1979 Hong Kong municipal election

The 1979 Hong Kong Urban Council election was held on 8 March 1979 for the six of the 12 elected seats of the Urban Council of Hong Kong. 12,426 voters cast their ballots in the election, nearly 40 per cent of the 31,481 registered electorate, making it the most participated election before the 1983 reform.[1]

1979 Hong Kong municipal election
8 March 1979
6 (of the 12) elected seats to the Urban Council
Registered31,481 Decrease15.31%
Turnout12,426 (39.47%) Increase19.81pp
  First party Second party
 
Leader Hilton Cheong-Leen Brook Bernacchi
Party Civic Reform
Seats before 4 3
Seats after 4 3
Seat change Steady Steady
Popular vote 9,792 9,579
Percentage 19.09% 18.67%
Chairman before election

A. de O. Sales
Independent

 Elected Chairman

A. de O. Sales
Independent

"Queen of the Polls" Elsie Elliott remained the top by receiving more than 8,000 votes, while her running mate Andrew Tu trailing at the 11th place out of 13 candidates and was not elected. Fresh faces Maria Tam and Augustine Chung who were both lawyers and ran as independents were first elected to the Council, while Tam soon became a high-flyer and dominated Hong Kong politics for more than forty years.

Overview of outcome
Urban Council Election 1979[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Elsie Elliott 8,214 16.01 −1.95
Independent Denny Huang Mong-hwa 6,348 12.38 −4.49
Independent Maria Tam Wai-chu 5,488 10.70 New
Reform Cecilia Yeung Lai-yin 4,990 9.73 +2.36
Civic Hilton Cheong-Leen 4,743 9.25 −2.86
Independent Augustine Chung Shai-kit 4,136 8.06 New
Reform Francis Chaine 3,467 6.76
Independent Wong Pun-cheuk 3,335 6.50 −3.27
Civic Anthony Wong Chi-hung 2,555 4.98
Civic Keeson Patrick Shum 2,494 4.91
Independent Andrew Tu Hsueh-kwei 2,519 4.91
Independent Law Che-keung 1,885 3.67
Reform Francis Gilbert Knight 1,122 2.19
Turnout 12,426 39.47 +19.81
Registered electors 31,481 −15.31

References
  1. "市局選舉核票完成 六名議員凌晨選出". 華僑日報. 1979-03-09. p. 5.
  2. "Notice of Result of an Ordinary Election". Hong Kong Gazette. No. 691. 8 March 1979.
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