1979 Hong Kong municipal election

none 1979 Hong Kong municipal election Hong Kong Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg parliamentary no 1977 Hong Kong municipal election 1977 1981 Hong Kong municipal election 1981 6 (of the 12) elected seats to the Urban Council 8 March 1979 31,481 15.31% 12,426 (39.47%) 19.81pp Brook Bernacchi Reform Club of Hong Kong 3 3 9,579 18.67% 150x150px Hilton Cheong-Leen Hong Kong Civic Association 4 4 9,792 19.09% Chairman A. de O. Sales Independent (politician) A. de O. Sales Independent (politician) 325px 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.市局選舉核票完成 六名議員凌晨選出 華僑日報 1979-03-09 5 "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 1979Notice of Result of an Ordinary Election Hong Kong Gazette 691 8 March 1979 Independent (politician) Elsie Elliott 8,214 16.01 −1.95 Independent (politician) Denny Huang Mong-hwa 6,348 12.38 −4.49 Independent (politician) Maria Tam Wai-chu 5,488 10.70 New Reform Club of Hong Kong Cecilia Yeung Lai-yin 4,990 9.73 +2.36 Hong Kong Civic Association Hilton Cheong-Leen 4,743 9.25 −2.86 Independent (politician) Augustine Chung Shai-kit 4,136 8.06 New Reform Club of Hong Kong Francis Chaine 3,467 6.76 Independent (politician) Wong Pun-cheuk 3,335 6.50 −3.27 Hong Kong Civic Association Anthony Wong Chi-hung 2,555 4.98 Hong Kong Civic Association Keeson Patrick Shum 2,494 4.91 Independent (politician) Andrew Tu Hsueh-kwei 2,519 4.91 Independent (politician) Law Che-keung 1,885 3.67 Reform Club of Hong Kong Francis Gilbert Knight 1,122 2.19 12,426 39.47 +19.81 31,481 −15.31 References Hong Kong Category:1979 in Hong Kong Urban Category:March 1979 in Asia Category:1979 elections in the British Empire