed Salleh Hakim |
UMNO-MCA UMNO-MCA UMNO-MCA |
1,616 1,296 1,243 |
320 | 4. Abdul Aziz Ishak 5. Mohamed Tahir Kuteh 6. K. V. Thaver 7. Pawanchick Mohamed |
IMP IMP IMP Rentpayers |
1,151 834 744 420 |
Source: [6][7][8][9] |
Date: 6 December 1952 Electorate: 13,503 Turnout: 53% | |||||||||
Wards | Elected councillor | Elected party | Votes | Majority | Opponent(s) | Party | Votes | Electorate | Turnout |
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UMNO-MCA 3 (9) | IMP 1 (2) | Independent 0 (1) | |||||||||
Bangsar | 1. Devaki Krishnan | IMP | 2. Foong Soon Seng | UMNO-MCA | |||||
Imbi | 1. Douglas Lee | UMNO-MCA | 2. K. C. Chin | Labour | |||||
Petaling | 1. Lee Yoon Thim | UMNO-MCA | 168 | 2. A. Tharmalingam | Labour | ||||
Sentul | 1. Raja Mohamad Raja Alang | UMNO-MCA | 2. Goh Swee Seng | IMP | 4,541 | 38% | |||
Source: [10][11][12][13][14] |
Date: 6 December 1952 Electorate: 8,334 Turnout: | ||||||||
Wards | Elected councillor | Elected party | Votes | Majority | Opponent(s) | Party | Votes | Electorate |
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UMNO-MCA 2 (2) | Labour 1 (3) | Progressive 0 (3) | Independent 0 (1) | ||||||||
Bukit China | 1. Amy Joseph | Labour | Mohd. Yusoff Sulong | UMNO-MCA | 3,217 | |||
Fort | 1. Chan Geok Eng | UMNO-MCA | Wee Hock Chye S. Shunmugam |
Labour Progressive |
2,401 | |||
Tranquerah | 1. Goh Kay Seng | UMNO-MCA | Allan Acton Hashim Abdul Ghani |
Labour Progressive |
2,716 | |||
Source:[15][16] |
Town councils election
[edit]Date: 6 December 1952 Electorate: Turnout: | |||||||
Wards | Elected councillor | Elected party | Votes | Majority | Opponent(s) | Party | Votes |
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UMNO-MCA 7 (7) | ? | |||||||
Maharani | 1. 2. 3. |
Ahmad Ariffin Ho Koon Toh Ja'afar A. Manan Lim Ah Sitt Sulaiman Ninam Shah |
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Parit Stongkat | 1. 2. 3. |
A. Jabbar A. Majid Chan Shi Shi Chua Huck Yew Ibrahim M. Yunos Sheikh Ahmad Said |
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Sultan Ibrahim | 1. 2. 3. |
Fatimah M. Yunos Ashari Abdullah H. N. McLeod Omar Ahmad Shahdan M. Salleh |
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Source: [20][21][22] |
Date: 6 December 1952 Electorate: Turnout: | ||||||||
Wards | Elected councillor | Elected party | Votes | Majority | Opponent(s) | Party | Votes | Turnout |
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UMNO-MCA 5 (5) | ? | ||||||||
Gunong Soga | 1. 2. 3 |
Abu Bakar Haron Ahmad Abbas S. C. MacIntyre Syed Ahmad Alwee Tan Peng Koon |
87% | |||||
Jalan Sultanah | 1. 2. 3 |
Ahmad Daud Frank Tan Ah Mong Ismail Abu Bakar Syed Mustaffa Syed Tan Joo Soon |
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Kampong Petani | 1. 2. 3 |
Abdul Samad Puteh Taha Zakaria Kang Kock Seng Sulaiman Abdul Rahman Zahrah Mohamed Taib |
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Source: [23][24][25] |
Date: 6 December 1952 Electorate: 4,599 Turnout: 84.5% | |||||||||
Wards | Elected councillor | Elected party | Votes | Majority | Opponent(s) | Party | Votes | Electorate | Turnout |
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UMNO-MCA 9 (9) | |||||||||
Ayer Molek | 1. M. Birchee 2. Ahmad Mohd. Shah 3. Wong Sze Ming |
UMNO-MCA UMNO-MCA UMNO-MCA |
1,097 1,088 904 |
9 | 4. Mohamed Arshad Awang 5. Ong See Jiang 6. Mohd. Salleh Mustapha 7. Ahmad A. Hamid 8. Osman A. Raschid |
IMP IMP IMP Ind. PMU |
302 250 223 217 95 |
1,772 | 82.6% |
Nong Chik | 1. Ismail Abdul Rahman 2. Mansoor Bakri 3. Uda Awang |
UMNO-MCA UMNO-MCA UMNO-MCA |
1,114 942 871 |
172 | 4. Chan Chong Wen 5. Jamaliah Mustapha 6. Zaharah Abdul Hamid 7. Abdul Mubin Abdullah 8. Abdullah Taib |
IMP IMP IMP Ind. Ind. |
416 380 303 260 247 |
1,771 | 86.5% |
Tebrau | 1. Sardon Zubir 2. Syed Abdul Rahman Ahmad 3. Wong Peng Long |
UMNO-MCA UMNO-MCA UMNO-MCA |
713 710 695 |
3 | 4. K. H. Han 5. Hussein Abdullah 6. M. N. Roy |
IMP IMP IMP |
163 154 119 |
1,056 | 84.2% |
Source: [23][26][27][28] |
Local councils election
[edit]The Pasir Pinji New Village local council election is the first election to be held in Perak in December 1952.[33][34]
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