1985 Hong Kong local elections

none January 2019 January 2019 1985 Hong Kong local elections Hong Kong Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg parliamentary no 1982 Hong Kong local elections 1982 1988 Hong Kong local elections 1988 All Elected Constituencies237 (of the 426) seats in all 19 District Boards 7 March 1985 1,421,391 58.01% 476,558 (37.48%) 1.45pp Brook Bernacchi Reform Club of Hong Kong 4 seats, 6.42% 17 43,769 6.36% 0.06pp 150x150px Hilton Cheong-Leen Hong Kong Civic Association 6 seats, 7.46% 17 60,311 8.76% 1.30pp 150x150px Frederick Fung Hong Kong People's Council on Public Housing Policy New party 8 29,390 4.27% N/A 150x110px Lo King-man Hong Kong People's Association New party 8 18,040 2.62% N/A 150x150px Lau Nai-keung Meeting Point New party 4 9,714 1.41% N/A 150x110px Huang Chen-ya Hong Kong Affairs Society New party 3 4,148 0.60% N/A 325px The 1985 Hong Kong District Board elections were the second district board elections held on 7 March 1985 for the all 19 districts of Hong Kong (original Tsuen Wan District Board was separated into Tsuen Wan District Board and Kwai Tsing District Board). Overview The two political groups with long history, the Hong Kong Civic Association and the Reform Club of Hong Kong continued to fill candidates in various districts. The Reform Club focused on its base in the Eastern District and both groups focused their campaigns in the urban areas. The relatively new grassroots group, the Hong Kong People's Council on Public Housing Policy which mainly focused on the public housing policies also actively fill in candidates. The incumbent District Councillors in the Central and Western District, Eastern District and the Southern District on the Hong Kong Island formed the coalition of seeking for re-election. Most of the members retained their seats.The Wah Kiu Yat Po 4 January 1985 8 革新會卅五人主力東區議席 公屋評議會居民力量 中西區十二子連環 The pro-Beijing leftist union Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions (FTU) also supported ten of its members who all ran as individuals and five of them were elected,Wah Kiu Yat Po 6 14 February 1985 工聯會十會員競選 while five elected candidates were with pro-Taipei background, one of whom was a member of the Hong Kong and Kowloon Trades Union Council (TUC). The Hong Kong Professional Teachers' Union (PTU) also supported 30 of its members, 24 of whom were elected. General outcome Total of 476,530 voters cast their votes on the election day on 7 March, which was about 37.5% of the total eligible voters, slightly higher than the last election. Overall Summary of the 7 March 1985 District Board election results |- ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" colspan=2 |Political Affiliation ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Votes ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |% ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Standing ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Elected |- | width=1px style="background-color: Hong Kong Civic Association" | | style="text-align:left;" |Hong Kong Civic Association | 60,311 || 8.76 || 44 || 17 |- | width=1px style="background-color: Reform Club of Hong Kong" | | style="text-align:left;" |Reform Club of Hong Kong | 43,769 || 6.36 || 35 || 17 |- |style="background-color:#EE241C"| | style="text-align:left;" | Eastern District Coalition | 28,495 || 4.14 || 12 || 10 |- |style="background-color:#3FA900"| | style="text-align:left;" | Central and Western District Coalition | 19,703 || 2.86 || 12 || 10 |- | width=1px style="background-color: Hong Kong People's Council on Public Housing Policy" | | style="text-align:left;" |Hong Kong People's Council on Public Housing Policy | 29,390 || 4.27 || 10 || 8 |- | width=1px style="background-color: Hong Kong People's Association" | | style="text-align:left;" |Hong Kong People's Association | 18,040 || 2.62 || 8 || 8 |- |style="background-color:#0079C4"| | style="text-align:left;" | Southern District Coalition | 9,570 || 1.39 || 10 || 6 |- | width=1px style="background-color: Meeting Point" | | style="text-align:left;" |Meeting Point | 9,714 || 1.41 || 4 || 4 |- |style="background-color:Hong Kong Affairs Society"| | style="text-align:left;" |Hong Kong Affairs Society | 4,148 || 0.60 || 3 || 3 |- |style="background-color:Independent (politician)"| | style="text-align:left;" |Independent and others | 508,313 || 73.81 || 385 || 170 |- |style="text-align:left;background-color:#E9E9E9" colspan="2"|Total (turnout 37.5%) |style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"|688,676 |style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"|100.00 |style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"|501 |style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"|237 |} Note: The votes of candidates with multiple affiliations are overlapped in this table. References Hong Kong Category:1985 in Hong Kong 1985 Category:1985 elections in dependent territories of the United Kingdom Category:March 1985 in Asia