All six Municipal Commissioners whose terms were up were from PP and whom had won second place in the first Municipal election in 1949. Only F. C. James (East) sought a second term in the same ward under the PP ticket while another PP incumbent, S. A. Mohamed Ali (Rochore), went independent, with the rest retiring. An LP Commissioner, P. J. Johnson (North), resigned from his party and remained independent. Although only LP fielded a full slate, traditionally a PP tactic, the latter scored more victories but due to the lack of candidates, PP lost further ground with its original number of seats halved. More independent candidates emerged, with some "borrowing" a party ideology, a move that was criticised by both PP and LP leaders. Former independent Commissioner H. A. Jivabhai, unsuccessful in City under the PP ticket last year, wanted to contest in his old ward as an independent again but failed to submit his nomination papers in time and was rejected after being three minutes late.

Nomination day: 6 November 1950 [Mon]
Polling day: 2 December 1950 [Sat]

Registered voters: 22,325
Total voter turnout: 12,294 (55.1%)

Election deposit: $250