# 1952 Malayan local elections

The local elections were held in a common date (6 December 1952) for all six municipal and town councils in the Federation of Malaya.

## Municipal election
### George Town

Date: 6 December 1952 Electorate: 17,544 Turnout: 51.8% :
| Wards | Elected councillor | Elected party | Votes | Majority | Opponent(s) | Party |
| Radicals 1 (6) | UMNO-Muslim League 1 (2) | Labour 1 (1) ||||||| |
| Jelutong | 1. A. Raja Gopal | Labour | | | S. Mohd. Baboo Aziz Ibrahim | UMNO-Muslim League Radicals |
| Kelawei | 1. C. O. Lim | Radicals | 666 | 133 | A. Sabapathy S. M. Hussain | Labour UMNO-Muslim League |
| Tanjong | 1. A. M. Abu Bakar | UMNO-Muslim League | | | Wong Kok Kee N. Ponnudurai | Radicals Labour |
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### Kuala Lumpur

Date: 16 February 1952 Electorate: 11,005 Turnout: 68% :
| Wards | Elected councillor | Elected party | Votes | Majority | Opponent(s) | Party | Votes |
| UMNO-MCA 9 (9) | IMP 2 (2) | Independent 1 (1) ||||||| |
| Bangsar | 1. S. C. E. Singam 2. K. L. Devaser 3. Devaki Krishnan | Ind. IMP IMP | 718 577 570 | 141 | 4. Ahmad Mahmood 5. Raja Mohamed Raja Alang 6. S. Karalasingam 7. T. Rajendra 8. Elsie Somasundram | UMNO-MCA UMNO-MCA Labour IMP UMNO-MCA | 517 508 466 422 232 |
| Imbi | 1. Chan Chee Hong 2. Cheah Ewe Keat 3. Douglas Lee | UMNO-MCA UMNO-MCA UMNO-MCA | 840 833 778 | 7 | 4. K. C. Chia 5. T. R. Marks 6. Chua Boon Guan 7. E. Ramachandram 8. Ho Tee Chim | Labour IMP IMP IMP Labour | 645 530 452 419 377 |
| Petaling | 1. Chan Kwong Hon 2. Ong Yoke Lin 3. Lee Yoon Thim | UMNO-MCA UMNO-MCA UMNO-MCA | 871 856 750 | 15 | 4. Ng Kok Thoy 5. Leong Hoe Yeng 6. Loke Soh Lip 7. A. Tharmalingam 8. V. G. T. Singam 9. Yap Chong Kuen | IMP IMP IMP Ind. Ind. Labour | 323 320 299 299 251 115 |
| Sentul | 1. Abdullah Yassin 2. Yahaya Sheikh Ahmad 3. Mohamed Salleh Hakim | UMNO-MCA UMNO-MCA UMNO-MCA | 1,616 1,296 1,243 | 320 | 4. Abdul Aziz Ishak 5. Mohamed Tahir Kuteh 6. K. V. Thaver 7. Pawanchick Mohamed | IMP IMP IMP Rentpayers | 1,151 834 744 420 |
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Date: 6 December 1952 Electorate: 13,503 Turnout: 53% :
| Wards | Elected councillor | Elected party | Majority | Opponent(s) | Party | Electorate | Turnout |
| UMNO-MCA 3 (9) | IMP 1 (2) | Independent 0 (1) ||||||||| |
| Bangsar | 1. Devaki Krishnan | IMP | | 2. Foong Soon Seng | UMNO-MCA | | |
| Imbi | 1. Douglas Lee | UMNO-MCA | | 2. K. C. Chin | Labour | | |
| Petaling | 1. Lee Yoon Thim | UMNO-MCA | 168 | 2. A. Tharmalingam | Labour | | |
| Sentul | 1. Raja Mohamad Raja Alang | UMNO-MCA | | 2. Goh Swee Seng | IMP | 4,541 | 38% |
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### Malacca

Date: 6 December 1952 Electorate: 8,334 Turnout: :
| Wards | Elected councillor | Elected party | Opponent(s) | Party | Electorate |
| UMNO-MCA 2 (2) | Labour 1 (3) | Progressive 0 (3) | Independent 0 (1) |||||||| |
| Bukit China | 1. Amy Joseph | Labour | Mohd. Yusoff Sulong | UMNO-MCA | 3,217 |
| Fort | 1. Chan Geok Eng | UMNO-MCA | Wee Hock Chye S. Shunmugam | Labour Progressive | 2,401 |
| Tranquerah | 1. Goh Kay Seng | UMNO-MCA | Allan Acton Hashim Abdul Ghani | Labour Progressive | 2,716 |
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## Town councils election
### Bandar Maharani, Muar

Date: 6 December 1952 Electorate: Turnout: :
| Wards | Elected councillor | Opponent(s) |
| UMNO-MCA 7 (7) | ? ||||||| |
| Maharani | 1. 2. 3. | Ahmad Ariffin Ho Koon Toh Ja'afar A. Manan Lim Ah Sitt Sulaiman Ninam Shah |
| Parit Stongkat | 1. 2. 3. | A. Jabbar A. Majid Chan Shi Shi Chua Huck Yew Ibrahim M. Yunos Sheikh Ahmad Said |
| Sultan Ibrahim | 1. 2. 3. | Fatimah M. Yunos Ashari Abdullah H. N. McLeod Omar Ahmad Shahdan M. Salleh |
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### Bandar Penggaram, Batu Pahat

Date: 6 December 1952 Electorate: Turnout: :
| Wards | Elected councillor | Opponent(s) | Turnout |
| UMNO-MCA 5 (5) | ? |||||||| |
| Gunong Soga | 1. 2. 3 | Abu Bakar Haron Ahmad Abbas S. C. MacIntyre Syed Ahmad Alwee Tan Peng Koon | 87% |
| Jalan Sultanah | 1. 2. 3 | Ahmad Daud Frank Tan Ah Mong Ismail Abu Bakar Syed Mustaffa Syed Tan Joo Soon | |
| Kampong Petani | 1. 2. 3 | Abdul Samad Puteh Taha Zakaria Kang Kock Seng Sulaiman Abdul Rahman Zahrah Mohamed Taib | |
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### Johore Bahru

Date: 6 December 1952 Electorate: 4,599 Turnout: 84.5% :
| Wards | Elected councillor | Elected party | Votes | Majority | Opponent(s) | Party | Votes | Electorate | Turnout |
| UMNO-MCA 9 (9) ||||||||||
| Ayer Molek | 1. M. Birchee 2. Ahmad Mohd. Shah 3. Wong Sze Ming | UMNO-MCA UMNO-MCA UMNO-MCA | 1,097 1,088 904 | 9 | 4. Mohamed Arshad Awang 5. Ong See Jiang 6. Mohd. Salleh Mustapha 7. Ahmad A. Hamid 8. Osman A. Raschid | IMP IMP IMP Ind. PMU | 302 250 223 217 95 | 1,772 | 82.6% |
| Nong Chik | 1. Ismail Abdul Rahman 2. Mansoor Bakri 3. Uda Awang | UMNO-MCA UMNO-MCA UMNO-MCA | 1,114 942 871 | 172 | 4. Chan Chong Wen 5. Jamaliah Mustapha 6. Zaharah Abdul Hamid 7. Abdul Mubin Abdullah 8. Abdullah Taib | IMP IMP IMP Ind. Ind. | 416 380 303 260 247 | 1,771 | 86.5% |
| Tebrau | 1. Sardon Zubir 2. Syed Abdul Rahman Ahmad 3. Wong Peng Long | UMNO-MCA UMNO-MCA UMNO-MCA | 713 710 695 | 3 | 4. K. H. Han 5. Hussein Abdullah 6. M. N. Roy | IMP IMP IMP | 163 154 119 | 1,056 | 84.2% |
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## Local councils election
### Pasir Pinji New Village

The Pasir Pinji New Village local council election is the first election to be held in Perak in December 1952.