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Hong Kong municipal election, 1973

Hong Kong municipal election, 1973

1971 ←
7 March 1973 → 1975

7 (of 12) elected seats to the Urban Council
Turnout 27.64% Increase1.06pp
  First party Second party
 
Leader Brook Bernacchi Hilton Cheong-Leen
Party Reform Civic
Seats before 3 5
Seats after 5 5
Seat change Increase2 Steady
Popular vote 25,709 20,912
Percentage 55.14% 44.86%
Swing Increase38.92pp Increase10.48pp

Elected Chairman

A. de O. Sales
Independent


A. de O. Sales
Independent

The 1973 Urban Council Election was held on 7 March 1971 for the 7 of the 12 elected seats of the Urban Council of Hong Kong.

Two new elected seats were created in the election. 8,675 eligible voters cast their votes, the turnout rate was 27.64%. The Reform Club of Hong Kong won four of the seven seats and the Hong Kong Civic Association won the other three. Candidates from the Reform Club, Tsin Sai-nin and Patrick Wong won the two new seats, with Wong Pun-cheuk secured the last seat of two-year term, different from the rest of the four-year terms seats. Tsin and Wong later resigned from the Reform Club in 1974.


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