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1955 Hong Kong municipal election

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Field	Value
election_name	1955 Hong Kong municipal election
country	Hong Kong
flag_image	Flag of Hong Kong 1955.svg
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
previous_election	1954 Hong Kong municipal election
previous_year	1954
next_election	1956 Hong Kong municipal election
next_year	1956
seats_for_election	2 (of the 4) elected seats to the Urban Council
election_date	30 March 1955
turnout	3,650
image1	Brook Bernacchi 1952.png
leader1	Brook Bernacchi
party1	Reform Club of Hong Kong
seats_before1	4
seats_after1	4
seat_change1
popular_vote1	3,283
percentage1	89.62%
swing1	9.98pp
map_size	325px

The 1955 Hong Kong Urban Council election was held on 30 March 1955 for two of the four elected seats of the Urban Council of Hong Kong. It was the fourth Urban Council election in the post-war period.

The turnout was low compared to the previous year, as only 3,650 voters cast their votes; 1,540 ballots from Hong Kong Island and 374 from Kowloon. Brook Bernacchi and Woo Pak-chuen of the Reform Club were reelected. G.O. Jones, who ran against the Reform Club for the third time, was defeated.

Outcome of election

Citations

References

Pepper, Suzanne (2008). Keeping Democracy at Bay: Hong Kong and the Challenge of Chinese Political Reform. Rowman & Littlefield.
Lau, Y.W. (2002). A history of the municipal councils of Hong Kong: 1883-1999: from the Sanitary Board to the Urban Council and the Regional Council. Leisure and Cultural Service Dept.

References

(31 March 1955). "選舉議員". Kung Sheung Daily News.

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