1985 Wan Chai District Board election

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1985 Wan Chai District Board election
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  1982 7 March 1985 1988  

10 (of the 16) seats to Wan Chai District Board
9 seats needed for a majority
Turnout30.1%
 First partySecond party
 
Party Reform Civic
Last electionDid not run1 seat, 19.6%
Seats before01
Seats won21
Seat changeIncrease2.svg2Steady2.svg
Popular vote5,2122,696
Percentage17.8%9.2%
SwingIncrease2.svg34.7%Decrease2.svg10.4%

The 1985 Wan Chai District Board election was held on 7 March 1985 to elect all 10 elected members to the 16-member Wan Chai District Board.

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Overall election results

Wan Chai District Board election result 1985
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Independent 763+370.073.021,379
  Reform 220+220.017.85,212
  Civic 100010.09.22,696–10.4

Results by constituency

Causeway Bay Central

Causeway Bay Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nonpartisan candidate Wong Man-fu2,16656.7
Civic Ho Suk-wan1,57441.2
Reform Lee Wing-na1,43937.7
Nonpartisan candidate Wong Tak-keung96325.2
Nonpartisan candidate Wu Foo-sang1764.6
Nonpartisan win (new seat)
Civic hold Swing

Happy Valley

Happy Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nonpartisan Lester Kwok Chi-hang2,92675.5
Nonpartisan candidate Albert Cheung Chi-piu1,37435.5
Civic Lee Man-ho1,12229.0
Nonpartisan candidate Ho Yuk-wing88122.7
Nonpartisan win (new seat)
Nonpartisan hold Swing

Tai Hang and So Kon Po

Tai Hang and So Kon Po [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Reform Vivien Chan Wan-wan2,01179.6
Nonpartisan candidate Arthur Cham Yau-tong1,21848.2
Nonpartisan candidate Chu Wing-kei52921.0
Reform gain from Nonpartisan Swing
Nonpartisan win (new seat)

Wan Chai East

Wan Chai East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nonpartisan candidate Peggy Lam Pei 3,08973.1
Reform San Stephen Wong Hon-ching1,76241.7
Nonpartisan candidate Fan Kwong-chung1,08525.7
Nonpartisan candidate Leung Yan-wok85620.3
Nonpartisan candidate Tam Kam-shing69916.5
Nonpartisan gain from Nonpartisan Swing
Reform win (new seat)

Wan Chai West

Wan Chai West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nonpartisan candidate Chung Yee-on1,98958.4
Nonpartisan candidate Tang King-yung1,21435.6
Nonpartisan candidate Kwong Hon-wah1,14333.5
Nonpartisan candidate Wong Shing-kwan1,07131.4
Nonpartisan gain from Nonpartisan Swing
Nonpartisan win (new seat)

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