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| party2 = Liberal Socialist Party| leaders_seat2 = Did not contest| seats2 = 7| popular_vote2 = 56,204| percentage2 = 34.76%| seat_change2 = New| image3 = Lim Yew Hock}}| party3 = Labour FrontDid not contest}}| seats3 = 4| popular_vote3 = 25,711| percentage3 = 15.90%| seat_change3 = NewMayor of Singapore>MayorMayor of Singapore>Mayor| before_election = | before_party = | after_election = Ong Eng Guan| after_party = People's Action Party}}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

{{Election resultsLiberal Socialist Party (Singapore)>Liberal Socialist Partyseats1=7|sc1=NewPeople's Action Party>votes2=49500sc2=NewLabour Front>votes3=25711sc3=NewWorkers' Party (Singapore)>Workers' Partyseats4=4|sc4=NewUnited Malays National Organisation>votes5=7832sc5=+2votes6=10560sc6=–1|invalid=3701|total_sc=+14|electorate=504291|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.{|class="wikitable sortable" !Constituency!!Electorate! colspan="2" |Party!!Candidate!!Votes!!%Aljunied15,033Liberal Socialist Party (Singapore)>Liberal Socialist Party|Wee Swee Hong1,85546.7Labour Front|Sim Swee Seng1,34433.877719.5Anson15,637People's Action Party|John Mammen2,76453.9Liberal Socialist Party (Singapore)>Liberal Socialist Party|Sundarajulu Lakshmana Perumal2,36346.1Bras Basah16,274People's Action Party|Sze Yih Hwa3,34564.7Liberal Socialist Party (Singapore)>Liberal Socialist Party|Hwang Cheng Peng1,82635.3Bukit Merah12,768Independent|Govindasamy Gopal1,46538.6Liberal Socialist Party (Singapore)>Liberal Socialist Party|Pang Tong Khiam1,25333.0Labour Front|Ahmad bin Ismail1,07928.4Cairnhill14,148Workers' Party (Singapore)>Workers' Party|O. Subramaniam Rengasamy1,40634.4Liberal Socialist Party (Singapore)>Liberal Socialist Party|Tan Sim Hong1,37333.6Labour Front|P. Ramasamy1,31332.1Crawford15,547People's Action Party|Baharuddin bin Mohamed Ariff4,35567.0Liberal Socialist Party (Singapore)>Liberal Socialist Party|Lee Thiam Chuan1,22018.892314.2Delta16,916Workers' Party (Singapore)>Workers' Party|John Cruz Corera3,39154.9Liberal Socialist Party (Singapore)>Liberal Socialist Party|Peck Boon Kang1,27320.6Labour Front|Tan Jin Hong1,25120.32584.2Farrer Park13,826Independent|Karuppiah Nalliah1,33529.8Liberal Socialist Party (Singapore)>Liberal Socialist Party|Vetrivelu Rengaswamy1,14125.5Labour Front|Mariappan Verappan1,07424.093320.8Geylang East17,966People's Action Party|Kum Teng Hock3,15454.0Liberal Socialist Party (Singapore)>Liberal Socialist Party|Lee Kip Hiang2,05135.164010.9Geylang West18,112People's Action Party|Peter Lau Por Tuck3,70379.1Liberal Socialist Party (Singapore)>Liberal Socialist Party|Teo Koh Bee97920.9Havelock18,422Labour Front|Lee Hwee Yiow2,97954.5Liberal Socialist Party (Singapore)>Liberal Socialist Party|Ang Khye Chia2,48745.5Hong Lim13,127People's Action Party|Ong Eng Guan3,91882.9Liberal Socialist Party (Singapore)>Liberal Socialist Party|Lee Kok Liang81017.1Jalan Besar13,416People's Action Party|Chan Chee Seng2,43052.9Liberal Socialist Party (Singapore)>Liberal Socialist Party|Lee Chee Seng1,66036.2Workers' Party (Singapore)>Workers' Party|Cheong Min Chee50110.9Kallang14,302Workers' Party (Singapore)>Workers' Party|Chiang Yueh Thong2,70441.5Liberal Socialist Party (Singapore)>Liberal Socialist Party|Tan Hai Tong1,83128.1Labour Front|Henry Leong1,48422.84997.7Kampong Glam15,609People's Action Party|Hoe Puay Choo3,61560.9Liberal Socialist Party (Singapore)>Liberal Socialist Party|Lam Chock Chuan1,20320.31,11918.8Kampong Kapor19,334People's Action Party|Wee Toon Boon3,86051.8Liberal Socialist Party (Singapore)>Liberal Socialist Party|Ng Teik Sim1,86125.01,73523.3Kreta Ayer16,950People's Action Party|Chan Choy Siong3,03486.8Liberal Socialist Party (Singapore)>Liberal Socialist Party|Lee Ho Kee46013.2Moulmein12,020Liberal Socialist Party (Singapore)>Liberal Socialist Party|Lim Choo Sye1,89057.0Labour Front|Lam Hock Chye1,42843.0Mountbatten13,728Liberal Socialist Party (Singapore)>Liberal Socialist Party|Felice Leon-Soh1,81855.9Labour Front|Saul Hugh Zakoo1,43644.1Pasir Panjang10,274Liberal Socialist Party (Singapore)>Liberal Socialist Party|Ong Say Yeo2,35858.7Labour Front|Ahmad bin Mohamed Yatim1,66041.3Queenstown11,429Labour Front|Tang Peng Yeu2,79675.0Liberal Socialist Party (Singapore)>Liberal Socialist Party|Leong Poh Seng93425.0River Valley14,865Labour Front|Ho Kok Hoe2,16452.0Liberal Socialist Party (Singapore)>Liberal Socialist Party|Wong Peng Tuck1,99648.0Rochore16,333People's Action Party|Lin You Eng4,25863.9Liberal Socialist Party (Singapore)>Liberal Socialist Party|Ong Lip Hua1,52722.987613.2Sepoy Lines16,281Liberal Socialist Party (Singapore)>Liberal Socialist Party|Manickavasagar Subramaniam2,90450.2People's Action Party|Kang Meng Kim2,88049.8Stamford17,860Labour Front|George Benjamin Armstrong1,47053.9Liberal Socialist Party (Singapore)>Liberal Socialist Party|Gopal Krishnan Gosain1,25746.1Tanglin18,775United Malays National Organisation|Mohamed Shariff bin Dollah1,95042.5Liberal Socialist Party (Singapore)>Liberal Socialist Party|Syed Omar bin Abdulrahman Alsagoff1,54733.7Labour Front|Lim Siew Chuan1,09123.8Tanjong Pagar14,721People's Action Party|Ong Pang Boon3,35471.9Liberal Socialist Party (Singapore)>Liberal Socialist Party|Lim Siew Lay1,31128.1Telok Ayer24,412Workers' Party (Singapore)>Workers' Party|Wang Tsun Hao3,89455.6Liberal Socialist Party (Singapore)>Liberal Socialist Party|Chua Keng Eng2,08129.7Labour Front|Yap Tean Hock1,03414.8Telok Blangah18,476United Malays National Organisation|Syed Ali bin Zedha Alsagoff3,43251.3Liberal Socialist Party (Singapore)>Liberal Socialist Party|Chua Bock Kwee3,26248.7Tiong Bahru13,863Liberal Socialist Party (Singapore)>Liberal Socialist Party|Lee Bah Chee2,28552.0Labour Front|Lim Huan Seng2,10814.8Toa Payoh18,416People's Action Party|Wong Soon Fong4,83062.9Liberal Socialist Party (Singapore)>Liberal Socialist Party|Khoo Siaw Hua2,84637.1Ulu Pandan15,451Liberal Socialist Party (Singapore)>Liberal Socialist Party|Chua Kim Kee2,54250.9United Malays National Organisation|Ibrahim bin Othman2,45049.1class=sortbottomSource: Singapore Elections {{Webarchiveweblink >date=10 September 2015 }}

External links

• weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20060614091420weblink">City Council Ordinary Elections 1957
• weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20060214041154weblink">The Workers' Party of Singapore - History - 1957-1963

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