Hong Kong municipal election, 1973
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7 (of 12) elected seats to the Urban Council |
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27.64%  1.06pp |
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The 1973 Urban Council election was held on 7 March 1971 for the 7 of the 12 elected seats of the Urban Council of Hong Kong.
Two new elected seats were created in the election. 8,675 eligible voters cast their votes, the turnout rate was 27.64%.[1] The Reform Club of Hong Kong won four of the seven seats and the Hong Kong Civic Association won the other three. Candidates from the Reform Club, Tsin Sai-nin and Patrick Wong won the two new seats, with Wong Pun-cheuk secured the last seat of two-year term, different from the rest of the four-year terms seats.[2] Tsin and Wong later resigned from the Reform Club in 1974.[3]
Outcome
Urban Council Election 1973[4]
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
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Reform |
Brook Bernacchi |
6,124 |
13.14 |
−3.06 |
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Reform |
Henry H. L. Hu |
5,920 |
12.70 |
−1.44 |
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Civic |
Peter C. K. Chan |
5,274 |
11.31 |
−0.90 |
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Reform |
Tsin Sai-nin |
4,556 |
9.77 |
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Civic |
Edmund W. H. Chow |
4,533 |
9.72 |
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Civic |
Ambrose K. C. Choi |
4,482 |
9.61 |
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Reform |
Wong Pun-cheuk |
4,040 |
8.67 |
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Civic |
Sansan T. C. Ching |
3,395 |
7.28 |
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Civic |
Henry S. L. Wong |
3,228 |
6.92 |
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Reform |
Patricia Bernacchi |
2,516 |
5.40 |
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Reform |
Lai Siu-lam |
1,443 |
3.10 |
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Reform |
C. P. Young |
1,110 |
2.38 |
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| Turnout |
37,860 |
27.64 |
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References
- ↑ 市局選舉稀少六年僅見. Wah Kiu Yat Po 華僑日報 (in Chinese). 11 March 1973. p. 5.
- ↑ 市政局選舉 今晨揭曉. Wah Kiu Yat Po 華僑日報 (in Chinese). 8 March 1973. p. 5.
- ↑ 革新會主席貝納祺要求黃品卓錢世年應辭市局席位. Kung Sheung Daily News 香港工商日報 (in Chinese). 13 March 1973. p. 8.
- ↑ 選舉議員今晨揭曉. Kung Sheung Daily News 香港工商日報 (in Chinese). 8 March 1973. p. 12.
