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1971 Hong Kong municipal election

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Summary

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FieldValue
election_name1971 Hong Kong municipal election
countryHong Kong
flag_imageFlag of Hong Kong 1959.svg
typeparliamentary
ongoingno
previous_election1969 Hong Kong municipal election
previous_year1969
next_election1973 Hong Kong municipal election
next_year1973
seats_for_election5 (of the 10) elected seats to the Urban Council
election_date3 March 1971
registered37,778 9.85%
turnout10,047 (26.59%) 2.81pp
leader2Brook Bernacchi
party2Reform Club of Hong Kong
seats_before23
seats_after23
seat_change2
popular_vote26,139
percentage216.22%
swing233.00pp
image1[[File:Hilton Cheong-Leen.png150x150px]]
leader1Hilton Cheong-Leen
party1Hong Kong Civic Association
seats_before15
seats_after15
seat_change1
popular_vote113,016
percentage134.38%
swing18.20pp
map_size325px

The 1971 Hong Kong Urban Council election was held on 3 March 1971 for the five of the ten elected seats of the Urban Council of Hong Kong. 10,047 of the 37,778 eligible voters cast their votes, the turnout rate was 26.6 per cent, slightly better than the previous election in 1969.

Cecilia Yeung of the Reform Club of Hong Kong won the seat onto the Urban Council, becoming the first Chinese woman ever elected to this Council, edging out incumbent Solomon Rafeek with a margin of 139 votes. Elsie Elliott, who was dubbed as the "Queen of the Polls", led the field of ten candidates with 7,578 votes, topping her 1967 record by more than 500 votes.

Outcome

|reg. electors = 37,778

Citations

References

  • 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.
  • Pepper, Suzanne (2008). Keeping Democracy at Bay:Hong Kong and the Challenge of Chinese Political Reform. Rowman & Littlefield.

References

  1. (4 March 1971). "Turnout at election 'fairly good'".
  2. (4 March 1971). "First Chinese Urbco Woman". The Standard.
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