# 1953 Malayan local elections

The local elections were held in the Federation of Malaya in 1953.

## Municipal election
### George Town

Date: 5 December 1953 Electorate: 26,081 Turnout: :
| Wards | Elected councillor | Elected party | Votes | Majority | Opponent(s) | Party | Votes | Electorate |
| UMNO-Muslim League 3 (4) | Radicals 0 (4) | Labour 0 (1) |||||||| |
| Jelutong | 1. Nyak Hashim Nyak Puteh | UMNO-Muslim League | 2,178 | 617 | 2. N. Patkunam 3. Lim Chong Eu 4. Charan Singh | Labour Radicals IMP | 1,561 1,186 416 | 8,762 |
| Kelawei | 1. S. M. Hussain | UMNO-Muslim League | 883 | 342 | 2. A. C. Reutens 3. D. S. Ramanathan 4. Khoo Kay Eong | Radicals Labour IMP | 541 406 255 | 3,895 |
| Tanjong | 1. H. E. Tyebkhan | UMNO-Muslim League | 3,128 | 1,602 | 2. Khoo Soo Jin 3. Wong Loh Hun 4. Yeoh Cheng Kung | IMP Radicals Labour | 1,526 1,508 494 | 13,424 |
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### Kuala Lumpur

Date: 5 December 1953 Electorate: Turnout: 63% :
| Wards | Elected councillor | Elected party | Votes | Majority | Opponent(s) | Party | Votes | Electorate |
| UMNO-MCA 4 (10) | IMP 0 (1) | Independent 0 (1) |||||||| |
| Bangsar | 1. Abdul Aziz Ishak | UMNO-MCA | 507 | 70 | 2. K. Gurupatham 3. A. C. Segaram | Ind. IMP | 437 155 | 1,348 |
| Imbi | 1. Cheah Ewe Keat | UMNO-MCA | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed | |
| Petaling | 1. Ong Yoke Lin | UMNO-MCA | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed | |
| Sentul | 1. Yahaya Sheikh Ahmad | UMNO-MCA | 873 | 386 | 2. Badrillah Abdul Karim | Ind. | 487 | 2,517 |
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### Malacca

Date: 5 December 1953 Electorate: Turnout: :
| Wards | Elected councillor | Elected party | Votes | Majority | Opponent(s) | Party | Votes | Total votes | Spoilt vote | Turnout |
| UMNO-MCA 2 (4) | Labour 1 (2) | Progressive 0 (3) |||||||||| |
| Bukit China | 1. J. L. D'Cruz | Labour | 1,155 | 140 | 2. Yusoff Sulong | UMNO-MCA | 1,015 | 2,202 | 32 | 63.8% |
| Fort | 1. A. W. B. Acton | UMNO-MCA | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Tranquerah | 1. Abu Bakar Abdul Rahman | UMNO-MCA | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
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## Town councils election
### Alor Star

Date: Electorate: Turnout: :
| Wards | Elected councillor | Elected party |
| Kampong | 1. 2. 3. Mustafa Ismail | UMNO-MCA |
| Pekan | 1. 2. 3. Mak Guan Pin | UMNO-MCA |
| Seberang | 1. 2. 3. Ibrahim Salleh | Ind. Ind. UMNO-MCA |
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### Bandar Maharani, Muar

Date: 5 December 1953 Electorate: 4,587 Turnout: 73.8% :
| Wards | Elected councillor | Elected party | Votes | Majority | Opponent(s) | Party | Votes | Total votes |
| UMNO-MCA 3 (?) | ? |||||||| |
| Maharani | 1. Lim Ah Sitt | UMNO-MCA | 938 | 650 | 2. Ja'afar Abdul Rahman | Ind. | 288 | 1,256 |
| Parit Stongkat | 1. Chan Shi Shi | UMNO-MCA | 502 | 112 | 2. Chua Huck Yew | Ind. | 390 | 910 |
| Sultan Ibrahim | 1. Hassan Yunus | UMNO-MCA | 872 | 534 | 2. Omar Ahmad | Ind. | 338 | 1,220 |
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### Bandar Penggaram, Batu Pahat

Date: 5 December 1953 Electorate: Turnout: nil :
| Wards | Elected councillor | Elected party | Votes | Majority | Opponent(s) | Party | Votes |
| UMNO-MCA 2 (?) | Independent 1 (?) | ? ||||||| |
| Gunong Soga | 1. Ami Muhamed Amin | UMNO-MCA | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Jalan Sultanah | 1. Soo Sze Ying | UMNO-MCA | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Kampong Petani | 1. Sulaiman Abdul Rahman | Ind. | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
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### Johore Bahru

Date: 5 December 1953 Electorate: Turnout: nil :
| Wards | Elected councillor | Elected party | Votes | Majority | Opponent(s) | Party | Votes |
| UMNO-MCA 4 (9) ||||||||
| Ayer Molek | 1. Wong Sze Ming | UMNO-MCA | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Nong Chik | 1. Mansoor Bakri 2. Abdul Rahim Kimes | UMNO-MCA UMNO-MCA | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Tebrau | 1. Wong Peng Long | UMNO-MCA | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
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### Kluang

Date: 7 November 1953 Electorate: Turnout: :
| Wards | Elected councillor | Elected party | Votes | Majority | Opponent(s) | Party |
| UMNO-MCA 9 (9) ||||||||||
| Gunong Lambak | 1. Wee Lee Poh 2. Teoh Chze Chong 3. Cheong Soo Kheng | UMNO-MCA UMNO-MCA UMNO-MCA | 419 411 259 | 8 | S. M. Pillay Tan Kim Seck | Ind. Ind. |
| Mengkibol | 1. Alwi Jawal 2. Lim Chin Khean 3. Cheah Chin Khean | UMNO-MCA UMNO-MCA UMNO-MCA | 345 337 332 | 8 | Foo See Juan Woo See Tiam | Ind. Ind. |
| Mesjid Lama | 1. Teh Wan Boon 2. Md. Zain Mohammed 3. Md. Salim Ahmad | UMNO-MCA UMNO-MCA UMNO-MCA | 456 385 296 | 71 | S. M. Pillay Tan Kim Seck | Ind. Ind. |
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### Kota Bharu

Date: 4 July 1953 Electorate: Turnout: 78% :
| Wards | Elected councillor | Elected party | Opponent(s) |
| Kubang Pasu | 1. 2. 3. | Ind. Ind. Chamber-Gabongan | Che Mohamad Daud Salleh Nik Yahya Nik Daud Mohamad Abu Bakar Saman Nik Ja'afar Nik Hassan Nik Mahmood Abdul Majid Nik Mohamed Abdul Rahman Nik Mohamad Nik Mahmood Wan Ibrahim Wan Mustapha Wan Sulaiman Ibrahim |
| Kota Lama | 1. 2. 3. | Chamber-Gabongan Chamber-Gabongan Chamber-Gabongan | A. Nachiappan Che Jaafar Ahmad Che Jaafar Yusoff Che Mohamed Noor Yusof Ismail Omar Ibrahim Isa Mohamed Noordin Che Embi Ng Yew Seng Nik Hassan Nik Yahya Wan Daud Wee Jit Seng Wong Yew Wye |
| Wakaf Siku | 1. 2. 3. | Chamber-Gabongan Chamber-Gabongan Ind. | Abu Bakar Mohamad Ibrahim Omar Hamid Ya'acob Mary Kam Nik Ahmad Mahmood Nik Amin Ali Quah Eng Chuan Tengku Ismail |
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### Kuala Trengganu

Date: 22 February 1953 Electorate: Turnout: :
| Wards | Elected councillor | Opponent(s) |
| Bukit Besar | 1. Muda Abdullah 2. 3. |
| Kuala | 1. Gan Chong Bin 2. 3. | Syed Alwee Ahmad Alkaff Che Long Abas Mohamed Othman P. C. Isaacs |
| Ladang | 1. Mohamed Chik 2. 3. | Abdul Rashid Hussein Che Puteh Arshad Tan Cheng Soon |
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### Segamat

Date: 7 November 1953 Electorate: 1,210 Turnout: 89.3% :
| Wards | Elected councillor | Elected party | Votes | Majority | Opponent(s) | Party | Votes | Electorate | Turnout |
| UMNO-MCA 9 (9) ||||||||||
| Buloh Kasap | 1. Osman Setot 2. Elias Abu Bakar 3. Gan Tian Soo | UMNO-MCA UMNO-MCA UMNO-MCA | 252 228 218 | 24 | 4. K. Ponniah 5. K. Osman Mohammed | Ind. Ind. | 169 143 | 431 | 91.3% |
| Gemereh | 1. Kuan Chian Sang 2. Pee Kang Hai 3. Razali Abdul Manap | UMNO-MCA UMNO-MCA UMNO-MCA | 321 312 233 | 9 | 4. Henry Lim Meng See | Ind. | 111 | 506 | |
| Genuang | 1. Hassan Mohamed 2. Chia Chin Koon 3. Soon Boon Seng | UMNO-MCA UMNO-MCA UMNO-MCA | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed | 273 | nil |
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### Seremban

Date: 22 August 1953 Electorate: Turnout: 84.62% :
| Wards | Elected councillor | Elected party | Votes | Majority | Opponent(s) |
| UMNO-MCA 10 (10) | Labour 1 (1) | Independent 1 (1) ||||||||| |
| Lake | 1. Lee Tee Siong 2. Tungku Asiah Tungku Muda Chik 3. Wong Nang Ching | UMNO-MCA UMNO-MCA UMNO-MCA | 485 405 342 | 80 | Kat Pye Hin Singam Joseph Siow Loong Hin Suppiah |
| Lobak | 1. S. Sathappan 2. Han Hui Fong 3. Jaafar Talib | Labour UMNO-MCA UMNO-MCA | 526 524 443 | 2 | I. M. K. Pillay K. Rajah Tham Tit Ming |
| Rahang | 1. Lim Ewe Law 2. Stanley Ponniah 3. Raja Mohamed Hanifah | UMNO-MCA Ind. UMNO-MCA | 546 500 379 | 46 | Manniam M. Vallipuram Yusof Ibrahim |
| Temiang | 1. Chin See Yin 2. Lim Kee Siong 3. Jamaluddin Aji | UMNO-MCA UMNO-MCA UMNO-MCA | 634 559 540 | 75 | Lam Teck Choon B. H. Tan |
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### Sungei Patani

Date: Electorate: Turnout: :
| Wards | Elected councillor | Elected party |
| Pekan Bahru | 1. 2. 3. Chin Chin Cheang | UMNO-MCA |
| Pekan Lama | 1. 2. 3. John Karuvilla | UMNO-MCA |
| Rural | 1. 2. 3. Osman Hussein | UMNO-MCA |
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## Local councils election
### Guntong

Guntong local election was the second election to be held in the Kinta district. Guntong was divided into four wards with an electorate of 4,000.

### Kota Tinggi

Date: 6 December 1953 Electorate: Turnout: :
| Wards | Elected councillor | Elected party |
| UMNO-MCA 7 ||||||||||
| | Mohamed Abdullah Abdul Maji Ahmed Hassan Deri Omar Ahmad Mahmood Hussein Syed Hussein Tahir Ahmad Hussein | UMNO-MCA UMNO-MCA UMNO-MCA UMNO-MCA UMNO-MCA UMNO-MCA UMNO-MCA |
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### Kulai

Date: 3 March 1953 Electorate: Turnout: :
| Wards | Elected councillor | Elected party |
| | Foo Gee Teng Chew Fong Choon Hung Chin Poh Pong Kiat Kee K. V. Devan Law Ah Bak Chong Chock Len Tan Seong Teok Tai Ng Hew Nai Tong Hew Soon Chear Kok Foo | |
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### Trengganu

Local council elections for 17 kampongs in five mukims in Trengganu were held in January 1953. The mukims are Pantai, Chalok, Guntong, Tasek and Ulu Situ.