Central and Western District Board election, 1985

Central and Western District Board election, 1985

7 March 1985

13 (of the 19) seats to Central and Western District Board 10 seats needed for a majority Turnout 30.2%   First party Second party   Party Central and Western District Coalition Reform Last election New party 0 seat, 7.4% Seats before 3 0 Seats won 10 1 Seat change 7 1 Popular vote 19,703 1,975 Percentage 77.5% 7.8% Swing N/A 0.8%

The 1985 Central and Western District Board election was held on 7 March 1985 to elect all 13 elected to the 19-member Central and Western District Board. The 5 incumbents formed a coalition with 7 other candidates and swept the polls with winning 10 out of the 12 seats.^[1]

Overall election results

Central and Western District Board election result 1985[2]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Central and Western District Coalition	10	7	0	+7	76.9	77.5	19,703
	Independent	2	1	1	0	15.4	49.1	12,481
	Reform	1	1	0	+1	7.7	7.8	1,975	+0.8

Results by constituency

Chung Wan

Chung Wan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	People's Association	Chow Wai-keung	uncontested
	HKAS	Gerry Wai Ka-cheung	uncontested
	Nonpartisan hold		Swing
	HKAS win (new seat)

Kennedy Town East

Kennedy Town East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Meeting Point	Hung Wing-tat	1,977	44.3
	HKAS	Lee Shun-wai	1,334	29.9
	Nonpartisan	Pang Wah-keung	817	18.3
	Reform	Shek Yiu-wah	339	7.6
	Meeting Point win (new seat)
	HKAS win (new seat)

Kennedy Town West & Mount Davis

Kennedy Town West & Mount Davis
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	People's Association	Vincent Ko Hon-chiu	4,194	58.7
	Nonpartisan	Chow Yin-sum	2,433	48.1
	Nonpartisan	Ho Chi-hung	512	7.2
	People's Association win (new seat)
	Nonpartisan win (new seat)

Middle Levels & Peak

Mid Levels & Peak
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Chan Wai-fong	2,253	40.5
	Nonpartisan	Tong Ka-wing	2,073	37.2	–26.4
	Nonpartisan	Yuen Bun-keung	1,242	22.3
	Nonpartisan win (new seat)
	Nonpartisan hold		Swing

Sai Ying Pun East

Sai Ying Pun East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	People's Association	Lai Kwok-hung	1,953	43.7
	Reform	Leung Ying-yeung	1,636	36.6
	Nonpartisan	Cheung Yiu-kei	878	19.7
	People's Association win (new seat)
	Reform win (new seat)

Sai Ying Pun West

Sai Ying Pun West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Lee Tat-yu	uncontested
	Nonpartisan win (new seat)

Sheung Wan

Sheung Wan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Observers	Anthony Ng Shun-man	1,522	65.6	+20.1
	Nonpartisan	Alexander Chang Yau-hung	1,187	51.2
	Nonpartisan	Tsui Mei-lam	1,086	46.8
	Observers gain from Nonpartisan		Swing
	Nonpartisan win (new seat)

References

1. "革新會卅五人主力東區議席 公屋評議會居民力量 中西區十二子連環". The Wah Kiu Yat Po. 4 January 1985. p. 8.
2. 李彭廣. "香港選舉資料庫". Public Governance Programme. Lingnan University.