1988 Hong Kong local elections

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1988 Hong Kong local elections
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  1985 10 March 1988 1991  

All Elected Constituencies
264 (of the 462) seats in all 19 District Boards
Registered1,610,998 Increase2.svg13.34%
Turnout424,201 (30.26%) Decrease2.svg7.22pp
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Blanksvg.svg Albert Ho 2014 cut.jpg Hilton Cheong-Leen.png
Leader Ding Lik-kiu Albert Ho Hilton Cheong-Leen
Party ADPL HKAS Civic
Last electionNew party4 seats, 0.60%20 seats, 5.57%
Seats won271716
Seat changeIncrease2.svg13Increase2.svg8Increase2.svg3
Popular vote65,33836,66642,397
Percentage10.25%5.75%6.65%
SwingN/AIncrease2.svg5.15pp Decrease2.svg2.11pp

 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
  Yeung Sum in 2015.jpg Blanksvg.svg
Leader Yeung Sum Brook Bernacchi Yeung Kwong
Party Meeting Point Reform FTU
Last election4 seats, 1.40%17 seats, 6.36%Did not contest
Seats won1622
Seat changeIncrease2.svg12Steady2.svgSteady2.svg
Popular vote41,8789,5703,360
Percentage6.57%1.50%0.53%
SwingIncrease2.svg5.16pp Decrease2.svg4.86pp N/A

The 1988 Hong Kong District Board elections were the third district board elections held on 10 March 1988. Election was held to all 19 districts of Hong Kong (in which Yau Tsim District and Mong Kok District later merged into today's Yau Tsim Mong District), for 264 members from directly elected constituencies while there were 141 appointed seats and respectively 30 and 27 ex officio members representing the Urban Council and rural committees in New Territories.

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Overview

The election oversaw the increasing influence of the political groups in the local elections. The three major emerging pro-democratic groups, which later evolved into today's pro-democracy camp, the Meeting Point, Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood and Hong Kong Affairs Society were the strategic allies against the conservative kaifong leaders in the election. The older political organisation, the Hong Kong Civic Association cooperated with Maria Tam's Progressive Hong Kong Society, [1] while the Progressive Hong Kong Society and the pro-Beijing leftist Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions remained in low-profile in the election.

Some candidates who used to be closely associated with older conservative groups were switching over to the younger liberal camps, such as Vivien Chan stood for the Reform Club of Hong Kong in 1985 and was claimed to be one of the influential members in the club had moved over to the Hong Kong Affairs Society. Tony Kan Chung-nin had also swung away from Maria Tam's conservative Progressive Hong Kong Society to the liberal Hong Kong Affairs Society. [2]

In this election, the Meeting Point had built a power base in Tuen Mun while the Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood in Sham Shui Po. The Hong Kong Affairs Society had its power base in Sha Tin while it tried to test their strength in the Eastern District, Wan Chai and Central and Western District, and tried to break the dominance of the older conservative Civic Association. The Reform Club tried to recapture a power base in the Eastern District under the umbrella of Brook Bernacchi and concentrated its resources in Yau Ma Tei under Kwan Lim-ho. [2]

The turnout rate of 30.31 per cent was recorded, 7 points lower than the last election in 1985. [3]

General outcome

Overall Summary of the 10 March 1988 District Boards of Hong Kong election results
Political AffiliationPopular vote%StandingElected
Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood 65,33810.253227
Hong Kong Affairs Society 36,6665.752217
Hong Kong Civic Association 42,3976.653116
Meeting Point 41,8786.572316
Reform Club of Hong Kong 9,5701.5072
Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions 3,3600.5322
Independent and others438,19068.75376183
Total (turnout 30.3%)637,399100.0493264

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References

  1. "公民協會積極參與區選舉 推舉卅一人競選 與勵進會合作互相協助爭取出線 張有興陳若瑟陳子鈞未定參選否". Wah Kiu Yat Po. 17 January 1988. p. 9.
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  3. "四十二萬四千多選民投票 區選投票率下降僅百分卅點三一". Wah Kiu Yat Po. 11 March 1988. p. 1.