1975 Hong Kong municipal election

1975 Hong Kong municipal election

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6 (of the 12) elected seats to the Urban Council
Registered	34,078 8.93%
Turnout	10,903 (32.00%) 4.27pp
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 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,^{[ citation needed ]} 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. Hughes, Richard (1976). Borrowed Place Borrowed Time. London: Andre Deutsch. p. 37. ISBN   0233966986.
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.