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1979 Hong Kong municipal election

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Field	Value
election_name	1979 Hong Kong municipal election
country	Hong Kong
flag_image	Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
previous_election	1977 Hong Kong municipal election
previous_year	1977
next_election	1981 Hong Kong municipal election
next_year	1981
seats_for_election	6 (of the 12) elected seats to the Urban Council
election_date	8 March 1979
registered	31,481 15.31%
turnout	12,426 (39.47%) 19.81pp
leader2	Brook Bernacchi
party2	Reform Club of Hong Kong
seats_before2	3
seats_after2	3
seat_change2
popular_vote2	9,579
percentage2	18.67%
image1	[[File:Hilton Cheong-Leen.png	150x150px]]
leader1	Hilton Cheong-Leen
party1	Hong Kong Civic Association
seats_before1	4
seats_after1	4
seat_change1
popular_vote1	9,792
percentage1	19.09%
title	Chairman
before_election	A. de O. Sales
before_party	Independent (politician)
after_election	A. de O. Sales
after_party	Independent (politician)
map_size	325px

The 1979 Hong Kong Urban Council election was held on 8 March 1979 for the six of the 12 elected seats of the Urban Council of Hong Kong. 12,426 voters cast their ballots in the election, nearly 40 per cent of the 31,481 registered electorate, making it the most participated election before the 1983 reform.

"Queen of the Polls" Elsie Elliott remained the top by receiving more than 8,000 votes, while her running mate Andrew Tu trailing at the 11th place out of 13 candidates and was not elected. Fresh faces Maria Tam and Augustine Chung who were both lawyers and ran as independents were first elected to the Council, while Tam soon became a high-flyer and dominated Hong Kong politics for more than forty years.

Overview of outcome

|reg. electors = 31,481

References

(1979-03-09). "市局選舉核票完成六名議員凌晨選出". 華僑日報.
(8 March 1979). "Notice of Result of an Ordinary Election". Hong Kong Gazette.

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