Malayan local elections, 1952

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

George Town

Wards	Elected councillor	Elected party	Votes	Majority	Opponent(s)	Party
Date: 6 December 1952 Electorate: 17,544 Turnout: 51.8%
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
Kelawei	1. C. O. Lim	Radicals	666	133	A. Sabapathy S. M. Hussain	Labour UMNO-Muslim League
Tanjong	1. A. M. Abu Bakar	UMNO-Muslim League			Wong Kok Kee N. Ponnudurai	Radicals Labour
Source: ^[4]^[5]

Kuala Lumpur

Wards	Elected councillor	Elected party	Votes	Majority	Opponent(s)	Party	Votes
Date: 16 February 1952 Electorate: 11,005 Turnout: 68%
UMNO-MCA 9 (9) \| IMP 2 (2) \| Independent 1 (1)
Bungsar	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]

Wards	Elected councillor	Elected party	Majority	Opponent(s)	Party	Electorate	Turnout
Date: 6 December 1952 Electorate: 13,503 Turnout: 53%
UMNO-MCA 3 (9) \| IMP 1 (2) \| Independent 0 (1)
Bungsar	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]

Malacca

Wards	Elected councillor	Elected party	Opponent(s)	Party	Electorate
Date: 6 December 1952 Electorate: 8,334 Turnout:
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] ^[17] ^[18]^[19]

Town councils election

Bandar Maharani, Muar

Wards	Elected councillor	Opponent(s)
Date: 6 December 1952 Electorate: Turnout:
UMNO-MCA 7 (7) \| ?
Maharani	1. 2. 3.	Ahmad Ariffin Ho Koon Toh Ja'afar A. Manan Lim Ah Sitt Sulaiman Ninam Shah
Parit Stongkat	1. 2. 3.	A. Jabbar A. Majid Chan Shi Shi Chua Huck Yew Ibrahim M. Yunos Sheikh Ahmad Said
Sultan Ibrahim	1. 2. 3.	Fatimah M. Yunos Ashari Abdullah H. N. McLeod Omar Ahmad Shahdan M. Salleh
Source: ^[20]^[21]^[22]

Bandar Penggaram, Batu Pahat

Wards	Elected councillor	Opponent(s)	Turnout
Date: 6 December 1952 Electorate: Turnout:
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
Kampong Petani	1. 2. 3	Abdul Samad Puteh Taha Zakaria Kang Kock Seng Sulaiman Abdul Rahman Zahrah Mohamed Taib
Source: ^[23]^[24]^[25]

Johore Bahru

Wards	Elected councillor	Elected party	Votes	Majority	Opponent(s)	Party	Votes	Electorate	Turnout
Date: 6 December 1952 Electorate: 4,599 Turnout: 84.5%
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

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Gelang Patah

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Kedah

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Pasir Pinji New Village

The Pasir Pinji New Village local council election is the first election to be held in Perak in December 1952.^[33]^[34]

References

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v t e Elections in Malaysia
General elections	1955 1959 1964 1969 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1995 1999 2004 2008 2013 next
State elections	1954 1955 1959 1963 1964 1967 1969 1971 1974 1976 1978 1979 1981 1982 1983 1985 1986 1987 1990 1991 1994 1995 1996 1999 2001 2004 2006 2008 2011 2013
Local elections	1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965
See also: Elections in Johor Kedah Kelantan Kuala Lumpur Labuan Malacca Negeri Sembilan Pahang Penang Perak Perlis Putrajaya Sabah Sarawak Selangor Terengganu Template: By-elections State elections

Malayan local elections, 1952

Contents

Municipal election

George Town

Kuala Lumpur

Malacca

Town councils election

Bandar Maharani, Muar

Bandar Penggaram, Batu Pahat

Johore Bahru

Local councils election

Gelang Patah

Kedah

Pasir Pinji New Village

References

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