1971 Hong Kong municipal election

none 1971 Hong Kong municipal election Hong Kong Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg parliamentary no 1969 Hong Kong municipal election 1969 1973 Hong Kong municipal election 1973 5 (of the 10) elected seats to the Urban Council 3 March 1971 37,778 9.85% 10,047 (26.59%) 2.81pp Brook Bernacchi Reform Club of Hong Kong 3 3 6,139 16.22% 33.00pp 150x150px Hilton Cheong-Leen Hong Kong Civic Association 5 5 13,016 34.38% 8.20pp 325px The 1971 Hong Kong Urban Council election was held on 3 March 1971 for the five of the ten elected seats of the Urban Council of Hong Kong. 10,047 of the 37,778 eligible voters cast their votes, the turnout rate was 26.6 per cent, slightly better than the previous election in 1969.Turnout at election 'fairly good' 4 March 1971 Cecilia Yeung of the Reform Club of Hong Kong won the seat onto the Urban Council, becoming the first Chinese woman ever elected to this Council, edging out incumbent Solomon Rafeek with a margin of 139 votes. Elsie Elliott, who was dubbed as the "Queen of the Polls", led the field of ten candidates with 7,578 votes, topping her 1967 record by more than 500 votes.First Chinese Urbco Woman 4 March 1971 The Standard Outcome Urban Council Election 1971 Independent (politician) Elsie Elliott 7,578 20.02 +4.69 Hong Kong Civic Association Hilton Cheong-Leen 5,790 15.29 +3.89 Independent (politician) Denny M. H. Huang 5,550 14.66 +1.65 Hong Kong Civic Association Charles C. C. Sin 3,898 10.30 New Reform Club of Hong Kong Cecilia L. Y. Yeung 3,534 9.33 New Independent (politician) Solomon Rafeek 3,395 8.97 +0.31 Reform Club of Hong Kong Patrick P. T. Wong 2,605 6.88 Independent (politician) L. K. Ding 2,182 5.76 Hong Kong Civic Association Edmund W. H. Chow 1,693 4.47 Hong Kong Civic Association George K. F. Li 1,635 4.32 10,047 26.59 +2.81 37,778 +9.85 Citations References Lau, Y.W. (2002). A history of the municipal councils of Hong Kong : 1883-1999 : from the Sanitary Board to the Urban Council and the Regional Council. Leisure and Cultural Service Dept. Pepper, Suzanne (2008). Keeping Democracy at Bay:Hong Kong and the Challenge of Chinese Political Reform. Rowman & Littlefield. Hong Kong Category:1971 in Hong Kong Urban Category:March 1971 in Asia Category:1971 elections in the British Empire