1975 Hong Kong municipal election
5 March 1975
6 (of the 12) elected seats to the Urban Council
Registered34,078 Increase8.93%
Turnout10,903 (32.00%) Increase4.27pp
  First party Second party
 
Leader Hilton Cheong-Leen Brook Bernacchi
Party Civic Reform
Seats before 5 3
Seats after 4 3
Seat change Decrease1 Steady
Popular vote 15,487 6,141
Percentage 31.30% 12.41%
Swing Decrease13.56pp Decrease42.73pp
Chairman before election

A. de O. Sales
Independent

 Elected Chairman

A. de O. Sales
Independent

The 1975 Hong Kong Urban Council election was held on 5 March 1975 for six 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 and other professions and a much tinier proportion still of the adult population.[1] For the first time polling stations were set up in the New Territories satellite towns in Tsuen Wan, Yuen Long and Tai Po.

Incumbents Elsie Elliott, Hilton Cheong-Leen, Denny Huang, Wong Pun-cheuk and Cecilia Yeung all retained their seats while Yeung won by a narrow margin. Henry Luk, a 52-year-old outspoken independent, editor of the pro-KMT Chinese-language newspaper Truth Daily, was the only new candidate elected.[2] Luk had notably campaigned for free democratic elections for the Legislative Council.[1]

Outcome

Urban Council Election 1975[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Elsie Elliott 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 New
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 32.00 +4.27
Registered electors 34,078 +8.93

References

  1. 1 2 Hughes, Richard (1976). Borrowed Place Borrowed Time. London: Andre Deutsch. p. 37. ISBN 0233966986.
  2. 1 2 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.
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