1973 Hong Kong municipal election
← 1971 7 March 1973 1975 →
7 (of the 12) elected seats to the Urban Council
Registered31,284 Decrease17.21%
Turnout8,675 (27.73%) Increase1.14pp
  First party Second party
 
Leader Brook Bernacchi Hilton Cheong-Leen
Party Reform Civic
Seats before 3 5
Seats after 5 5
Seat change Increase2 Steady
Popular vote 25,709 20,912
Percentage 55.14% 44.86%
Swing Increase38.92pp Increase10.48pp
Elected Chairman

A. de O. Sales
Independent

The 1973 Hong Kong Urban Council election was held on 7 March 1973 for the seven 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 per cent.[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 Wong Pun-cheuk won the two new seats, with Wong secured the last seat of two-year term, different from the rest of the four-year terms seats.[2] Tsin and Wong would later resign from the Reform Club in 1974, after a fallout with chairman Bernacchi.[3]

Outcome

Urban Council Election 1973[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Brook Bernacchi 6,124 13.14 −3.06
Reform Henry H. L. Hu 5,920 12.70 −1.44
Civic Peter C. K. Chan 5,274 11.31 −0.90
Reform Tsin Sai-nin 4,556 9.77 New
Civic Edmund W. H. Chow 4,533 9.72 New
Civic Ambrose K. C. Choi 4,482 9.61 New
Reform Wong Pun-cheuk 4,040 8.67 New
Civic Sansan T. C. Ching 3,395 7.28
Civic Henry S. L. Wong 3,228 6.92
Reform Patricia Bernacchi 2,516 5.40
Reform Lai Siu-lam 1,443 3.10
Reform C. P. Young 1,110 2.38
Turnout 8,675 27.73 +1.14
Registered electors 31,284 −17.21

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 市政局選舉 今晨揭曉. Wah Kiu Yat Po 華僑日報 (in Chinese). 8 March 1973. p. 5.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
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