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1956 Malayan local elections

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Local elections were held in the Federation of Malaya in 1956.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Town councils election

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Wards	Elected councillor	Elected party	Votes	Majority	Opponent(s)	Party	Votes
Date: 1 December 1956 Electorate: Turnout: 41.14%
Labour 5 (5) \| Independent 3 (3) \| Alliance 1 (7)
Jelutong	1. Cheah Pee Aik	Ind.		682	2. S. M. Zainal Abidin	Alliance (UMNO)
Kelawei	1. A. Raja Gopal	Ind.	1,112	465	2. S. M. Hussain	Alliance (UMNO)	647
Sungei Pinang	1. 2. 3.
Tanjong East	1. Khoo Yat See	Ind.
Tanjong West	1. 2. 3.
Source: ^[5]^[6]^[7]

Wards	Elected councillor	Elected party	Votes	Majority	Opponent(s)	Party	Votes
Date: 1 December 1956 Electorate: Turnout:
?
Bangsar	1.
Imbi	1.
Petaling	1.
Sentul	1.
Source: ^[6]

Wards	Elected councillor	Elected party	Votes	Majority	Opponent(s)	Party	Votes
Date: 1 December 1956 Electorate: Turnout:
Alliance 2 (?) \| Malayan Party 1 (?)
Bukit China	1. J. L. de Cruz	Malayan Party	1,301	161	2. Cheng Chia Hua 3. P. K. Nair	Alliance (MCA) Labour	1,140 35
Fort	1. Tam Seat Wah	Alliance (MCA)			2. Chin Boon Soon	Malayan Party
Tranquerah	1. Tamby Abdullah	Alliance (UMNO)			2. Hashim Abdul Ghani	Malayan Party
Source: ^[5]^[6]^[8]^[9]^[10] ^[11]

Wards	Elected councillor	Elected party	Votes	Majority	Opponent(s)	Party	Votes
Date: Electorate: Turnout:
?
Kampong	1.
Pekan	1.
Seberang	1.
Source:

Wards	Elected councillor	Elected party	Votes	Opponent(s)	Party
Date: 1 December 1956 Electorate: Turnout:
Alliance 2 (?)
Maharani	1. Lim Ah Sitt	Alliance (MCA)	Unopposed
Parit Stongkat	1. Ho Koon Toh	Alliance (MCA)	Unopposed
Sultan Ibrahim	1.			Mohd. Noor Sulaiman Omar Ahmad	Alliance (UMNO) Ind.
Source: ^[12]^[13]

1956_Malayan_local_elections

1956 Malayan local elections

Municipal election

George Town

Kuala Lumpur

Malacca

Town councils election

Alor Star

Bandar Maharani, Muar

Bandar Penggaram, Batu Pahat

Bukit Mertajam

Butterworth

Ipoh-Menglembu

Johore Bahru

Kampar

Klang

Kluang

Kota Bharu

Kuala Kangsar

Kuala Trengganu

Kuantan

Pasir Mas

Pasir Puteh

Raub

Segamat

Seremban

Sungei Patani

Taiping

Teluk Anson

Tumpat

Local councils election

Kedah

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Wards	Elected councillor	Elected party	Votes	Majority	Opponent(s)	Party	Votes
Date: 1 December 1956 Electorate: Turnout:
?
Gunong Soga	1.
Jalan Sultanah	1.
Kampong Petani	1.
Source: ^[14]

Wards	Elected councillor	Elected party
Date: 1 December 1956 Electorate: Turnout:
Alliance 2 (?)
North	1. Goh Chin Cheng	Alliance (MCA)
South	1. Abdul Majid Hussain	Alliance (UMNO)
Source: ^[6]

Wards	Elected councillor	Elected party	Votes	Opponent(s)	Party
Date: 1 December 1956 Electorate: Turnout:
Alliance 4 (11) \| PPP 0 (1)
Green Town	1. Kok Ho Teik	Alliance (MCA)		2. Toh Seang Eng	Ind.
Menglembu	1. Chong Hong Chew	Alliance (MCA)	Unopposed
Pasir Puteh	1. Yusoff Ahmad	Alliance (UMNO)	Unopposed
Silibin	1. M. Ramanand	Alliance (MIC)		2. S. Nalliah	PPP
Source: ^[15]^[16]^[17]^[6]^[18]

Wards	Elected councillor	Elected party	Votes
Date: ~~1 December 1956~~ Electorate: Turnout: nil
Alliance 6 (12)
Ayer Molek	1. Wong Sze Ming	Alliance (MCA)	Unopposed
Nong Chik	1. Che Kalsom Ali	Alliance (UMNO)	Unopposed
Tampoi	1. Cheong Chee Kwan 2. Sheikh Abu Bakar Ahmad 3. Ahmad Yunos	Alliance (MCA) Alliance (UMNO) Alliance (UMNO)	Unopposed
Tebrau	1. Wong Peng Long	Alliance (MCA)	Unopposed
Source: ^[19]^[20]

Wards	Elected councillor	Elected party	Votes	Majority	Opponent(s)	Party	Votes
Date: 22 December 1956 Electorate: Turnout:
?
Central	1. 2. 3.
North	1. 2. 3.
South	1. 2. 3.
Source: ^[21]

Wards	Elected councillor	Elected party	Votes	Majority	Opponent(s)	Party	Votes
Date: Electorate: Turnout:
?
Klang North	1.
Klang South	1.
Port Swettenham	1.
Source: ^[22]

Wards	Elected councillor	Opponent(s)
Date: 5 November 1956 Electorate: Turnout:
?
Gunong Lambak	1.	Chow Sek Loon Teh Wan Boon Tiah Eng Bee Woo See Tiam
Mengkibol	1.
Mesjid Lama	1.	Lim Chin Khean Tan Hua Hong
Source: ^[23]^[24]^[25] ^[26]^[27]^[28]^[29]

Wards	Elected councillor	Elected party	Votes	Majority	Opponent(s)	Party	Votes
Date: Electorate: Turnout:
?
Kubang Pasu	1.
Kota Lama	1.
Wakaf Pasu	1.
Source:

Wards	Elected councillor	Elected party	Votes	Majority	Opponent(s)	Party	Votes
Date: 20 December 1956 Electorate: Turnout:
?
Idris	1. 2. 3.
Kangsar	1. 2. 3.
Kenas	1. 2. 3.
Source: ^[21]

Wards	Elected councillor	Elected party	Votes	Opponent(s)	Party
Date: 1 December 1956 Electorate: Turnout:
Alliance 3 (?)
Bukit Besar	1. Mansor Mohamed	Alliance (UMNO)	Unopposed
Kuala	1. Gan Chong Bin	Alliance (MCA)		2. Mohamed Taib Ismail	Ind.
Ladang	1. Muda Abdullah	Alliance (UMNO)	Unopposed
Source: ^[30]^[31]

Wards	Elected councillor	Elected party	Votes	Majority	Opponent(s)	Party	Votes
Date: Electorate: Turnout:
?
Central Town	1.
Tanah Puteh	1.
Telok Sisek	1.
Source:

Wards	Elected councillor	Elected party
Date: Electorate: Turnout:
?
Lemal	1.
Kampong Bahru	1.
Pengkalan Pasir	1.
Source:

Wards	Elected councillor	Elected party
Date: Electorate: Turnout:
?
Raub Australian Gold Mine	1.
Raub Town	1.
Sempalit	1.
Tanjong Gadong	1.
Source:

Wards	Elected councillor	Elected party	Votes	Majority	Opponent(s)	Party	Votes
Date: 10 November 1956 Electorate: Turnout:
?
Buloh Kasap	1.
Gemereh	1.
Genuang	1.
Source: ^[32]^[33]

Wards	Elected councillor	Elected party	Votes	Majority	Opponent(s)	Party	Votes
Date: 1 December 1956 Electorate: Turnout:
Alliance 1 (7) \| Labour 1 (5) \| ?
Lake	1.
Lobak	1. S. Sappathan	Labour	671	71	2. Chong Tin Huat	Alliance (MCA)	600
Rahang	1. Choong Yoon Chong	Alliance (MCA)	529	8	2. Sulaiman Sair Ali Khan	Labour	521
Temiang	1.				Paul Siow Tham Tat Ming
Source: ^[5]^[34]^[35]^[36]^[37]^[38]^[39]^[40]^[6]

Wards	Elected councillor	Elected party
Date: Electorate: Turnout:
?
Pekan Bahru	1.
Pekan Lama	1.
Rural	1.
Source:

Wards	Elected councillor	Elected party	Votes	Majority	Opponent(s)	Party	Votes
Date: Electorate: Turnout:
Alliance 4 (9)
Assam Kumbang	1.
Klian Pau	1. 2.
Kota	1.
Source: ^[41]

Wards	Elected councillor	Elected party	Votes	Majority	Opponent(s)	Party	Votes
Date: Electorate: Turnout:
?
Changkat Jong	1.
Denison Road	1.
Pasir Bedamar	1.
Source: