Singaporean general election, 1948
- Singaporean general election, 1948
Infobox Election
election_name = Singaporean general election, 1948
country = Singapore
type = legislative
ongoing = no
previous_election =
previous_year =
next_election = Singaporean general election, 1951
next_year = 1951
election_date = March 21, 1948
seats_for_election = 6 (of the 22) seats to the Legislative Council
leader1 = Independents
party1 = Independent (politician)
leaders_seat1 = Rural East, Rural West, Municipal North-East
last_election1 = -
seats1 = 3
seat_change1 = -
popular_vote1 = 11,997
percentage1 = 50.5%
swing1 = -
leader2 = Tan Chye Ching
leader_since2 = 1945
party2 = Progressive Party (Singapore)
leaders_seat2 = Municipal North-East
last_election2 = -
seats2 = 3
seat_change2 = -
popular_vote2 = 11,754
percentage2 = 49.5%
swing2 = -The Legislative Council General Elections was the first election to be held in Singapore, taking place on 21 March 1948 when six of the 22 seats on the Legislative Council were open for popular voting, albeit only for British subjects. The election was announced on 1 February, and nominations were due by 15 February. The campaign period lasted for 31 days.
Calls by various organisations to boycott the election led to a voter turnout of 63.1% with 25,072 votes cast.
Results summary
See also Singapore general election, 1948 results
References
*Sr, Pugalenthi (1996) "Elections in Singapore" VJ Times International Pte Ltd, Singapore ISBN 981-221-025-3
External links
* [http://www.singapore-elections.com/ge1948/ Singapore Elections Webpage]
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