Election Name: | 1973 Hong Kong municipal election |
Country: | Hong Kong |
Flag Image: | Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1971 Hong Kong municipal election |
Previous Year: | 1971 |
Next Election: | 1975 Hong Kong municipal election |
Next Year: | 1975 |
Seats For Election: | 7 (of the 12) elected seats to the Urban Council |
Election Date: | 7 March 1973 |
Registered: | 31,284 17.21% |
Turnout: | 8,675 (27.73%) |
Leader1: | Brook Bernacchi |
Party1: | Reform Club of Hong Kong |
Seats Before1: | 3 |
Seats After1: | 5 |
Seat Change1: | 2 |
Popular Vote1: | 25,709 |
Percentage1: | 55.14% |
Swing1: | 38.92pp |
Leader2: | Hilton Cheong-Leen |
Party2: | Hong Kong Civic Association |
Seats Before2: | 5 |
Seats After2: | 5 |
Popular Vote2: | 20,912 |
Percentage2: | 44.86% |
Swing2: | 10.48pp |
Chairman | |
After Party: | Independent (politician) |
Map Size: | 325px |
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]