LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY BY-ELECTION 1957
CAIRNHILL

Voters: 14,802

Polled: 5,889 (39.8%)

Labour Front Liberal Socialist Party
KENG Ban Ee
Party committee member [M]
SOH Ghee Soon
City Councillor [M]
1,118 (19.2%) 2,342 (40.3%)
Independent Kesatuan Melayu
GOH Kong Beng
Union president [M]
MUDA MUHAMED bin Mahmud
Party president [M]
1,281 (22.0%) 983 (16.9%)
Independent
Mirza Abdul MAJID
Union president [M]
Forfeited $500 deposit91 (1.6%)Forfeited $500 deposit

Winner's majority: 1,061 (18.3%)

Valid votes: 5,815 (98.7%)

Rejected votes: 74 (1.3%)

Previous GE 1955: LF won 47.6% (swing -28.4%)

Home
Tanjong Pagar