The 1995 Hong Kong Urban Council and Regional Council elections were the municipal elections held on 5 March 1995 for the elected seats of the

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and Regional Council respectively. It was the second of the three-tier elections held in 1995 under

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, namely the 1994 District Board and 1995 Legislative Council election. The liberal

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continued its dominance by winning 23 seats in total. Due to the abolishment of the two Councils by

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in 1999, this election became the last election.

Overview

Due to the democratisation reform under the governorship of

, all the appointed seats since the creations of the Councils were replaced by members of direct elections. 32 seats in the Urban Council was the directly elected by the general residents and 9 seats were elected by the Hong Kong Island and Kowloon District Boards members. For Regional Council, 27 seats were directly elected and 9 seats were elected by the New Territories District Boards members, with 3 ex-officio members of the Chairman and two chairmen of the

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. The

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voting system was used. Dozens of long-serving Urban and Regional Councillors decided not to stand in the first full-scale municipal-level elections. The most senior member on the Urban Council

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who was first elected in 1952 would not stand because the council was becoming increasingly politicised.

Elsie Tu Elsie Tu (; ; 2 June 1913 – 8 December 2015), known as Elsie Elliott in her earlier life, was an English-born Hong Kong social activist, elected member of the Urban Council of Hong Kong from 1963 to 1995, and member of the Legislative Counc ...

, the second most senior Councillor was challenged and defeated by the

heavyweight

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for the Kwun Tong North seat. As a result, 21 Urban Councillors left in 1995 taking with them a total of 210 years of experience. After the transfer of sovereignty to the People's Republic of China, Chief Executive

decided to streamline and centralise municipal services as part of his government's policy reforms by dissolving the two Councils. The 1995 election thus became the last election.

General results

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votes ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Standing ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Elected ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Popular
votes ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Standing ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Elected ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Popular
votes ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , % ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Total
seats
gained , - , style="background-color:LightGreen;border-bottom-style:hidden;" rowspan=6 , , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

, , 108,182 , , 19 , , 12 , , 97,641 , , 17 , , 11 , , 205,823 , , 36.91 , , 23 , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood The Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood (ADPL) is a Hong Kong pro-democracy social-liberal political party catering to grassroots interest with a strong basis in Sham Shui Po. Established on 26 October 1986, it was one ...

, , 13,822 , , 5 , , 5 , , 25,096 , , 4 , , 3 , , 38,918 , , 6.98 , , 8 , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

123 Democratic Alliance 123 Democratic Alliance ( Chinese: 一二三民主聯盟) was a pro-Kuomintang political party in Hong Kong. Established in 1994 by a group of pro-Taiwan, pro-democracy and pro-business politicians, it aims at striving for the unification of ...

, , 1,556 , , 1 , , 0 , , 6,360 , , 2 , , 0 , , 7,916 , , 1.42 , , 0 , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

Hong Kong Democratic Foundation The Hong Kong Democratic Foundation (; HKDF) is a Hong Kong public policy think tank established initially as a political party on 27 October 1989. The Foundation was founded in the run up to the first Legislative Council direct elections of 19 ...

, , 1,693 , , 2 , , 0 , , - , , - , , - , , 1,693 , , 0.30 , , 0 , - , , style="text-align:left;" , Chinese Liberal Democratic Party , , 1,453 , , 1 , , 0 , , - , , - , , - , , 1,453 , , 0.26 , , 0 , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Pro-democracy individuals , , 15,171 , , 5 , , 1 , , 16,252 , , 4 , , 2 , , 31,423 , , 5.64 , , 3 , - style="background-color:LightGreen" , colspan=3 style="text-align:left;" , Total for pro-democracy parties and allies , , 141,877 , , 33 , , 18 , , 145,349 , , 27 , , 16 , , 287,226 , , 51.51 , , 34 , - , style="background-color:Pink;border-bottom-style:hidden;" rowspan=12 , , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong The Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB) is a pro-Beijing conservative political party in Hong Kong. Chaired by Starry Lee and holding 13 Legislative Council seats, it is currently the largest party in the l ...

, , 70,690 , , 12 , , 5 , , 19,858 , , 5 , , 3 , , 90,548 , , 16.24 , , 8 , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

Liberal Democratic Federation of Hong Kong The Liberal Democratic Federation of Hong Kong (, abbreviated 自民聯; LDF) was a pro-Beijing pro-business and conservative political party in Hong Kong. It was established in 1990, and was composed of mainly conservative businessmen and prof ...

, , 9,757 , , 2 , , 1 , , 15,641 , , 4 , , 3 , , 25,398 , , 4.55 , , 4 , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

Civil Force Civil Force () is a district-based pro-Beijing political party in Hong Kong. Since 2014, the Civil Force has entered an alliance with the New People's Party of Regina Ip. Headed by chairman Pun Kwok-shan, it had its stronghold in the Sha Tin a ...

, , - , , - , , - , , 10,546 , , 2 , , 1 , , 10,546 , , 1.89 , , 1 , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

Liberal Party The Liberal Party is any of many political parties around the world. The meaning of ''liberal'' varies around the world, ranging from liberal conservatism on the right to social liberalism on the left. __TOC__ Active liberal parties This is a li ...

, , 3,370 , , 1 , , 1 , , 3,818 , , 2 , , 0 , , 7,188 , , 1.29 , , 1 , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

New Hong Kong Alliance The New Hong Kong Alliance (, abbreviated 新港盟; NHKA) was a pro-Beijing conservative political organisation in Hong Kong in the 1990s mostly composed of businessmen and professionals. It was considered the more conservative wing of the Group ...

, , 4,901 , , 1 , , 1 , , - , , - , , - , , 4,901 , , 0.88 , , 1 , - , style="background-color:#EA0001" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

Hong Kong Chinese Reform Association The Hong Kong Chinese Reform Association () is a pro-Beijing political organisation established in 1949 in Hong Kong. It was one of the three pillars of the pro-Communist leftist camp throughout most of the time in Hong Kong under colonial ru ...

, , 3,953 , , 1 , , 1 , , - , , - , , - , , 3,953 , , 0.71 , , 1 , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , United Front for the Service of the People , , - , , - , , - , , 8,377 , , 3 , , 0 , , 8,377 , , 1.50 , , 0 , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

Hong Kong Progressive Alliance The Hong Kong Progressive Alliance (HKPA) was a Pro-Beijing camp, pro-Beijing, pro-business political party in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China. It was established in 1994 and was merged into the Demo ...

, , 1,770 , , 1 , , 0 , , 3,508 , , 1 , , 0 , , 5,278 , , 0.95 , , 0 , - , style="background-color:", , style="text-align:left;" , Hong Kong Alliance of Chinese and Expatriates , , 2,229 , , 1 , , 0 , , - , , - , , - , , 2,229 , , 0.40 , , 0 , - , , style="text-align:left;" , Public Affairs Society , , 1,140 , , 1 , , 0 , , - , , - , , - , , 1,140 , , 0.20 , , 0 , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Hong Kong Civic Association , , 189 , , 1 , , 0 , , - , , - , , - , , 189 , , 0.03 , , 0 , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Pro-Beijing Individuals , , 51,088 , , 17 , , 4 , , 50,308 , , 14 , , 4 , , 101,396 , , 18.18 , , 8 , - style="background-color:Pink" , colspan=3 style="text-align:left;" , Total for pro-Beijing and conservative parties and allies , , 149,087 , , 38 , , 13 , , 112,056 , , 31 , , 11 , , 261,143 , , 46.83 , , 24 , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" colspan=2 , Non-aligned Individuals and others , , 4,537 , , 4 , , 1 , , 4,693 , , 2 , , 0 , , 9,230 , , 1.66 , , 1 , - , style="text-align:left;background-color:#E9E9E9" colspan="3", Total , style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", 295,501 , style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", 75 , style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", 32 , style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", 262,098 , style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", 60 , style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", 27 , style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", 557,599 , style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", 100.00 , style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", 59

Result breakdown

Urban Council

Regional Council

Citations

References

Report on the 1995 Urban Council and Regional Council ordinary elections
Hong Kong: Boundary and Election Commission, 1995. {{Hong Kong elections 1995 elections in Asia 1995 in Hong Kong Urban and Regional 1995 elections in British Overseas Territories March 1995 events in Asia