Hong Kong municipal elections, 1991

Hong Kong municipal elections, 1991

5 May 1991

15 (of 40) seats to the Urban Council 12 (of 26) seats to the Regional Council   First party Second party Third party   LDF CA Leader Martin Lee Hu Fa-kuang Hilton Cheong-Leen Party United Democrats LDF Civic Alliance Pro-democracy Conservative N/A Leader's seat N/A N/A N/A Last election new new 4 seats, 7.18% Seats before 6 2 3 Seats won 5 UC 6 RC 2 UC 1 RC 2 UC — Seat change 5 1 2 Popular vote 146,229 39,139 22,048 Percentage 37.33% 9.99% 5.63% Swing N/A N/A 1.55pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Frederick Fung Brook Bernacchi Anthony Cheung Party ADPL Reform Meeting Point Alliance Pro-democracy N/A Pro-democracy Leader's seat Sham Shui Po East Shau Kei Wan N/A Last election 4 seats, 9.99% 2 seats, 6.31% 2 seats, 10.21% Seats before 2 2 0 Seats won 2 UC — 2 UC — 1 UC — Seat change 1 Popular vote 21,033 9,045 12,476 Percentage 5.37% 2.31% 3.18% Swing 4.62pp 4.00pp 7.03pp

Chairmen before election Hugh Forsgate (UC) Cheung Yan-lung (RC) Elected Chairmen Ronald Leung (UC) Lam Wai-keung (RC)

The 1991 Urban Council and Regional Council Elections were the municipal elections held on 5 May 1991 for the elected seats of the Urban Council and Regional Council respectively. The election saw the direct rivalry between the newly established political parties, the liberal United Democrats of Hong Kong (UDHK) and the conservative Liberal Democratic Federation of Hong Kong (LDFHK) which the liberal forces won a landslide victory.

Overview

15 seats in the Urban Council was the directly elected by the general residents and 10 seats were elected by the Hong Kong Island and Kowloon District Boards members and 15 appointed by the Governor. For Regional Council, 12 seats were directly elected and 9 seats were elected by the New Territories District Boards members, with 12 appointed members and 3 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 392,496 electorates cast their votes, which counted more than 23.3% of the total registered voters, about 6% higher than the elections in 1989. 2 of the 27 seats in the Urban and Regional Councils were uncontested while 4 of the contesting incumbents were defeated including Peter Chan Chi-kwan who had served for 22 years. The two-term incumbent Wong Shui-sang was also defeated by Gilbert Leung Kam-ho.^[1]

The two newly established political parties, the United Democrats of Hong Kong (UDHK) and the Liberal Democratic Federation of Hong Kong (LDFHK) contested heavily in the districts like North Point, Southern District, Kowloon City East, Wong Tai Sin South, Tuen Mun West and Tai Po.^[2] The United Democrats won 11 seats as result, more than one-third in each council, including Sha Tin where Lau Kong-wah and Wong Hon-chung both won a seat in preparation for contesting the Legislative Council direct election in September, while the LDF won only 3 seats.

General results

 Overall Summary of the 5 May 1991 Urban Council and Regional Council of Hong Kong election results

Political Affiliation		Urban Council			Regional Council			Total
		Popular votes	Standing	Elected	Popular votes	Standing	Elected	Popular votes	%	Total seats gained
	United Democrats of Hong Kong	66,928	8	5	79,301	7	6	146,229	37.33	11
	Liberal Democratic Federation of Hong Kong	27,730	4	2	11,409	3	1	39,139	9.99	3
	Hong Kong Civic Association	22,048	5	2	-	-	-	22,048	5.63	2
	Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood	21,033	2	2	-	-	-	21,033	5.37	2
	Meeting Point	12,476	1	1	-	-	-	12,476	3.18	1
	Reform Club of Hong Kong	9,045	2	2	-	-	-	9,045	2.31	2
	Individuals and others	82,446	18	1	86,442	14	5	168,888	43.11	6
Total		214,597	37	15	177,152	24	12	391,749	100.00	27

Note: Some of the candidates with multiple affiliations are overlapped in this chart.

Result breakdown

Urban Council

District	Constituency	Candidates	Affiliation		No. of votes given
Central & Western	Central & Western	1 Wong Sui-lai		United Democrats	9,327
		2 Chan Tak-chor		Independent	7,442
Wan Chai	Wan Chai	1 San Stephen Wong Hon-ching		Independent	4,714
		2 Susanna Yeung Wan-king		United Democrats	4,460
Eastern	North Point	1 Man Sai-cheong		United Democrats	12,177
		2 Wong Tak-lun		LDF/Civic	4,040
		3 Au Yuk-lun		Independent	1,289
	Shau Kei Wan	1 Brook Bernacchi		Reform	9,045
		2 Joseph Lai Chi-keong		United Democrats	4,178
		3 Chiu Kin-man		Independent	3,868
Southern	Southern	1 Yeung Chui-chun		Independent	4,743
		2 Joseph Chan Yuek-sut		LDF/Civic	10,593
		3 Ho Chun-yan		United Democrats	9,693
Kowloon City	Kowloon City West	1 Chiang Sai-cheong		United Democrats	6,686
		2 Peter Chan Chi-kwan		Civic	5,868
	Kowloon City East	1 Pao Ping-wing		LDF	6,372
		2 Wong Ho-kei		Independent	546
		3 Tsang Kin-shing		ASPDMC	4,187
Kwun Tong	Kwun Tong West	1 Elsie Tu		Independent	14,556
		2 Lee Chun-ming		Independent	765
		3 Chan Kam-lam		Independent	11,325
	Kwun Tong East	1 Li Wah-ming		Meeting Point/UD	12,476
		2 Wong Ping-kuen		Independent	8,064
Mong Kok	Mong Kok	1 Chan Kwok-ming		Independent	4,475
		2 Law Wing-cheung		Independent	3,339
		3 Kung Po-chuk		Civic	905
Sham Shui Po	Sham Shui Po East	1 Frederick Fung Kin-kee		ADPL	9,944
		2 Lee Yau-wai		Independent	1,304
	Sham Shui Po West	1 Ma Lee-wo		United Democrats	7,931
		2 Wong Kuen-wai		Independent	6,062
Wong Tai Sin	Wong Tai Sin South	1 Mok Ying-fan		ADPL	11,089
		2 Wong Kam-chi		LDF	6,725
	Wong Tai Sin North	1 Cecilia Yeung Lai-yin		Reform	uncontested
Yau Tsim	Yau Tsim	1 Daniel Wong Kwok-tung		Independent	3,028
		2 Tong Chor-yin		Independent	2,568
		3 Yu Hon-piu		Independent	171
		4 Wu Yan-yu		Civic	642

Regional Council

District	Constituency	Candidate	Affiliation		No. of votes given
Islands	Islands	1 Kwong Kwok-kam		Independent	2,822
		2 Fung Puk-tai		Independent	3,922
North	North	1 Cheung Hon-chung		LDF	uncontested
Sai Kung	Sai Kung	1 Wong Shui-sang		Independent	3,604
		2 Glibert Leung Kam-ho		Independent (FSHK)	3,922
Sha Tin	Sha Tin East	1 Lee York-fai		Independent	462
		2 Wong Hon-chung		United Democrats	11,475
		3 Tony Kan Chung-nin		Independent	11,381
	Sha Tin West	1 Lau Kong-wah		United Democrats	16,755
		2 Wai Hing-cheung		Independent	4,893
Tai Po	Tai Po	1 Cheng Chun-ping		LDF	7,673
		2 Fung Chi-wood		United Democrats	10,064
Tsuen Wan	Tsuen Wan	1 Albert Chan Wai-yip		United Democrats	13,232
		2 Ip Yeung Fuk-lan		Independent	7,478
Tuen Mun	Tuen Mun East	1 Alfred Tso Shiu-wai		Independent (FSHK)	7,975
		2 Ng Wai-cho		United Democrats	3,805
	Tuen Mun West	1 Ng Ming-yam		United Democrats	14,010
		2 Philip Li Koi-hop		LDF	3,736
Yuen Long	Yuen Long	1 Ngan Kam-chuen		Independent	10,003
		2 Chan Yat-tung		Independent	4,952
Kwai Tsing	Kwai Chung East	1 Chow Yick-hay		United Democrats	9,960
		Lee Wing-kin		Independent	2,830
	Kwai Chung West & Tsing Yi	1 Ting Yin-wah		Independent (TYCG)	13,154
		2 Sarena Young Fuk-ki		Independent	5,787

References

1. "兩個市局選擧四十萬人投票 現任議員四人敗落 另四人充公保証金 陳子鈞九月捲土重來 參加立法局直選 區議會選擧中敗落六人市局選擧獲勝". Wah Kiu Yat Po. 7 May 1989. p. 3.
2. "港同盟與自民聯激爭李柱銘對投票率抱樂觀態度胡法光料過半數成員可勝出". Wah Kiu Yat Po. 6 May 1989. p. 1.