City Constituency
Former electoral division in Singapore
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City Constituency was a constituency represented in the Legislative Council of Singapore from 1951 until 1955.
| City | |
|---|---|
| Former constituency for the Legislative Council of Singapore | |
| Region | Singapore |
| Electorate | 5,611 |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | 1951 |
| Abolished | 1955 |
| Seats | 1 |
| Replaced by | |
History
The constituency was formed in 1951 from carving out from Municipal South-West Constituency and in 1955, it was split into Havelock, Stamford, Tanjong Pagar and Telok Ayer constituencies.[1]
Members of the Legislative Council
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Formation | |||
| 1951 | Nazir Ahmad Mallal | PP | |
| Constituency abolished (1955) | |||
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 1950s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PP | Nazir Ahmad Mallal | 1,308 | 53.84 | ||
| Independent | Balwant Singh Bajaj | 1,025 | 42.21 | ||
| Independent | Mirza Abdul Majid | 96 | 3.95 | ||
| Majority | 283 | 11.63 | |||
| Total valid votes | 2,429 | 98.53 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 36 | 1.47 | |||
| Turnout | 2,465 | 43.93 | |||
| Registered electors | 5,611 | ||||
| PP win (new seat) | |||||