Municipal North-East Constituency
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Municipal North-East | |
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Former constituency for the Legislative Council of Singapore | |
![]() Location of Municipal North-East in Singapore | |
Region | Singapore |
Electorate | 8,691 |
Former constituency | |
Created | 1948 |
Abolished | 1951 |
Seats | 2 |
Replaced by |
Municipal North-East was a constituency represented in the Legislative Council of Singapore from 1948 until 1951.[1] It elected two Legislative Council members.[2]
Constituency changes
[edit]Election | Boundary changes | Electorate |
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1948 | Constituency formed from the wards of Kallang and Rochor. | 8,691 |
1951 | Constituency abolished and split into Balestier, Katong and Rochore. |
Legislative Council members
[edit]Election | Member | Party | |
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1948 | Mohamed Javad Namazie | Independent | |
John Laycock | ![]() |
Electoral results
[edit]1948
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Mohamed Javad Namazie | 2,672 | 24.4 | ||
PP | John Laycock | 2,221 | 20.3 | ||
Independent | M. K. Chidambaram | 1,622 | 14.8 | ||
Independent | Charles Joseph Pemberton Paglar | 1,420 | 13.0 | ||
Independent | Richard Lim Chuan Hoe | 1,161 | 10.6 | ||
Independent | Valiya Purayil Abdullah | 944 | 8.6 | ||
PP | Lim Chuan Geok | 892 | 8.2 | ||
Turnout | 5,796 | 66.9 | |||
Registered electors | 8,668 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Singapore Legislative Council General Election 1948". Singapore Elections.
- ^ "Singapore Legislative Council General Election 1948 > Municipal North-East". Singapore Elections.