1991 Hong Kong municipal elections

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1991 Hong Kong municipal elections
Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg
  1989 5 May 1991 1995  

15 (of the 40) seats to the Urban Council
12 (of the 26) seats to the Regional Council
Registered1,822,443 Increase2.svg13.62%
Turnout393,764 (23.14%) Increase2.svg5.54pp
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Martin Lee 2014 cut.jpg Blanksvg.svg Hilton Cheong-Leen.png
Leader Martin Lee Hu Fa-kuang Hilton Cheong-Leen
Party United Democrats LDF Civic
Last electionNew partyNew party4 seats, 7.18%
Seats before523
Seats won5 UC
6 RC
2 UC
1 RC
2 UC
Seat changeIncrease2.svg6Increase2.svg1Decrease2.svg2
Popular vote146,22939,13922,048
Percentage37.33%9.99%5.63%
SwingN/AN/ADecrease2.svg1.55pp

 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
  Frederick Fung at Alliance for True Democracy.jpg Anthony Cheung Bing-leung.JPG
Leader Frederick Fung Brook Bernacchi Anthony Cheung
Party ADPL Reform Meeting Point
Last election4 seats, 9.99%2 seats, 6.31%2 seats, 10.21%
Seats before220
Seats won2 UC
2 UC
1 UC
Seat changeSteady2.svgSteady2.svgIncrease2.svg1
Popular vote21,0339,04512,476
Percentage5.37%2.31%3.18%
SwingDecrease2.svg4.62pp Decrease2.svg4.00pp Decrease2.svg7.03pp

Chairmen before election

Hugh Forsgate (UC)
Cheung Yan-lung (RC)

Elected Chairmen

Ronald Leung (UC)
Lam Wai-keung (RC)

The 1991 Hong Kong Urban Council and Regional Council elections were the municipal elections held on 5 May 1991 for the elected seats of the Urban Council and Regional Council respectively. The election saw the direct rivalry between the newly established political parties, the liberal United Democrats of Hong Kong (UDHK) and the conservative Liberal Democratic Federation of Hong Kong (LDFHK) which the liberal forces won a landslide victory.

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Overview

For the Urban Council, 15 seats were the directly elected by the general residents and ten seats were elected by the Hong Kong Island and Kowloon District Boards members and 15 appointed by the Governor. For the Regional Council, 12 seats were directly elected and nine seats were elected by the New Territories District Boards members, with 12 appointed members and three ex officio members of the chairman and two vice-chairmen of the Heung Yee Kuk. The first-past-the-post voting system was in use.

The elections were one of the three elections in the year, which came after the March District Board elections and before the September Legislative Council election in which direct elections would be introduced for the first time. Major political forces realigned themselves on the eve of the elections. The liberal pro-democracy activists and professionals came together as the United Democrats of Hong Kong (UDHK) in preparation for the elections in April 1990, while the conservative pro-business forces founded the Liberal Democratic Federation of Hong Kong (LDFHK) in November 1990 to counter the pro-democracy forces. The United Democrats became the biggest winner in the District Board elections, sweeping 52 seats, as compared to LDF's 24 seats. It was seen as the rehearsals of those parties for the more important Legislative Council election in September.

A total number of 59 candidates contested for 25 seats, excluding the two uncontested seats in each councils. 392,496 electorates cast their votes, which counted more than 23.3 per cent of the total registered voters, about six per cent higher than the elections in 1989. Four of the contesting incumbents were defeated including Peter Chan Chi-kwan who had served for 22 years. The two-term incumbent Wong Shui-sang was also defeated by Gilbert Leung Kam-ho. [1]

The two newly established political parties, the liberal pro-democracy United Democrats, and its allies, and the conservative pro-business Liberal Democratic Federation, with the support of the older grassroots organisation Hong Kong Civic Association, contested heavily in the districts like North Point, Southern District, Kowloon City East, Wong Tai Sin South, Tuen Mun West and Tai Po. [2] The United Democrats won 11 seats as result, more than one-third in each council, including Sha Tin where Lau Kong-wah and Wong Hon-chung both won a seat in preparation for contesting the Legislative Council direct election in September, while the LDF won only three seats.

Results

Overall Summary of the 5 May 1991 Urban Council and Regional Council of Hong Kong election results
Political AffiliationUrban CouncilRegional CouncilTotal
Popular
votes
StandingElectedPopular
votes
StandingElectedPopular
votes
%Total
seats
gained
United Democrats of Hong Kong 66,9288579,30176146,22937.3311
Liberal Democratic Federation of Hong Kong 27,7304211,4093139,1399.993
Hong Kong Civic Association 22,04852---22,0485.632
Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood 21,03322---21,0335.372
Reform Club of Hong Kong 9,04522---9,0452.312
Meeting Point 12,47611---12,4763.181
Individuals and others82,44618186,442145168,88843.116
Total214,5973715177,1522412391,749100.0027

Note: Some of the candidates with multiple affiliations are overlapped in this chart.

Result breakdown

Urban Council

DistrictConstituencyCandidatesAffiliationVotes %
Central & Western Central & Western1 Wong Sui-lai United Democrats 9,32755.62
2 Chan Tak-chor Independent 7,44244.38
Wan Chai Wan Chai1 San Stephen Wong Hon-ching Independent 4,71451.38
2 Susanna Yeung Wan-king United Democrats 4,46048.62
Eastern North Point1 Man Sai-cheong United Democrats 12,17769.56
2 Wong Tak-lun LDF/Civic 4,04023.08
3 Au Yuk-lun Independent 1,2897.36
Shau Kei Wan1 Brook Bernacchi Reform 9,04552.92
2 Joseph Lai Chi-keong United Democrats 4,17824.45
3 Chiu Kin-man Independent 3,86822.63
Southern Southern1 Yeung Chui-chun Independent 4,74318.95
2 Joseph Chan Yuek-sut LDF/Civic 10,59342.32
3 Ho Chun-yan United Democrats 9,69338.73
Kowloon City Kowloon City West1 Chiang Sai-cheong United Democrats 6,68653.26
2 Peter Chan Chi-kwan Civic 5,86846.74
Kowloon City East1 Pao Ping-wing LDF 6,37252.84
2 Wong Ho-kei Independent 5464.92
3 Tsang Kin-shing ASPDMC 4,18737.70
Kwun Tong Kwun Tong West1 Elsie Tu Independent 14,55654.63
2 Lee Chun-ming Independent 7652.87
3 Chan Kam-lam Independent 11,32542.50
Kwun Tong East1 Li Wah-ming Meeting Point/UD 12,47660.74
2 Wong Ping-kuen Independent 8,06439.26
Mong Kok Mong Kok1 Chan Kwok-ming Independent 4,47551.32
2 Law Wing-cheung Independent 3,33938.30
3 Kung Po-chuk Civic 90510.38
Sham Shui Po Sham Shui Po East1 Frederick Fung Kin-kee ADPL 9,94488.41
2 Lee Yau-wai Independent 1,30411.59
Sham Shui Po West1 Ma Lee-wo United Democrats 7,93156.68
2 Wong Kuen-wai Independent 6,06243.32
Wong Tai Sin Wong Tai Sin South1 Mok Ying-fan ADPL 11,08962.25
2 Wong Kam-chi LDF 6,72537.75
Wong Tai Sin North1 Cecilia Yeung Lai-yin Reform uncontested
Yau Tsim Yau Tsim1 Daniel Wong Kwok-tung Independent 3,02847.25
2 Tong Chor-yin Independent 2,56840.07
3 Yu Hon-piu Independent 1712.67
4 Wu Yan-yu Civic 64210.02

Regional Council

DistrictConstituencyCandidateAffiliationVotes %
Islands Islands1 Kwong Kwok-kam Independent 2,82241.84
2 Fung Puk-tai Independent 3,92258.16
North North1 Cheung Hon-chung LDF uncontested
Sai Kung Sai Kung1 Wong Shui-sang Independent 3,60447.89
2 Glibert Leung Kam-ho Independent (FSHK)3,92252.11
Sha Tin Sha Tin East1 Lee York-fai Independent 4621.98
2 Wong Hon-chung United Democrats 11,47549.21
3 Tony Kan Chung-nin Independent 11,38148.81
Sha Tin West1 Lau Kong-wah United Democrats 16,75577.40
2 Wai Hing-cheung Independent 4,89322.60
Tai Po Tai Po1 Cheng Chun-ping LDF 7,67343.26
2 Fung Chi-wood United Democrats 10,06456.74
Tsuen Wan Tsuen Wan1 Albert Chan Wai-yip United Democrats 13,23263.89
2 Ip Yeung Fuk-lan Independent 7,47836.11
Tuen Mun Tuen Mun East1 Alfred Tso Shiu-wai Independent (FSHK)7,97567.70
2 Ng Wai-cho United Democrats 3,80532.30
Tuen Mun West1 Ng Ming-yum United Democrats 14,01078.95
2 Philip Li Koi-hop LDF 3,73621.05
Yuen Long Yuen Long1 Ngan Kam-chuen Independent 10,00366.89
2 Chan Yat-tung Independent 4,95233.11
Kwai Tsing Kwai Chung East1 Chow Yick-hay United Democrats 9,96077.87
Lee Wing-kin Independent 2,83022.13
Kwai Chung West & Tsing Yi1 Ting Yin-wah Independent (TYCG)13,15469.45
2 Sarena Young Fuk-ki Independent 5,78730.55

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