1957_Malayan_local_elections

1957 Malayan local elections

Malaysia election 1957

Local elections were held in the Federation of Malaya in 1957.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Town councils election

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"The Straits Times Singapore, Tues. Dec. 10, 1957. Reverse For Alliance". nlb.gov.sg. Retrieved 20 September 2018.

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"Two women may seek nomination". nlb.gov.sg. Retrieved 20 September 2018.

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"Bitter battle likely in the Penang elections". nlb.gov.sg. Retrieved 20 September 2018.

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"A clean sweep for the Alliance in Johore". nlb.gov.sg. Retrieved 20 September 2018.

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Candidates	Party	Votes
Date: 2 January 1957 Electorate: Turnout:
G. H. Goh	Alliance (MCA)	6 councillors
D. S. Ramanathan	Labour	5 councillors
Source: ^[4]^[5]^[6]

Candidates	Party	Votes
Date: 30 December 1957 Electorate: Turnout:
D. S. Ramanathan	Labour
Source:

Wards	Elected councillor	Elected party	Opponent(s)	Party
Date: 7 December 1957 Electorate: 41,799 Turnout:
Labour 4 (8) \| Alliance 1 (5) \| Independent 0 (2)
Jelutong	1. Ooi Thiam Siew	Labour	2. Abdullah Ariff	Alliance (UMNO)
Kelawei	1. Chang Poh Jung	Labour	2. Kamaluddin Baboo	Alliance (UMNO)
Sungei Pinang	1. D. S. Ramanathan	Labour	2. Lim Eng Hooi	Alliance (MCA)
Tanjong East	1. Lee Kok Liang	Labour	S. M. Mohamed Idris Khoo Yat See	Alliance (UMNO) Ind.
Tanjong West	1. Lim Kean Siew	Labour	Lee Woon Mun G. O. Singh	Alliance (MCA) Ind.
Source: ^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10] ^[11]

Wards	Elected councillor	Elected party	Votes	Majority	Opponent(s)	Party	Votes	Spoilt votes
Date: 7 December 1957 Electorate: Turnout:
Labour 1 (?)
Bangsar	1. V. David	Labour	1,055	213	2. Gurdial Singh	Alliance (MIC)	842	26
Imbi	1. Cheah Theam Siew		Unopposed
Petaling	1. Lim Jew Siang		Unopposed
Sentul	1. Abdullah Yassin	Alliance (UMNO)	Unopposed
Source: ^[12]^[13]

Wards	Elected councillor	Elected party	Votes	Majority	Opponent(s)	Party	Votes
Date: 7 December 1957 Electorate: Turnout:
Malayan Party 3 (?) \| Alliance 2 (?) \| Labour 1 (?)
Bukit China	1. Paul Anthony Prabalan	Malayan Party	1,281	571	2. George Ivan Taye	Alliance (MIC)	710
Fort	1. Tan Kee Gak	Malayan Party	1,226	505	2. Cheng Chia Hua	Alliance (MCA)	721
Mata Kuching	1. Hashim Abdul Ghani 2. Chong Kong Ying 3. Mohamed Abdul Rahman	Malayan Party Labour Alliance (UMNO)	864 765 758	99	4. Yusoff Sulong 5. Yong Kong Yim 6. Syed Omar Abdullah Alhabshee	Alliance (UMNO) Labour Alliance (UMNO)	739 684 681
Tranquerah	1. Lim Yeow Koon	Alliance (MCA)	987	141	2. Yap Eng Tee	Malayan Party	846
Source: ^[12]^[14]^[15]

1957_Malayan_local_elections

1957 Malayan local elections

Mayoral election

George Town

City council election

George Town

Municipal election

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 Pilah

Kuala Trengganu

Kuantan

Pasir Mas

Pasir Puteh

Raub

Segamat

Seremban

Sungei Patani

Taiping

Tanjong Malim

Teluk Anson

Temerloh-Mentekab

Tumpat

Local councils election

Penang

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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	Majority	Opponent(s)	Party	Votes
Date: 7 December 1957 Electorate: Turnout:
?
Maharani	1.
Parit Stongkat	1.
Sultan Ibrahim	1.
Source: ^[16]^[17]^[18]

Wards	Elected councillor	Elected party	Votes	Majority	Opponent(s)	Party	Votes
Date: 7 December 1957 Electorate: Turnout:
?
Gunong Soga	1. 2.
Jalan Sultanah	1.
Kampong Petani	1.
Source: ^[19]

Wards	Elected councillor	Elected party
Date: 7 December 1957 Electorate: 4,468 Turnout:
?
	1.
	1.
Source: ^[10]

Wards	Elected councillor	Elected party
Date: 7 December 1957 Electorate: 5,145 Turnout:
?
	1.
	1.
Source: ^[10]

Wards	Elected councillor	Opponent(s)
Date: 2 March 1957 Electorate: Turnout:
?
Green Town	1.	D. R. Seenivasagam Mohamed Yunan Abdullah Sani
Source: ^[20]^[21]

Wards	Elected councillor	Elected party	Votes	Majority	Opponent(s)	Party	Votes	Spoilt votes
Date: 7 December 1957 Electorate: Turnout:
PPP 2 (2) \| NAP 1 (1) \| Alliance 1 (9)
Green Town	1. D. R. Seenivasagam	PPP	1,150	420	2. Yeoh Kian Teik	Alliance (MCA)	730	7
Menglembu	1. Cheong Pak Keen	NAP	739	237	2. Chew Peng Loon	Alliance (MCA)	502
Pasir Puteh	1. Mohamed Yunan Abdullah Sani	Alliance (UMNO)	738	183	2. Choy Kok Kuan	PPP	555	12
Silibin	1. Toh Seang Eng	PPP	843	221	2. A. K. Subramaniam	Alliance (MIC)	622	12
Source: ^[12]^[22]^[23]^[24]

Wards	Elected councillor	Elected party	Votes	Majority	Opponent(s)	Party	Votes	Spoilt votes
Date: 7 December 1957 Electorate: Turnout:
Alliance 4 (12)
Ayer Molek	1. Ahmad Mohamed Shah	Alliance (UMNO)	339	48	2. Wan Mohamed Ibrahim	Negara	291	6
Nong Chik	1. Sanudin Abdul Manas	Alliance (UMNO)	477	73	2. Annuar A. Malek	Negara	404	18
Tampoi	1. Lee Teck Ching	Alliance (MCA)	281	197	2. Abdul Raof Aman	Negara	84	17
Tebrau	1. Syed Abdul Rahman Ahmad	Alliance (UMNO)	301	60	2. Mohamed Abdul Jabar	Negara	241	11
Source: ^[12]^[25]^[26]

Wards	Elected councillor	Elected party	Votes	Majority	Opponent(s)	Party	Votes
Date: Electorate: Turnout:
?
Central	1.
North	1.
South	1.
Source: ^[27]

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

Wards	Elected councillor	Elected party	Opponent(s)	Party
Date: 1 June 1957 Electorate: Turnout:
?
Bukit Temensu	1. Lee Geok Swee 2. Yahaya Ahmad 3. Jayantilal	Perikatan Perikatan Perikatan	Pir Muhammad Mohamad Ali	Labour
Kampong Dioh	1. Victor Ho Hong Yeow 2. Abdul Kadir Abdullah 3. Chan Chun Ying	Perikatan Perikatan Perikatan
Pekan Lama	1. Mansor Abdullah 2. Chong Foo Khin 3. Maarof Ali	Perikatan Perikatan Perikatan
Source: ^[31]^[32]^[33]

Wards	Elected councillor	Opponent(s)
Date: 7 December 1957 Electorate: Turnout:
Alliance ? (7) \| Labour ? (5)
Lake	1.
Lobak	1.	Kat Fye Hin S. Amir Singh Gill
Rahang	1. 2.	Benson Lim Heng Kein Govindan Suppiah Lam Teck Choon Robert Singam
Temiang	1.
Source: ^[32]^[42]

Wards	Elected councillor	Majority
Date: 2 November 1957 Electorate: Turnout:
?
Gunong Lambak	1.
Mengkibol	1.
Mesjid Lama	1.	Mokhtar Zainuddin Bahari Taib
Source: ^[28]^[29]^[30]

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	Electorate	Turnout
Date: Electorate: Turnout:
Alliance 2 (?) \| Independent 1 (?)
Bukit Besar	1. Mohamed Abdullah	Alliance (UMNO)	Unopposed
Kuala	1. Toh Kim Chong	Alliance (MCA)			Syed Alwi	Ind.
Ladang	1. Mutalib Salleh	Ind.	268	155	Abdul Rashid Hussein	Alliance (UMNO)	113	3,055	16.56%
Source: ^[34]^[35]^[36]

Wards	Elected councillor	Elected party	Votes	Majority	Opponent(s)	Party	Votes
Date: 2 March 1957 Electorate: Turnout:
?
Central Town	1.
Tanah Puteh	1.
Telok Sisek	1.
Source: ^[37]^[38]

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

Wards	Elected councillor	Elected party
Date: 20 December 1957 Electorate: Turnout:
?
Raub Australian Gold Mine	1.
Raub Town	1.
Sempalit	1.
Tanjong Gadong	1.
Source: ^[39]

Wards	Elected councillor	Opponent(s)
Date: 2 November 1957 Electorate: Turnout:
?
Buloh Kasap	1.
Gemereh	1.	Soon Boon Seng Tan Boon Chiong
Genuang	1.
Source: ^[40]^[41]

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	Spoilt votes
Date: 7 December 1957 Electorate: Turnout:
Alliance 2 (7) \| Labour 2 (2)
Assam Kumbang	1. Hwang Yun Chih 2. Mohamed Noor Mohamed	Alliance (MCA) Alliance (UMNO)	449 400	9	3. Lim Chye Guan 4. Nor Rashid Ariffin	Labour Labour	428 378	13
Kota	1. Goh Ah Hin	Labour	564	133	2. Ooi Cheng Hoe	Alliance (MCA)	431	13
Klian Pau	1. Saba Ratnam Sellar	Labour	716	314	2. Ng Pi Ca	Alliance (MCA)	402	27
Source: ^[12]^[43]^[27]

Wards	Elected councillor	Elected party	Votes	Majority	Opponent(s)	Party	Votes
Date: Electorate: Turnout:
?
Beirop	1.
Idris	1.
Malacca	1.
Source: ^[18]

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

Wards	Elected councillor	Elected party	Votes	Majority	Opponent(s)	Party	Votes
Date: 19 January 1957 Electorate: Turnout:
?
Mentekab North	1. 2. 3.
Mentekab South	1. 2. 3.
Temerloh North	1. 2. 3.
Temerloh South	1. 2. 3.
Source: ^[44]

Wards	Elected councillor	Elected party	Votes	Majority	Opponent(s)	Party	Votes
Date: 28 December 1957 Electorate: Turnout:
?
Mentekab North	1.
Mentekab South	1.
Temerloh North	1.
Temerloh South	1.
Source: ^[45]