| Election Name: | 1983 Hong Kong municipal election |
| Country: | Hong Kong |
| Flag Image: | Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1981 Hong Kong municipal election |
| Previous Year: | 1981 |
| Next Election: | 1986 Hong Kong municipal elections |
| Next Year: | 1986 |
| Seats For Election: | 15 (of the 30) seats to the Urban Council |
| Election Date: | 8 March 1983 |
| Registered: | 708,119 |
| Turnout: | 127,206 (22.37%) |
| Leader2: | Brook Bernacchi |
| Party2: | Reform Club of Hong Kong |
| Leaders Seat2: | Shau Kei Wan |
| Last Election2: | 2 seats, 28.29% |
| Seats2: | 2 |
| Seat Change2: | 1 |
| Popular Vote2: | 19,520 |
| Percentage2: | 15.38% |
| Swing2: | 12.91pp |
| Leader1: | Hilton Cheong-Leen |
| Party1: | Hong Kong Civic Association |
| Leaders Seat1: | Wan Chai |
| Last Election1: | 4 seats, 45.35% |
| Seats1: | 4 |
| Popular Vote1: | 23,576 |
| Percentage1: | 18.58% |
| Swing1: | 26.77pp |
| Leader3: | Frederick Fung |
| Party3: | Hong Kong People's Council on Public Housing Policy |
| Leaders Seat3: | Sham Shui Po East |
| Last Election3: | New party |
| Seats3: | 2 |
| Seat Change3: | 2 |
| Popular Vote3: | 13,894 |
| Percentage3: | 10.98% |
| Swing3: | N/A |
| Chairman | |
| Before Election: | Hilton Cheong-Leen |
| Before Party: | Hong Kong Civic Association |
| After Election: | Hilton Cheong-Leen |
| After Party: | Hong Kong Civic Association |
| Map Size: | 325px |
The 1983 Hong Kong Urban Council election was held on 8 March 1983 for the elected seats of the Urban Council. It marked the centenary of the establishment of the Urban Council and the largely reformed electoral methods with the creation of the district-based constituencies and massive expansion of the electorate.
1983 marked the centenary of the Urban Council. Elections for the certain numbers of seats in the Urban Council had been held since 1888, but the electorates were strictly limited to the residents on the jurors list or with certain professions. All elected members were voted in a single constituency.
Since the colonial government began the reform on the district administrations on the eve of the Sino-British negotiation over the Hong Kong sovereignty after 1997, the 1983 election marked a major change of the Urban Council. The elected members increased from 12 to 15 whilst the appointed members increased from 12 to 15 as well, which increased the total members from 24 to 30. 15 elected members were elected by electorates of each constituency in Hong Kong Island, Kowloon and New Kowloon with single member plurality method. The electorate base was fully extended to all Hong Kong permanent residents over 21 to about 568,000 voters, which made the electorate increased by 17 times.[1]
Despite the two long existing political groups in the Urban Council, the Hong Kong Civic Association and the Reform Club of Hong Kong, the Hong Kong People's Council on Public Housing Policy (PCPHP), a pressure group which devoted itself to the public housing policies also fill in two candidates, vice-chairman Lam Chak-piu in Kwun Tong East and secretary-general Frederick Fung in Sham Shui Po East, which made it the first pressure group to have representative in the election.[2]
Total of 127,303, 22.4 per cent of the eligible voters turned out on the election day on 8 March, where Sham Shui Po recorded the highest turnout of 26.7 per cent and Wong Tai Sin had the second highest of 26 per cent. Eastern District which included the North Point and Shau Kei Wan constituencies recorded the lowest turnout of 20.4 per cent.[1]
| Political affiliation | Standing | Elected | Popular votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 4 | 23,576 | 18.58 | |||
| 3 | 3 | 19,520 | 15.38 | |||
| 2 | 2 | 13,894 | 10.98 | |||
| align=left | Individuals and others | 29 | 6 | 69,900 | 55.09 | |
| align=left style="background-color:#E9E9E9" colspan="2" | Total (turnout: 22.4%) | 41 | 15 | 126,498 | 100.00 |
| District | Constituency | Candidates | Affiliation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central & Western | Central & Western | Maria Tam Wai-chu | ||
| Wan Chai | Wan Chai | Hilton Cheong-Leen | ||
| Eastern | North Point | Kwan Lim-ho | ||
| Shau Kei Wan | Brook Bernacchi | |||
| Southern | Southern | Joseph Chan Yuek-sut | ||
| Kowloon City | Kowloon City West | Peter Chan Chi-kwan | ||
| Kowloon City East | Pao Ping-wing | |||
| Kwun Tong | Kwun Tong West | |||
| Kwun Tong East | Lam Chak-piu | |||
| Mong Kok | Mong Kok | Chow Wai-hung | ||
| Yau Tsim | Yau Ma Tei | Denny Huang Mong-hwa | ||
| Sham Shui Po | Sham Shui Po East | Frederick Fung Kin-kee | ||
| Sham Shui Po West | Lee Chik-yuet | |||
| Wong Tai Sin | Wong Tai Sin South | Augustine Chung Shai-kit | ||
| Wong Tai Sin North | Cecilia Yeung Lai-yin | |||