1981 Hong Kong municipal election

none 1981 Hong Kong municipal election Hong Kong Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg parliamentary no 1979 Hong Kong municipal election 1979 1983 Hong Kong municipal election 1983 6 (of the 12) elected seats to the Urban Council 5 March 1981 34,381 9.21% 6,195 (18.02%) 21.45pp Brook Bernacchi Reform Club of Hong Kong 3 2 1 7,291 28.29% 150x150px Hilton Cheong-Leen Hong Kong Civic Association 4 4 11,688 45.35% Chairman A. de O. Sales Independent (politician) Hilton Cheong-Leen Hong Kong Civic Association 325px The 1981 Hong Kong Urban Council election was held on 5 March 1981 for the six of the 12 elected seats of the Urban Council of Hong Kong. Only about 6,195 of the 34,381 voters, cast their ballots in the election, accounting for 18 per cent turnout rate, breaking the record as the lowest turnout rate in history until the 1989 Urban & Regional Council elections.市局選議員今晨揭曉 選民反應空前冷淡 香港工商日報 1981-03-06 8 It was the last Urban Council election with the limited franchise. Before the election, the government announced a major reform of the Urban Council to expand electorate to all Hong Kong permanent residents over 21 in the next year in 1983, which made the term of the elected members in this election only two years. Overview of outcome Urban Council Election 1981Notice of Result of an Ordinary Election Hong Kong Gazette 814 13 March 1981 Hong Kong Civic Association Choi Kwok-ching 4,123 16.00 +4.44 Hong Kong Civic Association Peter Chan Chi-kwan 3,882 15.06 +2.57 Reform Club of Hong Kong Francis Chaine 3,750 14.56 +6.69 Hong Kong Civic Association Chow Wai-hung 3,683 14.30 +0.23 Independent (politician) Tsin Sai-nin 2,879 11.17 −0.99 Independent (politician) Peter Chan Po-fun 2,781 10.80 New Reform Club of Hong Kong Shum Kui-chung 2,434 9.44 Independent (politician) Cham Po-cheung 1,134 4.40 Reform Club of Hong Kong Chan Chan-nam 1,107 4.30 6,195 18.02 −21.45 34,381 +9.21 References Hong Kong Category:1981 in Hong Kong Urban and Regional Category:1981 elections in the British Empire Category:March 1981 in Asia