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

Municipal election

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George Town

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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
Source: [2][3]

Kuala Lumpur

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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
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

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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

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Alor Star

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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]

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Seremban

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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

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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

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Guntong

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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

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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

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[38]

Kulai

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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

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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]

References

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