Hong Kong municipal election, 1979

8 March 1979

6 (of 12) elected seats to the Urban Council

	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	9,792	9,579
Percentage	19.09%	18.67%

Chairman before election

A. De O. Sales
Independent

Elected Chairman

A. De O. Sales
Independent

The 1979 Urban Council Election was held on 8 March 1979 for the 6 of the 12 elected seats of the Urban Council of Hong Kong.

Overview of outcome

Urban Council Election 1977
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Elsie Elliott	8,214	16.01
	Independent	Denny Huang Mong-hwa	6,348	12.38
	Independent	Maria Tam Wai-chu	5,488	10.70
	Reform	Cecilia Yeung Lai-yin	4,990	9.73
	Civic	Hilton Cheong-Leen	4,743	9.25
	Independent	Augustine Chung Shai-kit	4,136	8.06
	Reform	Francis Chaine	3,467	6.76
	Independent	Wong Pun-cheuk	3,335	6.50
	Civic	Anthony Wong Chi-hung	2,555	4.98
	Civic	Keeson Patrick Shum	2,494	4.91
	Independent	Andrew Tu Hsueh-kwei	2,519	4.91
	Independent	Law Che-keung	1,885	3.67
	Reform	Francis Gilbert Knight	1,122	2.19
Turnout			51,296

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