The local elections were held in a common date (6 December 1952) for all six municipal and town councils in the Federation of Malaya.
Municipal election George Town Date: 6 December 1952Electorate: 17,544Turnout: 51.8% Wards Elected councillor Elected party Votes Majority Opponent(s) Party Votes Radicals 1 (6) | UMNO-Muslim League 1 (2) | Labour 1 (1) Jelutong 1. A. Raja Gopal Labour S. Mohd. BabooAziz Ibrahim UMNO-Muslim LeagueRadicals Kelawei 1. C. O. Lim Radicals 666 133 A. SabapathyS. M. Hussain LabourUMNO-Muslim League Tanjong 1. A. M. Abu Bakar UMNO-Muslim League Wong Kok KeeN. Ponnudurai RadicalsLabour Source:
Kuala Lumpur Date: 16 February 1952Electorate: 11,005Turnout: 68% Wards Elected councillor Elected party Votes Majority Opponent(s) Party Votes UMNO-MCA 9 (9) | IMP 2 (2) | Independent 1 (1) Bangsar 1. S. C. E. Singam2. K. L. Devaser3. Devaki Krishnan Ind.IMPIMP 718577570 141 4. Ahmad Mahmood5. Raja Mohamed Raja Alang6. S. Karalasingam7. T. Rajendra8. Elsie Somasundram UMNO-MCAUMNO-MCALabourIMPUMNO-MCA 517508466422232 Imbi 1. Chan Chee Hong2. Cheah Ewe Keat3. Douglas Lee UMNO-MCAUMNO-MCAUMNO-MCA 840833778 7 4. K. C. Chia5. T. R. Marks6. Chua Boon Guan7. E. Ramachandram8. Ho Tee Chim LabourIMPIMPIMPLabour 645530452419377 Petaling 1. Chan Kwong Hon2. Ong Yoke Lin3. Lee Yoon Thim UMNO-MCAUMNO-MCAUMNO-MCA 871856750 15 4. Ng Kok Thoy5. Leong Hoe Yeng6. Loke Soh Lip7. A. Tharmalingam8. V. G. T. Singam9. Yap Chong Kuen IMPIMPIMPInd.Ind.Labour 323320299299251115 Sentul 1. Abdullah Yassin2. Yahaya Sheikh Ahmad3. Mohamed Salleh Hakim UMNO-MCAUMNO-MCAUMNO-MCA 1,6161,2961,243 320 4. Abdul Aziz Ishak5. Mohamed Tahir Kuteh6. K. V. Thaver7. Pawanchick Mohamed IMPIMPIMPRentpayers 1,151834744420 Source: Date: 6 December 1952Electorate: 13,503Turnout: 53% Wards Elected councillor Elected party Votes Majority Opponent(s) Party Votes Electorate Turnout 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:
Malacca Date: 6 December 1952Electorate: 8,334Turnout: Wards Elected councillor Elected party Votes Majority Opponent(s) Party Votes Electorate 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 ChyeS. Shunmugam LabourProgressive 2,401 Tranquerah 1. Goh Kay Seng UMNO-MCA Allan ActonHashim Abdul Ghani LabourProgressive 2,716 Source:
Town councils election Bandar Maharani, Muar Date: 6 December 1952Electorate: Turnout: Wards Elected councillor Elected party Votes Majority Opponent(s) Party Votes UMNO-MCA 7 (7) | ? Maharani 1.2.3. Ahmad AriffinHo Koon TohJa'afar A. MananLim Ah SittSulaiman Ninam Shah Parit Stongkat 1.2.3. A. Jabbar A. MajidChan Shi ShiChua Huck YewIbrahim M. YunosSheikh Ahmad Said Sultan Ibrahim 1.2.3. Fatimah M. YunosAshari AbdullahH. N. McLeodOmar AhmadShahdan M. Salleh Source:
Bandar Penggaram, Batu Pahat Date: 6 December 1952Electorate: Turnout: Wards Elected councillor Elected party Votes Majority Opponent(s) Party Votes Turnout UMNO-MCA 5 (5) | ? Gunong Soga 1.2.3 Abu Bakar HaronAhmad AbbasS. C. MacIntyreSyed Ahmad AlweeTan Peng Koon 87% Jalan Sultanah 1.2.3 Ahmad DaudFrank Tan Ah MongIsmail Abu BakarSyed MustaffaSyedTan Joo Soon Kampong Petani 1.2.3 Abdul Samad PutehTaha ZakariaKang Kock SengSulaiman Abdul RahmanZahrah Mohamed Taib Source:
Johore Bahru Date: 6 December 1952Electorate: 4,599 Turnout: 84.5% Wards Elected councillor Elected party Votes Majority Opponent(s) Party Votes Electorate Turnout UMNO-MCA 9 (9) Ayer Molek 1. M. Birchee2. Ahmad Mohd. Shah3. Wong Sze Ming UMNO-MCAUMNO-MCAUMNO-MCA 1,0971,088904 9 4. Mohamed Arshad Awang5. Ong See Jiang6. Mohd. Salleh Mustapha7. Ahmad A. Hamid8. Osman A. Raschid IMPIMPIMPInd.PMU 30225022321795 1,772 82.6% Nong Chik 1. Ismail Abdul Rahman2. Mansoor Bakri3. Uda Awang UMNO-MCAUMNO-MCAUMNO-MCA 1,114942871 172 4. Chan Chong Wen5. Jamaliah Mustapha6. Zaharah Abdul Hamid7. Abdul Mubin Abdullah8. Abdullah Taib IMPIMPIMPInd.Ind. 416380303260247 1,771 86.5% Tebrau 1. Sardon Zubir2. Syed Abdul Rahman Ahmad3. Wong Peng Long UMNO-MCAUMNO-MCAUMNO-MCA 713710695 3 4. K. H. Han5. Hussein Abdullah6. M. N. Roy IMPIMPIMP 163154119 1,056 84.2% Source:
Local councils election
Gelang Patah
Kedah
Pasir Pinji New Village The Pasir Pinji New Village local council election is the first election to be held in Perak in December 1952.
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