Hong Kong municipal election, 1975

Hong Kong municipal election, 1975

5 March 1975

6 (of 12) elected seats to the Urban Council   First party Second party   Leader Hilton Cheong-Leen Brook Bernacchi Party Civic Reform Seats before 5 3 Seats after 4 3 Seat change 1 Popular vote 15,487 6,141 Percentage 31.30% 12.41% Swing 13.56pp 42.73pp

Chairman before election A. de O. Sales Independent Elected Chairman A. de O. Sales Independent

The 1975 Urban Council Election was held on 5 March 1971 for 6 of the 12 elected seats of the Urban Council of Hong Kong.

10,903 eligible voters cast their votes, higher than any previous election, though still less than a third of registered voters, less than five per cent of those eligible (ratepayers, civil servants, professionals, etc.) and a much tinier proportion still of the adult population.^[1] Elsie Elliot, Hilton Cheong-Leen, Denny Huang, Wong Pun-cheuk and Cecilia Yeung all retained their seats while Yeung won by a narrow margin. Henry Luk Hoi-on, a 52-year-old outspoken independent, editor of the pro-KMT Chinese-language newspaper Truth Daily,^[2] was the only new candidate elected.^[3] Luk had notably campaigned for free democratic elections for the Legislative Council.^[1]

Outcome

Urban Council Election 1975^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Elsie Elliot	8,886	17.96	−2.06
	Independent	Denny M. H. Huang	8,346	16.87	+2.21
	Civic	Hilton Cheong-Leen	5,992	12.11	−3.18
	Independent	Wong Pun-cheuk	4,833	9.77	+1.10
	Independent	Henry H. O. Luk	4,245	8.58
	Reform	Cecilia L. Y. Yeung	3,645	7.37	−1.96
	Civic	Hung Sau-nin	3,422	6.92
	Civic	William K. C. Shum	3,258	6.59
	Civic	Wilson W.S. Tuet	2,815	5.69
	Reform	Napoleon C. Y. Ng	1,732	3.50
	Independent	Chiu But-york	1,538	3.11
	Reform	Poon Tai-leung	402	0.81
	Reform	Sung Pui	362	0.73
Turnout			10,903

References

1. Hughes, Richard (1976). Borrowed Place Borrowed Time. London: Andre Deutsch. p. 37. ISBN 0233966986.
2. "Weekly Review of People's Republic of China". 12 March 1975.
3. 葉錫恩黃夢花張有興黃品卓陸海安楊勵賢當選市局議員. Kung Sheung Daily News 香港工商日報 (in Chinese). 6 March 1975. p. 6.