LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY BY-ELECTION JULY 1961
ANSON

Voters: 9,816

Polled: 9,566 (97.5%)

People's Action Party Workers' Party
MAHMUD bin Awang, 32
Bus conductor [M]
David Saul MARSHALL, 53
Lawyer [M]
3,052 (36.7%) 3,598 (43.3%)
Singapore Alliance Liberal Socialist Party
CHEE Phui Hung, 39
[M]
MOHAMMED ISMAIL bin Haji Mohammed Hussain, 28
Businessman [M]
1,482 (17.8%) Forfeited $500 deposit104 (1.3%)Forfeited $500 deposit
Singapore Congress
MOHAMED IBRAHIM bin Mohd Kassim, 37
[M]
Forfeited $500 deposit69 (0.8%)Forfeited $500 deposit

Winner's majority: 546 (6.6%)

Valid votes: 8,305 (86.8%)

Rejected votes: 1,261 (13.2%)

Previous GE 1959: PAP won 60.7% (swing -24.0%)

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