1973 Hong Kong municipal election explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. News: zh:市局選舉稀少六年僅見. Wah Kiu Yat Po 華僑日報. 11 March 1973. Chinese. 5.
  2. News: zh:市政局選舉 今晨揭曉. Wah Kiu Yat Po 華僑日報. 8 March 1973. Chinese. 5.
  3. News: zh:革新會主席貝納祺要求黃品卓錢世年應辭市局席位. Kung Sheung Daily News 香港工商日報. 13 March 1973. Chinese. 8.