1989 Hong Kong municipal elections

1989 Hong Kong municipal elections

9 March 1989
15 (of the 40) seats to the Urban Council 12 (of the 36) seats to the Regional Council
Registered	1,604,048 11.27%
Turnout	213,200 (17.60%) 9.32pp
First party Second party Third party   Leader Ding Lik-kiu Hilton Cheong-Leen Albert Ho Party ADPL Civic HKAS Leader's seat Did not stand Wan Chai Did not stand Last election New party 3 seats, 12.60% 2 seats, 6.51% Seats before 3 4 2 Seats won 2 UC 2 RC 4 UC — 2 UC 1 RC Seat change 1 Popular vote 21,243 15,270 18,699 Percentage 9.99% 7.18% 8.80% Swing N/A 5.42pp 0.15pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Yeung Sum Maria Tam Brook Bernacchi Party Meeting Point PHKS Reform Leader's seat Did not stand Did not stand Sau Kei Wan Last election 2 seats, 10.06% 2 seats, 6.94% 2 seats, 6.95% Seats before 2 2 2 Seats won — 2 RC 1 UC 1 RC 1 UC 1 RC Seat change Popular vote 21,702 20,079 13,404 Percentage 10.21% 9.44% 6.31% Swing 0.15pp 2.50pp 0.64pp
Chairmen before election Hugh Forsgate (UC) Cheung Yan-lung (RC) Elected Chairmen Hugh Forsgate (UC) Cheung Yan-lung (RC)

The 1989 Urban Council and Regional Council elections were the municipal elections held on 9 March 1989 for the elected seats of the Urban Council and Regional Council respectively.

Overview

15 seats in the Urban Council was the directly elected by the general residents and ten seats were elected by the Hong Kong Island and Kowloon District Boards members and fifteen appointed by the Governor. For the Regional Council, twelve seats were directly elected and 9 seats were elected by the New Territories District Boards members, with twelve appointed members and three ex officio members of the Chairman and two vice chairmen of the Heung Yee Kuk. The first-past-the-post voting system was used.

A total of 213,352 voters, 17.6% of the total electorates cast their votes, in which 105,826 voters (14.2%) voted in the Urban Council, 9% lower than the last election, and 107,526 voters (23.9%) voted in the Regional Council, about 10% lower than the last election. 7 of the total of 53 candidates were elected without uncontestedly. Secretary for Constitutional Affairs Michael Suen Ming-yeung expressed his disappointment with the low turnout, explained that the uncontested and less candidates were the factor.

Among 19 contesting incumbents only Fok Pui-yee failed to be re-elected. Albert Chan Wai-yip, supported by pro-democrat heavyweights Martin Lee Chu-ming and Szeto Wah helped him to canvass votes in Tsuen Wan. Szeto Wah's presence in Luk Yeung Sun Chuen helped attracting votes where many teachers living there. Yeung Fuk-kwong, Chan's opponent cited that the loss of votes from his voter base Shek Wai Kok Estate led to his defeat.

Elected members

Urban Council

District	Constituency	Candidates	Affiliation
Central & Western	Central & Western	Chow Wai-keung style="width: 2px; background-color: #483D8B;" data-sort-value="Hong Kong Affairs Society" |	HKAS
Wan Chai	Wan Chai	Hilton Cheong-Leen style="width: 2px; background-color: #679866;" data-sort-value="Hong Kong Civic Association" |	Civic
Eastern	North Point	Man Sai-cheong style="width: 2px; background-color: #483D8B;" data-sort-value="Hong Kong Affairs Society" |	HKAS
	Shau Kei Wan	Brook Bernacchi style="width: 2px; background-color: #D04627;" data-sort-value="Reform Club of Hong Kong" |	Reform
Southern	Southern	Joseph Chan Yuek-sut style="width: 2px; background-color: #679866;" data-sort-value="Hong Kong Civic Association" |	Civic
Kowloon City	Kowloon City West	Peter Chan Chi-kwan style="width: 2px; background-color: #679866;" data-sort-value="Hong Kong Civic Association" |	Civic
	Kowloon City East	Pao Ping-wing style="width: 2px; background-color: #8B0000;" data-sort-value="Progressive Hong Kong Society" |	PHKS
Kwun Tong	Kwun Tong West	Elsie Tu style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" |	Independent
	Kwun Tong East	Lam Chak-piu style="width: 2px; background-color: #cd5555;" data-sort-value="Hong Kong People's Council on Public Housing Policy" |	PCPHP
Mong Kok	Mong Kok	Chan Kwok-ming style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" |	Independent
Yau Tsim	Yau Tsim	Daniel Wong Kwok-tung style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" |	Independent
Sham Shui Po	Sham Shui Po East	Frederick Fung Kin-kee style="width: 2px; background-color: #faf400;" data-sort-value="Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood" |	ADPL
	Sham Shui Po West	Ma Lee-wo style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" |	Independent
Wong Tai Sin	Wong Tai Sin South	Mok Ying-fan style="width: 2px; background-color: #faf400;" data-sort-value="Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood" |	ADPL
	Wong Tai Sin North	Cecilia Yeung Lai-yin style="width: 2px; background-color: #D04627;" data-sort-value="Reform Club of Hong Kong" |	Reform

Regional Council

District	Constituency	Candidate	Affiliation
Tsuen Wan	Tsuen Wan	Albert Chan Wai-yip style="width: 2px; background-color: #faf400;" data-sort-value="Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood" |	ADPL
Tuen Mun	Tuen Mun East	Almon Poon Chin-hung		NTWRA
	Tuen Mun West	Ng Ming-yam style="width: 2px; background-color: #04770a;" data-sort-value="Meeting Point" |	Meeting Point
Yuen Long	Yuen Long	Ngan Kam-chuen style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" |	Independent
North	North	Cheung Hon-chung style="width: 2px; background-color: #8B0000;" data-sort-value="Progressive Hong Kong Society" |	PHKS
Tai Po	Tai Po	Michael Lai Kam-cheung style="width: 2px; background-color: #04770a;" data-sort-value="Meeting Point" |	Meeting Point
Sai Kung	Sai Kung	Wong Shui-sang style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" |	Independent
Sha Tin	Sha Tin East	Tony Kan Chung-nin style="width: 2px; background-color: #483D8B;" data-sort-value="Hong Kong Affairs Society" |	HKAS
	Sha Tin West	Lau Kong-wah style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" |	Independent
Kwai Tsing	Kwai Chung East	Chow Yick-hay style="width: 2px; background-color: #faf400;" data-sort-value="Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood" |	ADPL
	Kwai Chung West & Tsing Yi	Wong Man-tai style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" |	Independent
Islands	Islands	Kwong Ping-yau style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" |	Independent