1977 Hong Kong municipal election

Hong Kong urban council election, 1977

3 March 1977
6 (of 10) elected seats to the Urban Council
First party Second party   Leader Brook Bernacchi Hilton Cheong-Leen Party Reform Civic Seat change Popular vote 16,071 15,098 Percentage 49.80% 46.78%
Chariman before election A. De O. Sales Independent Elected Chariman A. De O. Sales Independent

The 1977 Urban Council Election was held on 3 March 1977 for the 6 of the 10 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 Chan Chi-kwan	4,030	12.49
	Reform	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	Yu Sak-kwong	1,184	3.67
	Independent	Tang Man-sit	1,103	3.42
Turnout			32,272	19.7

References

UK Parliament. Hong Kong Urban Coucnil. HC Deb 05 April 1977 vol 929 cc412-6W.