1989 Hong Kong municipal elections

The 1989 Urban Council and Regional Council elections were the municipal elections held on 9 March 1989 for the elected seats of the Urban Council and Regional Council respectively.

1989 Hong Kong municipal elections

9 March 1989
15 (of the 40) seats to the Urban Council 12 (of the 36) seats to the Regional Council
Registered	1,604,048 11.27%
Turnout	213,200 (17.60%) 9.32pp
Leader Ding Lik-kiu Hilton Cheong-Leen Albert Ho Party ADPL Civic HKAS Leader's seat Did not stand Wan Chai Did not stand Last election New party 3 seats, 12.60% 2 seats, 6.51% Seats before 3 4 2 Seats won 2 UC 2 RC 4 UC — 2 UC 1 RC Seat change 1 Popular vote 21,243 15,270 18,699 Percentage 9.99% 7.18% 8.80% Swing N/A 5.42pp 0.15pp   Leader Yeung Sum Maria Tam Brook Bernacchi Party Meeting Point PHKS Reform Leader's seat Did not stand Did not stand Sau Kei Wan Last election 2 seats, 10.06% 2 seats, 6.94% 2 seats, 6.95% Seats before 2 2 2 Seats won — 2 RC 1 UC 1 RC 1 UC 1 RC Seat change Popular vote 21,702 20,079 13,404 Percentage 10.21% 9.44% 6.31% Swing 0.15pp 2.50pp 0.64pp
Chairmen before election Hugh Forsgate (UC) Cheung Yan-lung (RC) Elected Chairmen Hugh Forsgate (UC) Cheung Yan-lung (RC)

Overview

15 seats in the Urban Council was the directly elected by the general residents and ten seats were elected by the Hong Kong Island and Kowloon District Boards members and fifteen appointed by the Governor. For the Regional Council, twelve seats were directly elected and 9 seats were elected by the New Territories District Boards members, with twelve appointed members and three ex officio members of the Chairman and two vice chairmen of the Heung Yee Kuk. The first-past-the-post voting system was used.

A total of 213,352 voters, 17.6% of the total electorates cast their votes, in which 105,826 voters (14.2%) voted in the Urban Council, 9% lower than the last election, and 107,526 voters (23.9%) voted in the Regional Council, about 10% lower than the last election. 7 of the total of 53 candidates were elected without uncontestedly.[1] Secretary for Constitutional Affairs Michael Suen Ming-yeung expressed his disappointment with the low turnout, explained that the uncontested and less candidates were the factor.

Among 19 contesting incumbents only Fok Pui-yee failed to be re-elected. Albert Chan Wai-yip, supported by pro-democrat heavyweights Martin Lee Chu-ming and Szeto Wah helped him to canvass votes in Tsuen Wan. Szeto Wah's presence in Luk Yeung Sun Chuen helped attracting votes where many teachers living there. Yeung Fuk-kwong, Chan's opponent cited that the loss of votes from his voter base Shek Wai Kok Estate led to his defeat.[2]

General results

 Overall Summary of the 9 March 1989 Urban Council and Regional Council Hong Kong election results

Political affiliation		Urban Council			Regional Council			Total
		Popular votes	Standing	Elected	Popular votes	Standing	Elected	Popular votes	%	Total seats gained
	Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood	12,237	2	2	9,006	2	2	21,243	9.99	4
	Hong Kong Civic Association	15,270	6	4	-	-	-	15,270	7.18	4
	Hong Kong Affairs Society	11,787	3	2	6,912	1	1	18,699	8.80	3
	Meeting Point	-	-	-	21,702	4	2	21,702	10.21	2
	Progressive Hong Kong Society	7,630	3	1	12,449	2	1	20,079	9.44	2
	Reform Club of Hong Kong	13,404	2	2	-	-	-	13,404	6.31	2
	New Territories West Residents Association	-	-	-	8,310	1	1	8,310	3.91	1
	Hong Kong People's Council on Public Housing Policy	7,187	1	1	-	-	-	7,187	3.38	1
	Individuals and others	37,556	13	3	49,139	13	5	86,695	40.78	8
Total (turnout: 17.6%)		105,071	30	15	107,518	23	12	212,589	100.00	27

Elected members

Urban Council

District	Constituency	Candidates	Affiliation
Central & Western	Central & Western	Chow Wai-keung		HKAS
Wan Chai	Wan Chai	Hilton Cheong-Leen		Civic
Eastern	North Point	Man Sai-cheong		HKAS
	Shau Kei Wan	Brook Bernacchi		Reform
Southern	Southern	Joseph Chan Yuek-sut		Civic
Kowloon City	Kowloon City West	Peter Chan Chi-kwan		Civic
	Kowloon City East	Pao Ping-wing		PHKS
Kwun Tong	Kwun Tong West	Elsie Tu		Independent
	Kwun Tong East	Lam Chak-piu		PCPHP
Mong Kok	Mong Kok	Chan Kwok-ming		Independent
Yau Tsim	Yau Tsim	Daniel Wong Kwok-tung		Independent
Sham Shui Po	Sham Shui Po East	Frederick Fung Kin-kee		ADPL
	Sham Shui Po West	Ma Lee-wo		Independent
Wong Tai Sin	Wong Tai Sin South	Mok Ying-fan		ADPL
	Wong Tai Sin North	Cecilia Yeung Lai-yin		Reform

Regional Council

District	Constituency	Candidate	Affiliation
Tsuen Wan	Tsuen Wan	Albert Chan Wai-yip		ADPL
Tuen Mun	Tuen Mun East	Almon Poon Chin-hung		NTWRA
	Tuen Mun West	Ng Ming-yam		Meeting Point
Yuen Long	Yuen Long	Ngan Kam-chuen		Independent
North	North	Cheung Hon-chung		PHKS
Tai Po	Tai Po	Michael Lai Kam-cheung		Meeting Point
Sai Kung	Sai Kung	Wong Shui-sang		Independent
Sha Tin	Sha Tin East	Tony Kan Chung-nin		HKAS
	Sha Tin West	Lau Kong-wah		Independent
Kwai Tsing	Kwai Chung East	Chow Yick-hay		ADPL
	Kwai Chung West & Tsing Yi	Wong Man-tai		Independent
Islands	Islands	Kwong Ping-yau		Independent

References

1. "兩個市局選舉情況冷淡 廿一萬人投票僅逾百分十七 旺角投票率百分七最低 徐淦認為自動當選眾多所致". Wah Kiu Yat Po. 10 March 1989. p. 3.
2. "陳偉業策略運用佳獲勝楊福廣失石團角村致敗". Wah Kiu Yat Po. 10 March 1989. p. 3.