1975 Hong Kong municipal election

1975 Hong Kong municipal election

5 March 1975
6 (of the 12) elected seats to the Urban Council
Registered	34,078 8.93%
Turnout	10,903 (32.00%) 4.27pp
First party Second party   Leader Hilton Cheong-Leen Brook Bernacchi Party Civic Reform Seats before 5 3 Seats after 4 3 Seat change 1 Popular vote 15,487 6,141 Percentage 31.30% 12.41% Swing 13.56pp 42.73pp
Chairman before election A. de O. Sales Independent Elected Chairman A. de O. Sales Independent

The 1975 Urban Council election was held on 5 March 1975 for 6 of the 12 elected seats of the Urban Council of Hong Kong.

10,903 eligible voters cast their votes, higher than any previous election, though still less than a third of registered voters, less than five per cent of those eligible (ratepayers, civil servants, professionals, etc.) and a much tinier proportion still of the adult population. Elsie Elliot, Hilton Cheong-Leen, Denny Huang, Wong Pun-cheuk and Cecilia Yeung all retained their seats while Yeung won by a narrow margin. Henry Luk Hoi-on, a 52-year-old outspoken independent, editor of the pro-KMT Chinese-language newspaper Truth Daily, was the only new candidate elected. Luk had notably campaigned for free democratic elections for the Legislative Council.

Outcome

Urban Council Election 1975

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Elsie Elliot	8,886	17.96	−2.06
	Independent	Denny M. H. Huang	8,346	16.87	+2.21
	Civic	Hilton Cheong-Leen	5,992	12.11	−3.18
	Independent	Wong Pun-cheuk	4,833	9.77	+1.10
	Independent	Henry H. O. Luk	4,245	8.58
	Reform	Cecilia L. Y. Yeung	3,645	7.37	−1.96
	Civic	Hung Sau-nin	3,422	6.92
	Civic	William K. C. Shum	3,258	6.59
	Civic	Wilson W. S. Tuet	2,815	5.69
	Reform	Napoleon C. Y. Ng	1,732	3.50
	Independent	Chiu But-york	1,538	3.11
	Reform	Poon Tai-leung	402	0.81
	Reform	Sung Pui	362	0.73
Turnout			10,903	32.00