1986 Hong Kong municipal elections

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15 (of the 30) seats to the Urban Council
12 (of the 36) seats to the Regional Council
Registered| 1,441,540
Turnout| 362,107 (26.92%)
|  | First party  | Second party  | Third party

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Leader  | Frederick Fung | Hilton Cheong-Leen | Lau Nai-keung
Party  | PCPHP | Civic | Meeting Point
Leader's seat  | Sham Shui Po East  | Wan Chai  | Did not stand
Last election  | 2 seats, 10.98%  | 4 seats, 18.58%  | New party
Seats won  | 5 UC
1 RC | 3 UC
—  | 1 UC
1 RC
Seat change  | 4  | 1  | 1
Popular vote  | 47,833 | 44,427  | 35,411
Percentage  | 13.58% | 12.60%  | 10.06%
Swing  | 2.60pp | 5.98pp | N/A

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| Fourth party  | Fifth party
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Leader  | Brook Bernacchi | Huang Chen-ya
Party  | Reform | HKAS
Leader's seat  | Shau Kei Wan
(lost seat) | Did not stand
Last election  | 3 seats, 15.38%  | New party
Seats won  | 2 UC
—  | 1 UC
0 RC
Seat change  | 1  |
Popular vote  | 24,486  | 19,330
Percentage  | 6.95%  | 5.49%
Swing  | 8.43pp | N/A

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| Chairmen before election

Hilton Cheong-Leen (UC)
RegCo new established

| Elected Chairmen

Hugh Forsgate (UC)
Cheung Yan-lung (RC)

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The 1986 Hong Kong Urban Council and Regional Council elections were the municipal elections held on 6 March 1986 for the elected seats of the Urban Council for Hong Kong Island, Kowloon and New Kowloon and newly created Regional Council for the rest of the New Territories respectively.

## Overview

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15 seats in the Urban Council remained the directly elected by the general residents and 15 appointed by the Governor. For the newly formed 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.

Total of 362,725, which shared 27 per cent of the voters cast their votes on the election day on 6 March, 143,888 of which voted (35.9 per cent turnout) in the Regional Council and 218,837 of them (23.2 per cent turnout) voted in the Urban Council, slightly higher than the 1983 Urban Council Election.[1]

Among 12 incumbent Urban Councillors, only veteran Brook Bernacchi of the Reform Club of Hong Kong and Chow Wai-hung of the Hong Kong Civic Association failed to be re-elected. The oldest elected Urban Councillor was Elsie Tu who was already 72 years old, while 64 years old Kwong Ping-yau was the oldest Regional Councillor. For the Regional Council, 10 out of 27 councillors elected were social workers, while there were also 7 education workers.[2]

The grassroots organisation Hong Kong People's Council on Public Housing Policy (PCPHP) had candidates it supported being elected Kwun Tong, Sham Shui Po, Shau Kei Wan and Wong Tai Sin while the other new political groups such as the Hong Kong Affairs Society and Meeting Point had both victories and defeats in different areas.[3]

## General results

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Overall Summary of the 6 March 1986 Urban Council and Regional Council Hong Kong election results Political affiliation  | Urban Council  | Regional Council  | Total

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Popular
votes  | Standing  | Elected  | Popular
votes  | Standing  | Elected  | Popular
votes  | %  | Total
seats
gained
| Hong Kong People's Council on Public Housing Policy[note 1] | 33,038 | 4 | 4 | 14,795 | 2 | 2 | 47,833 | 13.58 | 6
| Hong Kong Civic Association | 44,027 | 9 | 3 | 400 | 1 | 0 | 44,427 | 12.60 | 3
| Meeting Point[note 1] | 17,013 | 2 | 1 | 18,398 | 2 | 1 | 35,411 | 10.06 | 2
| Reform Club of Hong Kong | 24,486 | 5 | 2 | - | - | - | 24,486 | 6.95 | 2
| Hong Kong Affairs Society | 15,377 | 3 | 1 | 3,953 | 1 | 0 | 19,330 | 5.49 | 1
| Individuals and others | 75,527 | 16 | 4 | 119,925 | 35 | 10 | 195,452 | 55.50 | 14
Total (turnout: 26.9%) | 209,468 | 39 | 15 | 142,676 | 40 | 12 | 352,144 | 100.00 | 27

1. ^ a b Note: the votes gained by Ng Ming-yum who represents both Meeting Point and PCPHP is overlapped in this table.

## Elected members

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### Urban Council

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District  | Constituency  | Candidates  | Affiliation

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Central & Western | Central & Western | Chow Wai-keung |  | Independent
Wan Chai | Wan Chai | Hilton Cheong-Leen |  | Civic
Eastern | North Point | Man Sai-cheong |  | HKAS
Shau Kei Wan | Cheung Wai-ping  |  | Independent
Southern | Southern | Joseph Chan Yuek-sut |  | Civic
Kowloon City | Kowloon City West | Peter Chan Chi-kwan |  | Civic
Kowloon City East | Pao Ping-wing |  | PCPHP
Kwun Tong | Kwun Tong West | Elsie Tu |  | Independent
Kwun Tong East | Lam Chak-piu |  | PCPHP
Mong Kok | Mong Kok | Chan Kwok-ming  |  | Independent
Yau Tsim | Yau Ma Tei | Kwan Lim-ho |  | Reform
Sham Shui Po | Sham Shui Po East | Frederick Fung Kin-kee |  | PCPHP
Sham Shui Po West | Lee Chik-yuet |  | Meeting Point
Wong Tai Sin | Wong Tai Sin South | Fok Pui-yee |  | PCPHP
Wong Tai Sin North | Cecilia Yeung Lai-yin |  | Reform

### Regional Council

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District  | Constituency  | Candidate  | Affiliation

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Tsuen Wan | Tsuen Wan | Albert Chan Wai-yip |  | Independent
Tuen Mun | Tuen Mun East | Tsang Kwok-yuen  |  | Independent
Tuen Mun West | Ng Ming-yum |  | Meeting Point/PCPHP
Yuen Long | Yuen Long | Tang Kam-fat  |  | Independent
North | North | Tang Kwok-yung  |  | Independent
Tai Po | Tai Po | Michael Lai Kam-cheung  |  | Independent
Sai Kung | Sai Kung | Wong Shui-sang  |  | Independent
Sha Tin | Sha Tin East | Cheung Chi-yuen  |  | Independent
Sha Tin West | Lau Kong-wah |  | Independent
Kwai Tsing |  Kwai Chung East | Lee Wing-tat |  | Independent
Kwai Chung West & Tsing Yi | Wong Man-tai  |  | PCPHP
Islands | Islands | Kwong Ping-yau  |  | Independent

## References

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1. ^ "通宵點票今晨完成 三十六萬人投票 投票率官方滿意". Wah Kiu Yat Po. 7 March 1986. p. 1.
2. ^ "民選市局區域議局議員 社工界佔十人 杜葉錫恩獲得選票最多". Wah Kiu Yat Po. 8 March 1986. p. 9.
3. ^ "港人對政治意識漸提高". Wah Kiu Yat Po. 8 March 1986. p. 9.

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