Hong Kong municipal election, 1977

3 March 1977

6 (of 12) elected seats to the Urban Council

Turnout	19.7%
	First party	Second party

Leader	Hilton Cheong-Leen	Brook Bernacchi
Party	Civic	Reform
Seats before	4	3
Seats after	4	3
Seat change
Popular vote	15,098	13,249
Percentage	46.78%	41.05%

Chairman before election

A. de O. Sales
Independent

Elected Chairman

A. de O. Sales
Independent

The 1977 Urban Council Election was held on 3 March 1977 for the 6 of the 12 elected seats of the Urban Council of Hong Kong. 7,308 voters cast ballots, 19.7% of the 37,174 registered electorates.

The Reform Club and the Civic Association put up five and four candidates and there was also one independent candidate.

Overview of outcome

Urban Council Election 1977
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Civic	Edmund Chow	4,540	14.07
	Reform	Brook Bernacchi	4,363	13.52
	Reform	Henry H.L. Hu	4,060	12.58
	Civic	Peter C.K. Chan	4,030	12.49
	Independent	Tsin Sai-nin	3,925	12.16
	Civic	Ambrose K.C. Choi	3,733	11.56
	Civic	Wilson W.S. Tuet	2,795	8.66
	Reform	Francis Chaine	2,539	7.87
	Reform	Frederick S.K. Yu	1,184	3.67
	Reform	Tang Man-sit	1,103	3.42
Turnout			32,272	19.7

References

UK Parliament. Hong Kong Urban Council. HC Deb 5 April 1977 vol 929 cc412-6W.

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