1971 Hong Kong municipal election

The 1971 Urban Council election was held on 3 March 1971 for the 5 of the 10 elected seats of the Urban Council of Hong Kong.

1971 Hong Kong municipal election

3 March 1971
5 (of the 10) elected seats to the Urban Council
Registered	37,788 9.87%
Turnout	10,047 (26.59%) 2.74pp
Leader Hilton Cheong-Leen Brook Bernacchi Party Civic Reform Seats before 5 3 Seats after 5 3 Seat change Popular vote 13,016 6,139 Percentage 34.38% 16.22% Swing 8.20pp 33.00pp

10,047 of the 37,797 eligible voters cast their votes, the turnout rate was 26.6%.

Cecilia Yeung Lai Yin of the Club won the seat onto the Urban Council, becoming the first Chinese woman ever elected on this Council.

Outcome

Urban Council Election 1971

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Elsie Elliott	7,578	20.02	+4.69
	Civic	Hilton Cheong-Leen	5,790	15.29	+3.89
	Independent	Denny M.H. Huang	5,550	14.66	+1.65
	Civic	Charles C.C. Sin	3,898	10.30
	Reform	Cecilia L.Y. Yeung	3,534	9.33
	Independent	Solomon Rafeek	3,395	8.97	+0.31
	Reform	Patrick P.T. Wong	2,605	6.88
	Independent	L.K. Ding	2,182	5.76
	Civic	Edmund W.H. Chow	1,693	4.47
	Civic	George K.F. Li	1,635	4.32
Turnout			37,860	26.6

References

• Lau, Y.W. (2002). A history of the municipal councils of Hong Kong : 1883-1999 : from the Sanitary Board to the Urban Council and the Regional Council. Leisure and Cultural Service Dept.
• Pepper, Suzanne (2008). Keeping Democracy at Bay:Hong Kong and the Challenge of Chinese Political Reform. Rowman & Littlefield.