# 1957 Singapore City Council election

The 1957 Singapore City Council elections was the first time that all appointed seats were scrapped, and all seats were opened for direct popular voting. Nomination day was on 18 November 1957, with voting held on 21 December in the same year.
A total of 32 seats were contested. Also up for contention, was the new office of Mayor of Singapore, which would be awarded to the leader of the political party with the majority of seats won.

## Results

| Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
| | Liberal Socialist Party | 56,204 | 34.76 | 7 | New |
| | People's Action Party | 49,500 | 30.61 | 13 | New |
| | Labour Front | 25,711 | 15.90 | 4 | New |
| | Workers' Party | 11,896 | 7.36 | 4 | New |
| | United Malays National Organisation | 7,832 | 4.84 | 2 | +2 |
| | Independents | 10,560 | 6.53 | 2 | –1 |
| Total | Total | 161,703 | 100.00 | 32 | +14 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 161,703 | 97.76 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 3,701 | 2.24 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 165,404 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 504,291 | 32.80 | | |
| Source: Singapore Elections ||||||

### By constituency

Under First-past-the-post voting, six candidates (out of the 14 multi-cornered contests) are elected to the council with under a simple majority (50%) of the valid votes cast. The results for Sepoy Lines came with then a record of the narrowest election margin to date at about 0.4%, which would later be surpassed by the River Valley Constituency's 0.05% margin in the 1959 Singaporean general election, two years later. PAP's Chan Choy Siong in Kreta Ayer won the best margin in the election with 86.8% of the votes cast, while the worst-performing candidate for the election was T. R. Fernandez, who garnered 258 votes, 4.2% of the valid votes cast in Delta. Only four candidates had garnered under 12.5% of their vote share and had their $250 election deposit forfeited.
| Constituency | Electorate | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Aljunied | 15,033 | Liberal Socialist Party | Wee Swee Hong | 1,855 | 46.7 |
| Aljunied | 15,033 | Labour Front | Sim Swee Seng | 1,344 | 33.8 |
| Aljunied | 15,033 | Independent | Tan Jin Hong | 777 | 19.5 |
| Anson | 15,637 | People's Action Party | John Mammen | 2,764 | 53.9 |
| Anson | 15,637 | Liberal Socialist Party | Sundarajulu Lakshmana Perumal | 2,363 | 46.1 |
| Bras Basah | 16,274 | People's Action Party | Sze Yih Hwa | 3,345 | 64.7 |
| Bras Basah | 16,274 | Liberal Socialist Party | Hwang Cheng Peng | 1,826 | 35.3 |
| Bukit Merah | 12,768 | Independent | Govindasamy Gopal | 1,465 | 38.6 |
| Bukit Merah | 12,768 | Liberal Socialist Party | Pang Tong Khiam | 1,253 | 33.0 |
| Bukit Merah | 12,768 | Labour Front | Ahmad bin Ismail | 1,079 | 28.4 |
| Cairnhill | 14,148 | Workers' Party | O. Subramaniam Rengasamy | 1,406 | 34.4 |
| Cairnhill | 14,148 | Liberal Socialist Party | Tan Sim Hong | 1,373 | 33.6 |
| Cairnhill | 14,148 | Labour Front | P. Ramasamy | 1,313 | 32.1 |
| Crawford | 15,547 | People's Action Party | Baharuddin bin Mohamed Ariff | 4,355 | 67.0 |
| Crawford | 15,547 | Liberal Socialist Party | Lee Thiam Chuan | 1,220 | 18.8 |
| Crawford | 15,547 | Independent | Neo Tai Kim | 923 | 14.2 |
| Delta | 16,916 | Workers' Party | John Cruz Corera | 3,391 | 54.9 |
| Delta | 16,916 | Liberal Socialist Party | Peck Boon Kang | 1,273 | 20.6 |
| Delta | 16,916 | Labour Front | Tan Jin Hong | 1,251 | 20.3 |
| Delta | 16,916 | Independent | T. R. Fernandez | 258 | 4.2 |
| Farrer Park | 13,826 | Independent | Karuppiah Nalliah | 1,335 | 29.8 |
| Farrer Park | 13,826 | Liberal Socialist Party | Vetrivelu Rengaswamy | 1,141 | 25.5 |
| Farrer Park | 13,826 | Labour Front | Mariappan Verappan | 1,074 | 24.0 |
| Farrer Park | 13,826 | Independent | Soo-Tho Siu Hee | 933 | 20.8 |
| Geylang East | 17,966 | People's Action Party | Kum Teng Hock | 3,154 | 54.0 |
| Geylang East | 17,966 | Liberal Socialist Party | Lee Kip Hiang | 2,051 | 35.1 |
| Geylang East | 17,966 | Independent | Ng Cheng Chwee | 640 | 10.9 |
| Geylang West | 18,112 | People's Action Party | Peter Lau Por Tuck | 3,703 | 79.1 |
| Geylang West | 18,112 | Liberal Socialist Party | Teo Koh Bee | 979 | 20.9 |
| Havelock | 18,422 | Labour Front | Lee Hwee Yiow | 2,979 | 54.5 |
| Havelock | 18,422 | Liberal Socialist Party | Ang Khye Chia | 2,487 | 45.5 |
| Hong Lim | 13,127 | People's Action Party | Ong Eng Guan | 3,918 | 82.9 |
| Hong Lim | 13,127 | Liberal Socialist Party | Lee Kok Liang | 810 | 17.1 |
| Jalan Besar | 13,416 | People's Action Party | Chan Chee Seng | 2,430 | 52.9 |
| Jalan Besar | 13,416 | Liberal Socialist Party | Lee Chee Seng | 1,660 | 36.2 |
| Jalan Besar | 13,416 | Workers' Party | Cheong Min Chee | 501 | 10.9 |
| Kallang | 14,302 | Workers' Party | Chiang Yueh Thong | 2,704 | 41.5 |
| Kallang | 14,302 | Liberal Socialist Party | Tan Hai Tong | 1,831 | 28.1 |
| Kallang | 14,302 | Labour Front | Henry Leong | 1,484 | 22.8 |
| Kallang | 14,302 | Independent | Lau Liat Meng | 499 | 7.7 |
| Kampong Glam | 15,609 | People's Action Party | Hoe Puay Choo | 3,615 | 60.9 |
| Kampong Glam | 15,609 | Liberal Socialist Party | Lam Chock Chuan | 1,203 | 20.3 |
| Kampong Glam | 15,609 | Independent | Daud bin Mohamed Yunos | 1,119 | 18.8 |
| Kampong Kapor | 19,334 | People's Action Party | Wee Toon Boon | 3,860 | 51.8 |
| Kampong Kapor | 19,334 | Liberal Socialist Party | Ng Teik Sim | 1,861 | 25.0 |
| Kampong Kapor | 19,334 | Independent | Sim Beng Seng | 1,735 | 23.3 |
| Kreta Ayer | 16,950 | People's Action Party | Chan Choy Siong | 3,034 | 86.8 |
| Kreta Ayer | 16,950 | Liberal Socialist Party | Lee Ho Kee | 460 | 13.2 |
| Moulmein | 12,020 | Liberal Socialist Party | Lim Choo Sye | 1,890 | 57.0 |
| Moulmein | 12,020 | Labour Front | Lam Hock Chye | 1,428 | 43.0 |
| Mountbatten | 13,728 | Liberal Socialist Party | Felice Leon-Soh | 1,818 | 55.9 |
| Mountbatten | 13,728 | Labour Front | Saul Hugh Zakoo | 1,436 | 44.1 |
| Pasir Panjang | 10,274 | Liberal Socialist Party | Ong Say Yeo | 2,358 | 58.7 |
| Pasir Panjang | 10,274 | Labour Front | Ahmad bin Mohamed Yatim | 1,660 | 41.3 |
| Queenstown | 11,429 | Labour Front | Tang Peng Yeu | 2,796 | 75.0 |
| Queenstown | 11,429 | Liberal Socialist Party | Leong Poh Seng | 934 | 25.0 |
| River Valley | 14,865 | Labour Front | Ho Kok Hoe | 2,164 | 52.0 |
| River Valley | 14,865 | Liberal Socialist Party | Wong Peng Tuck | 1,996 | 48.0 |
| Rochore | 16,333 | People's Action Party | Lin You Eng | 4,258 | 63.9 |
| Rochore | 16,333 | Liberal Socialist Party | Ong Lip Hua | 1,527 | 22.9 |
| Rochore | 16,333 | Independent | Tang Beng Cheong | 876 | 13.2 |
| Sepoy Lines | 16,281 | Liberal Socialist Party | Manickavasagar Subramaniam | 2,904 | 50.2 |
| Sepoy Lines | 16,281 | People's Action Party | Kang Meng Kim | 2,880 | 49.8 |
| Stamford | 17,860 | Labour Front | George Benjamin Armstrong | 1,470 | 53.9 |
| Stamford | 17,860 | Liberal Socialist Party | Gopal Krishnan Gosain | 1,257 | 46.1 |
| Tanglin | 18,775 | United Malays National Organisation | Mohamed Shariff bin Dollah | 1,950 | 42.5 |
| Tanglin | 18,775 | Liberal Socialist Party | Syed Omar bin Abdulrahman Alsagoff | 1,547 | 33.7 |
| Tanglin | 18,775 | Labour Front | Lim Siew Chuan | 1,091 | 23.8 |
| Tanjong Pagar | 14,721 | People's Action Party | Ong Pang Boon | 3,354 | 71.9 |
| Tanjong Pagar | 14,721 | Liberal Socialist Party | Lim Siew Lay | 1,311 | 28.1 |
| Telok Ayer | 24,412 | Workers' Party | Wang Tsun Hao | 3,894 | 55.6 |
| Telok Ayer | 24,412 | Liberal Socialist Party | Chua Keng Eng | 2,081 | 29.7 |
| Telok Ayer | 24,412 | Labour Front | Yap Tean Hock | 1,034 | 14.8 |
| Telok Blangah | 18,476 | United Malays National Organisation | Syed Ali bin Zedha Alsagoff | 3,432 | 51.3 |
| Telok Blangah | 18,476 | Liberal Socialist Party | Chua Bock Kwee | 3,262 | 48.7 |
| Tiong Bahru | 13,863 | Liberal Socialist Party | Lee Bah Chee | 2,285 | 52.0 |
| Tiong Bahru | 13,863 | Labour Front | Lim Huan Seng | 2,108 | 14.8 |
| Toa Payoh | 18,416 | People's Action Party | Wong Soon Fong | 4,830 | 62.9 |
| Toa Payoh | 18,416 | Liberal Socialist Party | Khoo Siaw Hua | 2,846 | 37.1 |
| Ulu Pandan | 15,451 | Liberal Socialist Party | Chua Kim Kee | 2,542 | 50.9 |
| Ulu Pandan | 15,451 | United Malays National Organisation | Ibrahim bin Othman | 2,450 | 49.1 |
| Source: Singapore Elections |||||||