1983 Hong Kong municipal election

none December 2018 December 2018 1983 Hong Kong municipal election Hong Kong Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg parliamentary no 1981 Hong Kong municipal election 1981 1986 Hong Kong municipal elections 1986 15 (of the 30) seats to the Urban Council 8 March 1983 708,119 127,206 (22.37%) No image.svg Brook Bernacchi Reform Club of Hong Kong Shau Kei Wan 2 seats, 28.29% 2 1 19,520 15.38% 12.91pp 150x150px Hilton Cheong-Leen Hong Kong Civic Association Wan Chai 4 seats, 45.35% 4 23,576 18.58% 26.77pp 150x150px Frederick Fung Hong Kong People's Council on Public Housing Policy Sham Shui Po East New party 2 2 13,894 10.98% N/A Chairman Hilton Cheong-Leen Hong Kong Civic Association Hilton Cheong-Leen Hong Kong Civic Association 325px x100px The 1983 Hong Kong Urban Council election was held on 8 March 1983 for the elected seats of the Urban Council. It marked the centenary of the establishment of the Urban Council and the largely reformed electoral methods with the creation of the district-based constituencies and massive expansion of the electorate. Overview 1983 marked the centenary of the Urban Council. Elections for the certain numbers of seats in the Urban Council had been held since 1888, but the electorates were strictly limited to the residents on the jurors list or with certain professions. All elected members were voted in a single constituency. Since the colonial government began the reform on the district administrations on the eve of the Sino-British negotiation over the Hong Kong sovereignty after 1997, the 1983 election marked a major change of the Urban Council. The elected members increased from 12 to 15 whilst the appointed members increased from 12 to 15 as well, which increased the total members from 24 to 30. 15 elected members were elected by electorates of each constituency in Hong Kong Island, Kowloon and New Kowloon with single member plurality method. The electorate base was fully extended to all Hong Kong permanent residents over 21 to about 568,000 voters, which made the electorate increased by 17 times.市局選舉今晨揭曉 投票率百份廿二 點票工作今晨三時尚未完畢 9 March 1983 1 The Kung Sheung Daily News Despite the two long existing political groups in the Urban Council, the Hong Kong Civic Association and the Reform Club of Hong Kong, the Hong Kong People's Council on Public Housing Policy (PCPHP), a pressure group which devoted itself to the public housing policies also fill in two candidates, vice-chairman Lam Chak-piu in Kwun Tong East and secretary-general Frederick Fung in Sham Shui Po East, which made it the first pressure group to have representative in the election.首個壓力團體參選 公屋評議會兩代表 競選今屆市局議席 7 7 January 1983 The Kung Sheung Daily News Total of 127,303, 22.4 per cent of the eligible voters turned out on the election day on 8 March, where Sham Shui Po recorded the highest turnout of 26.7 per cent and Wong Tai Sin had the second highest of 26 per cent. Eastern District which included the North Point and Shau Kei Wan constituencies recorded the lowest turnout of 20.4 per cent. Outcome of election Political affiliation StandingElectedPopular votes%Hong Kong Civic Association 7 4 23,576 18.58 Reform Club of Hong Kong 3 3 19,520 15.38Hong Kong People's Council on Public Housing Policy 2 2 13,894 10.98Individuals and others 29 6 69,900 55.09Total (turnout: 22.4%)4115126,498100.00 Elected members District Constituency Candidates Affiliation Central & Western Central & WesternMaria Tam Wai-chu Independent (politician) Wan ChaiWan ChaiHilton Cheong-Leen Hong Kong Civic Association Eastern North PointKwan Lim-ho Reform Club of Hong Kong Shau Kei Wan Brook Bernacchi Reform Club of Hong Kong Southern Southern Joseph Chan Yuek-sut Hong Kong Civic Association Kowloon City Kowloon City West Peter Chan Chi-kwan Hong Kong Civic Association Kowloon City East Pao Ping-wing Independent (politician) Kwun Tong Kwun Tong West Elsie Elliott Independent (politician) Kwun Tong East Lam Chak-piu Hong Kong People's Council on Public Housing Policy Mong Kok Mong Kok Chow Wai-hung Hong Kong Civic Association Yau Tsim Yau Ma Tei Denny Huang Mong-hwa Independent (politician) Sham Shui Po Sham Shui Po East Frederick Fung Kin-kee Hong Kong People's Council on Public Housing Policy Sham Shui Po West Lee Chik-yuet Independent (politician) Wong Tai Sin Wong Tai Sin South Augustine Chung Shai-kit Independent (politician) Wong Tai Sin North Cecilia Yeung Lai-yin Reform Club of Hong Kong See also War of Positions, a 1983 documentary about the election References Hong Kong Category:1983 in Hong Kong Urban Category:1983 elections in dependent territories of the United Kingdom Category:March 1983 in Asia