1975 Hong Kong municipal election

none 1975 Hong Kong municipal election Hong Kong Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg parliamentary no 1973 Hong Kong municipal election 1973 1977 Hong Kong municipal election 1977 6 (of the 12) elected seats to the Urban Council 5 March 1975 34,078 8.93% 10,903 (32.00%) 4.27pp Brook Bernacchi Reform Club of Hong Kong 3 3 6,141 12.41% 42.73pp 150x150px Hilton Cheong-Leen Hong Kong Civic Association 5 4 1 15,487 31.30% 13.56pp Chairman A. de O. Sales Independent (politician) A. de O. Sales Independent (politician) 325px The 1975 Hong Kong Urban Council election was held on 5 March 1975 for six of the 12 elected seats of the Urban Council of Hong Kong. 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 and other professions and a much tinier proportion still of the adult population.Hughes Richard Borrowed Place Borrowed Time Andre Deutsch 1976 London 37 0233966986 For the first time polling stations were set up in the New Territories satellite towns in Tsuen Wan, Yuen Long and Tai Po. Incumbents Elsie Elliott, Hilton Cheong-Leen, Denny Huang, Wong Pun-cheuk and Cecilia Yeung all retained their seats while Yeung won by a narrow margin. Henry Luk, a 52-year-old outspoken independent, editor of the pro-KMT Chinese-language newspaper Truth Daily,June 2023 was the only new candidate elected.zh: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 6 March 1975 Chinese 6 Luk had notably campaigned for free democratic elections for the Legislative Council. Outcome Urban Council Election 1975 Independent (politician) Elsie Elliott 8,886 17.96 −2.06 Independent (politician) Denny M. H. Huang 8,346 16.87 +2.21 Hong Kong Civic Association Hilton Cheong-Leen 5,992 12.11 −3.18 Independent (politician) Wong Pun-cheuk 4,833 9.77 +1.10 Independent (politician) Henry H. O. Luk 4,245 8.58 New Reform Club of Hong Kong Cecilia L. Y. Yeung 3,645 7.37 −1.96 Hong Kong Civic Association Hung Sau-nin 3,422 6.92 Hong Kong Civic Association William K. C. Shum 3,258 6.59 Hong Kong Civic Association Wilson W. S. Tuet 2,815 5.69 Reform Club of Hong Kong Napoleon C. Y. Ng 1,732 3.50 Independent (politician) Chiu But-york 1,538 3.11 Reform Club of Hong Kong Poon Tai-leung 402 0.81 Reform Club of Hong Kong Sung Pui 362 0.73 10,903 32.00 +4.27 34,078 +8.93 References Hong Kong Category:1975 in Hong Kong Urban Category:March 1975 in Asia Category:1975 elections in the British Empire