1953 Malayan local elections

The local elections were held in the Federation of Malaya in 1953.[1]

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. Tyebhan	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
Source: [2][3]

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)
Bungsar	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
Petaling	1. Ong Yoke Lin	UMNO-MCA	Unopposed
Sentul	1. Yahaya Sheikh Ahmad	UMNO-MCA	873	386	2. Badrillah Abdul Karim	Ind.	487	2,517
Source: [4][5]

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
Tranquerah	1. Abu Bakar Abdul Rahman	UMNO-MCA	Unopposed
Source: [6][7][8]

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
Source:

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
Source: [9][10][11][12]

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
Jalan Sultanah	1. Soo Sze Ying	UMNO-MCA	Unopposed
Kampong Petani	1. Sulaiman Abdul Rahman	Ind.	Unopposed
Source: [13][14]

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
Nong Chik	1. Mansoor Bakri 2. Abdul Rahim Kimes	UMNO-MCA UMNO-MCA	Unopposed
Tebrau	1. Wong Peng Long	UMNO-MCA	Unopposed
Source: [15][16][14]

Kluang

Date: 7 November 1953 Electorate: Turnout:
Wards	Elected councillor	Elected party	Votes	Majority	Opponent(s)	Party	Votes
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.
Source: [17][18][19][20]

Kota Bharu

Date: 4 July 1953 Electorate: Turnout: 78%
Wards	Elected councillor	Elected party	Votes	Majority	Opponent(s)	Party	Votes
?
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
Source: [21][22][23][24]

Kuala Trengganu

Date: 22 February 1953 Electorate: Turnout:
Wards	Elected councillor	Elected party	Votes	Majority	Opponent(s)	Party	Votes
?
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
Source: [25][26]

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					273	nil
Source: [27][19][28] [20]

Seremban

Date: 22 August 1953 Electorate: Turnout: 84.62%
Wards	Elected councillor	Elected party	Votes	Majority	Opponent(s)	Party	Votes
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
Source: [29][30][31][32][33][34]

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
Source:

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. [35][36]

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
Source: [37]

Kuala Ketil

[38]

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
Source: [39]

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.[40][41]

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