title: 1956 Malayan local elections
text: # 1956 Malayan local elections
  
  Local elections were held in the Federation of Malaya in 1956.
  
  ## Municipal election
  
  ### George Town
  
  Date: 1 December 1956 Electorate: Turnout: 41.14% :
  
  | Wards | Elected councillor | Elected party | Votes | Majority | Opponent(s) | Party | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Labour 5 (5) | Independent 3 (3) | Alliance 1 (7) ||||||| |
  | Jelutong | 1. Cheah Pee Aik | Ind. | | 682 | 2. S. M. Zainal Abidin | Alliance (UMNO) | |
  | Kelawei | 1. A. Raja Gopal | Ind. | 1,112 | 465 | 2. S. M. Hussain | Alliance (UMNO) | 647 |
  | Sungei Pinang | 1. 2. 3. |
  | Tanjong East | 1. Khoo Yat See | Ind. |
  | Tanjong West | 1. 2. 3. |
  | Source: ||||||||
  
  ### Kuala Lumpur
  
  Date: 1 December 1956 Electorate: Turnout: :
  
  | Wards | Elected councillor |
  | - | - |
  | Bangsar | 1. |
  | Imbi | 1. |
  | Petaling | 1. |
  | Sentul | 1. |
  | Source: ||||||||
  
  ### Malacca
  
  Date: 1 December 1956 Electorate: Turnout: :
  
  | Wards | Elected councillor | Elected party | Votes | Majority | Opponent(s) | Party | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Alliance 2 (?) | Malayan Party 1 (?) ||||||| |
  | Bukit China | 1. J. L. de Cruz | Malayan Party | 1,301 | 161 | 2. Cheng Chia Hua 3. P. K. Nair | Alliance (MCA) Labour | 1,140 35 |
  | Fort | 1. Tam Seat Wah | Alliance (MCA) | | | 2. Chin Boon Soon | Malayan Party | |
  | Tranquerah | 1. Tamby Abdullah | Alliance (UMNO) | | | 2. Hashim Abdul Ghani | Malayan Party | |
  | Source: ||||||||
  
  ## Town councils election
  
  ### Alor Star
  
  Date: Electorate: Turnout: :
  
  | Wards | Elected councillor |
  | - | - |
  | Kampong | 1. |
  | Pekan | 1. |
  | Seberang | 1. |
  | Source: ||||||||
  
  ### Bandar Maharani, Muar
  
  Date: 1 December 1956 Electorate: Turnout: :
  
  | Wards | Elected councillor | Elected party | Votes | Majority | Opponent(s) | Party | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Alliance 2 (?) ||||||||
  | Maharani | 1. Lim Ah Sitt | Alliance (MCA) | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
  | Parit Stongkat | 1. Ho Koon Toh | Alliance (MCA) | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
  | Sultan Ibrahim | 1. | | | | Mohd. Noor Sulaiman Omar Ahmad | Alliance (UMNO) Ind. | |
  | Source: ||||||||
  
  ### Bandar Penggaram, Batu Pahat
  
  Date: 1 December 1956 Electorate: Turnout: :
  
  | Wards | Elected councillor |
  | - | - |
  | Gunong Soga | 1. |
  | Jalan Sultanah | 1. |
  | Kampong Petani | 1. |
  | Source: ||||||||
  
  ### Bukit Mertajam
  
  Date: Electorate: Turnout: :
  
  | Wards | Elected councillor |
  | - | - |
  | | 1. |
  | | 1. |
  | Source: |||
  
  ### Butterworth
  
  Date: 1 December 1956 Electorate: Turnout: :
  
  | Wards | Elected councillor | Elected party |
  | - | - | - |
  | Alliance 2 (?) ||||||||
  | North | 1. Goh Chin Cheng | Alliance (MCA) |
  | South | 1. Abdul Majid Hussain | Alliance (UMNO) |
  | Source: ||||||||
  
  ### Ipoh-Menglembu
  
  Date: 1 December 1956 Electorate: Turnout: :
  
  | Wards | Elected councillor | Elected party | Votes | Majority | Opponent(s) | Party | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Alliance 4 (11) | PPP 0 (1) ||||||| |
  | Green Town | 1. Kok Ho Teik | Alliance (MCA) | | | 2. Toh Seang Eng | Ind. | |
  | Menglembu | 1. Chong Hong Chew | Alliance (MCA) | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
  | Pasir Puteh | 1. Yusoff Ahmad | Alliance (UMNO) | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
  | Silibin | 1. M. Ramanand | Alliance (MIC) | | | 2. S. Nalliah | PPP | |
  | Source: ||||||||
  
  ### Johore Bahru
  
  Date: 1 December 1956 Electorate: Turnout: nil :
  
  | Wards | Elected councillor | Elected party | Votes | Majority | Opponent(s) | Party | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Alliance 6 (12) ||||||||
  | Ayer Molek | 1. Wong Sze Ming | Alliance (MCA) | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
  | Nong Chik | 1. Che Kalsom Ali | Alliance (UMNO) | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
  | Tampoi | 1. Cheong Chee Kwan 2. Sheikh Abu Bakar Ahmad 3. Ahmad Yunos | Alliance (MCA) Alliance (UMNO) Alliance (UMNO) | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
  | Tebrau | 1. Wong Peng Long | Alliance (MCA) | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
  | Source: ||||||||
  
  ### Kampar
  
  Date: 22 December 1956 Electorate: Turnout: :
  
  | Wards | Elected councillor |
  | - | - |
  | Central | 1. 2. 3. |
  | North | 1. 2. 3. |
  | South | 1. 2. 3. |
  | Source: ||||||||
  
  ### Klang
  
  Date: Electorate: Turnout: :
  
  | Wards | Elected councillor |
  | - | - |
  | Klang North | 1. |
  | Klang South | 1. |
  | Port Swettenham | 1. |
  | Source: ||||||||
  
  ### Kluang
  
  Date: 5 November 1956 Electorate: Turnout: :
  
  | Wards | Elected councillor | Opponent(s) |
  | - | - | - |
  | Gunong Lambak | 1. | Chow Sek Loon Teh Wan Boon Tiah Eng Bee Woo See Tiam |
  | Mengkibol | 1. | |
  | Mesjid Lama | 1. | Lim Chin Khean Tan Hua Hong |
  | Source: ||||||||
  
  ### Kota Bharu
  
  Date: Electorate: Turnout: :
  
  | Wards | Elected councillor |
  | - | - |
  | Kubang Pasu | 1. |
  | Kota Lama | 1. |
  | Wakaf Pasu | 1. |
  | Source: ||||||||
  
  ### Kuala Kangsar
  
  Date: 20 December 1956 Electorate: Turnout: :
  
  | Wards | Elected councillor |
  | - | - |
  | Idris | 1. 2. 3. |
  | Kangsar | 1. 2. 3. |
  | Kenas | 1. 2. 3. |
  | Source: ||||||||
  
  ### Kuala Trengganu
  
  Date: 1 December 1956 Electorate: Turnout: :
  
  | Wards | Elected councillor | Elected party | Votes | Majority | Opponent(s) | Party | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Alliance 3 (?) ||||||||
  | Bukit Besar | 1. Mansor Mohamed | Alliance (UMNO) | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
  | Kuala | 1. Gan Chong Bin | Alliance (MCA) | | | 2. Mohamed Taib Ismail | Ind. | |
  | Ladang | 1. Muda Abdullah | Alliance (UMNO) | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
  | Source: ||||||||
  
  ### Kuantan
  
  Date: Electorate: Turnout: :
  
  | Wards | Elected councillor |
  | - | - |
  | Central Town | 1. |
  | Tanah Puteh | 1. |
  | Telok Sisek | 1. |
  | Source: ||||||||
  
  ### Pasir Mas
  
  Date: Electorate: Turnout: :
  
  | Wards | Elected councillor |
  | - | - |
  | Lemal | 1. |
  | Kampong Bahru | 1. |
  | Pengkalan Pasir | 1. |
  | Source: |||
  
  ### Raub
  
  Date: Electorate: Turnout: :
  
  | Wards | Elected councillor |
  | - | - |
  | Raub Australian Gold Mine | 1. |
  | Raub Town | 1. |
  | Sempalit | 1. |
  | Tanjong Gadong | 1. |
  | Source: |||
  
  ### Segamat
  
  Date: 10 November 1956 Electorate: Turnout: :
  
  | Wards | Elected councillor |
  | - | - |
  | Buloh Kasap | 1. |
  | Gemereh | 1. |
  | Genuang | 1. |
  | Source: ||||||||
  
  ### Seremban
  
  Date: 1 December 1956 Electorate: Turnout: :
  
  | Wards | Elected councillor | Elected party | Votes | Majority | Opponent(s) | Party | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Alliance 1 (7) | Labour 1 (5) | ? ||||||| |
  | Lake | 1. | |
  | Lobak | 1. S. Sappathan | Labour | 671 | 71 | 2. Chong Tin Huat | Alliance (MCA) | 600 |
  | Rahang | 1. Choong Yoon Chong | Alliance (MCA) | 529 | 8 | 2. Sulaiman Sair Ali Khan | Labour | 521 |
  | Temiang | 1. | | | | Paul Siow Tham Tat Ming | | |
  | Source: ||||||||
  
  ### Sungei Patani
  
  Date: Electorate: Turnout: :
  
  | Wards | Elected councillor |
  | - | - |
  | Pekan Bahru | 1. |
  | Pekan Lama | 1. |
  | Rural | 1. |
  | Source: |||
  
  ### Taiping
  
  Date: Electorate: Turnout: :
  
  | Wards | Elected councillor |
  | - | - |
  | Alliance 4 (9) ||||||||
  | Assam Kumbang | 1. |
  | Klian Pau | 1. 2. |
  | Kota | 1. |
  | Source: ||||||||
  
  ### Teluk Anson
  
  Date: Electorate: Turnout: :
  
  | Wards | Elected councillor |
  | - | - |
  | Changkat Jong | 1. |
  | Denison Road | 1. |
  | Pasir Bedamar | 1. |
  | Source: ||||||||
  