1975 Hong Kong municipal election

The 1975 Urban Council election was held on 5 March 1975 for 6 of the 12 elected seats of the Urban Council of Hong Kong.

1975 Hong Kong municipal election
5 March 1975
6 (of the 12) elected seats to the Urban Council
Registered34,078 8.93%
Turnout10,903 (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

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, etc.) and a much tinier proportion still of the adult population.[1] Elsie Elliot, Hilton Cheong-Leen, Denny Huang, Wong Pun-cheuk and Cecilia Yeung all retained their seats while Yeung won by a narrow margin. Henry Luk Hoi-on, a 52-year-old outspoken independent, editor of the pro-KMT Chinese-language newspaper Truth Daily,[2] was the only new candidate elected.[3] Luk had notably campaigned for free democratic elections for the Legislative Council.[1]

Outcome
Urban Council Election 1975[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Elsie Elliot 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
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

References
  1. Hughes, Richard (1976). Borrowed Place Borrowed Time. London: Andre Deutsch. p. 37. ISBN 0233966986.
  2. "Weekly Review of People's Republic of China". 12 March 1975.
  3. 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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