1979 Hong Kong municipal election

Hong Kong municipal election, 1979

8 March 1979
6 (of 12) elected seats to the Urban Council
First party Second party   File:Hilton Cheong-Leen.jpg Leader Hilton Cheong-Leen Brook Bernacchi Party Civic Reform Seats before 4 3 Seats after 4 3 Seat change Popular vote 9,792 9,579 Percentage 19.09% 18.67%
Chairman before election A. de O. Sales Independent Elected Chairman A. de O. Sales Independent

The 1979 Urban Council Election was held on 8 March 1979 for the 6 of the 12 elected seats of the Urban Council of Hong Kong.

Overview of outcome

Urban Council Election 1977

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Elsie Elliott	8,214	16.01
	Independent	Denny Huang Mong-hwa	6,348	12.38
	Independent	Maria Tam Wai-chu	5,488	10.70
	Reform	Cecilia Yeung Lai-yin	4,990	9.73
	Civic	Hilton Cheong-Leen	4,743	9.25
	Independent	Augustine Chung Shai-kit	4,136	8.06
	Reform	Francis Chaine	3,467	6.76
	Independent	Wong Pun-cheuk	3,335	6.50
	Civic	Anthony Wong Chi-hung	2,555	4.98
	Civic	Keeson Patrick Shum	2,494	4.91
	Independent	Andrew Tu Hsueh-kwei	2,519	4.91
	Independent	Law Che-keung	1,885	3.67
	Reform	Francis Gilbert Knight	1,122	2.19
Turnout			51,296