Hong Kong municipal election, 1973

Hong Kong municipal election, 1973

7 March 1973
7 (of 12) elected seats to the Urban Council
First party Second party   Leader Brook Bernacchi Hilton Cheong-Leen Party Reform Civic Seats before 3 5 Seats after 5 5 Seat change 2 Popular vote 25,709 20,912 Percentage 55.14% 44.86% Swing 38.92pp 10.48pp

The 1973 Urban Council Election was held on 7 March 1971 for the 7 of the 12 elected seats of the Urban Council of Hong Kong.

Two new elected seats were created in the election. 8,675 eligible voters cast their votes, the turnout rate was 27.64%. The Reform Club of Hong Kong won four of the seven seats and the Hong Kong Civic Association won the other three. Candidates from the Reform Club, Tsin Sai-nin and Patrick Wong won the two new seats, with Wong Pun-cheuk secured the last seat of two-year term, different from the rest of the four-year terms seats. Tsin and Wong later resigned from the Reform Club in 1974.

Outcome

Urban Council Election 1973

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Brook Bernacchi	6,124	13.14	−3.06
	Reform	Henry H. L. Hu	5,920	12.70	−1.44
	Civic	Peter C. K. Chan	5,274	11.31	−0.90
	Reform	Tsin Sai-nin	4,556	9.77
	Civic	Edmund W. H. Chow	4,533	9.72
	Civic	Ambrose K. C. Choi	4,482	9.61
	Reform	Wong Pun-cheuk	4,040	8.67
	Civic	Sansan T. C. Ching	3,395	7.28
	Civic	Henry S. L. Wong	3,228	6.92
	Reform	Patricia Bernacchi	2,516	5.40
	Reform	Lai Siu-lam	1,443	3.10
	Reform	C. P. Young	1,110	2.38
Turnout			37,860	27.64