1985 Hong Kong local elections explained

Election Name:1985 Hong Kong local elections
Country:Hong Kong
Flag Image:Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg
Type:parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:1982 Hong Kong local elections
Previous Year:1982
Next Election:1988 Hong Kong local elections
Next Year:1988
Seats For Election:All Elected Constituencies
237 (of the 426) seats in all 19 District Boards
Election Date:7 March 1985
Registered:1,421,391 58.01%
Turnout:476,558 (37.48%) 1.45pp
Leader2:Brook Bernacchi
Party2:Reform Club of Hong Kong
Last Election2:4 seats, 6.42%
Seats2:17
Popular Vote2:43,769
Percentage2:6.36%
Swing2:0.06pp
Leader1:Hilton Cheong-Leen
Party1:Hong Kong Civic Association
Last Election1:6 seats, 7.46%
Seats1:17
Popular Vote1:60,311
Percentage1:8.76%
Swing1:1.30pp
Leader3:Frederick Fung
Party3:Hong Kong People's Council on Public Housing Policy
Last Election3:New party
Seats3:8
Popular Vote3:29,390
Percentage3:4.27%
Swing3:N/A
Leader4:Lo King-man
Party4:Hong Kong People's Association
Last Election4:New party
Seats4:8
Popular Vote4:18,040
Percentage4:2.62%
Swing4:N/A
Leader5:Lau Nai-keung
Party5:Meeting Point
Last Election5:New party
Seats5:4
Popular Vote5:9,714
Percentage5:1.41%
Swing5:N/A
Leader6:Huang Chen-ya
Party6:Hong Kong Affairs Society
Last Election6:New party
Seats6:3
Popular Vote6:4,148
Percentage6:0.60%
Swing6:N/A
Map Size:325px

The 1985 Hong Kong District Board elections were the second district board elections held on 7 March 1985 for the all 19 districts of Hong Kong (original Tsuen Wan District Board was separated into Tsuen Wan District Board and Kwai Tsing District Board).

Overview

The two political groups with long history, the Hong Kong Civic Association and the Reform Club of Hong Kong continued to fill candidates in various districts. The Reform Club focused on its base in the Eastern District and both groups focused their campaigns in the urban areas. The relatively new grassroots group, the Hong Kong People's Council on Public Housing Policy which mainly focused on the public housing policies also actively fill in candidates. The incumbent District Councillors in the Central and Western District, Eastern District and the Southern District on the Hong Kong Island formed the coalition of seeking for re-election. Most of the members retained their seats.[1]

The pro-Beijing leftist union Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions (FTU) also supported ten of its members who all ran as individuals and five of them were elected,[2] while five elected candidates were with pro-Taipei background, one of whom was a member of the Hong Kong and Kowloon Trades Union Council (TUC). The Hong Kong Professional Teachers' Union (PTU) also supported 30 of its members, 24 of whom were elected.

General outcome

Total of 476,530 voters cast their votes on the election day on 7 March, which was about 37.5% of the total eligible voters, slightly higher than the last election.

|-! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" colspan=2 |Political Affiliation! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Votes! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |%! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Standing! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Elected|-| width=1px style="background-color: " || style="text-align:left;" |Hong Kong Civic Association | 60,311 || 8.76 || 44 || 17|-| width=1px style="background-color: " || style="text-align:left;" |Reform Club of Hong Kong| 43,769 || 6.36 || 35 || 17|-|style="background-color:#EE241C"|| style="text-align:left;" | Eastern District Coalition| 28,495 || 4.14 || 12 || 10|-|style="background-color:#3FA900"|| style="text-align:left;" | Central and Western District Coalition| 19,703 || 2.86 || 12 || 10|-| width=1px style="background-color: " || style="text-align:left;" |Hong Kong People's Council on Public Housing Policy | 29,390 || 4.27 || 10 || 8|-| width=1px style="background-color: " || style="text-align:left;" |Hong Kong People's Association| 18,040 || 2.62 || 8 || 8|-|style="background-color:#0079C4"|| style="text-align:left;" | Southern District Coalition| 9,570 || 1.39 || 10 || 6|-| width=1px style="background-color: " || style="text-align:left;" |Meeting Point | 9,714 || 1.41 || 4 || 4|-|style="background-color:"|| style="text-align:left;" |Hong Kong Affairs Society| 4,148 || 0.60 || 3 || 3|-|style="background-color:"|| style="text-align:left;" |Independent and others | 508,313 || 73.81 || 385 || 170|-|style="text-align:left;background-color:#E9E9E9" colspan="2"|Total (turnout 37.5%)|style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"|688,676|style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"|100.00|style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"|501|style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"|237|}

Note: The votes of candidates with multiple affiliations are overlapped in this table.

Notes and References

  1. News: The Wah Kiu Yat Po. 4 January 1985. 8. 革新會卅五人主力東區議席 公屋評議會居民力量 中西區十二子連環.
  2. News: Wah Kiu Yat Po. 6. 14 February 1985. 工聯會十會員競選.