The 1985 Hong Kong District Board elections were the second

district board The district councils, formerly district boards until 1999, are the local councils for the 18 districts of Hong Kong. History Before establishment An early basis for the delivery of local services were the Kaifong associations, set up i ...

elections held on 7 March 1985 for the all 19 districts of Hong Kong (original Tsuen Wan District Board was separated into Tsuen Wan District Board and Kwai Tsing District Board).

Overview

The two political groups with long history, the

Hong Kong Civic Association The Hong Kong Civic Association is one of the longest-existing political organisations in Hong Kong. Established in 1954 by a group of teachers, professionals and businessmen, the Civic Association was one of the two semi-political parties to ...

and the

Reform Club of Hong Kong The Reform Club of Hong Kong was one of the oldest political organisations in Hong Kong, existing from 1949 until the mid-1990s. Established by expatriates who were concerned about the Young Plan proposed by Governor Mark Aitchison Young in 1 ...

continued to fill candidates in various districts. The Reform Club focused on its base in the Eastern District and both groups focused their campaigns in the urban areas. The relatively new grassroots group, the

Hong Kong People's Council on Public Housing Policy The Hong Kong People's Council on Public Housing Policy (; HKPCHP), formerly called the Hong Kong People's Council on Public Housing Policy (), was a Hong Kong pressure group established in 1978 and was prominent in the 1970s and 80s. It was set ...

which mainly focused on the public housing policies also actively fill in candidates. The incumbent District Councillors in the

Central and Western District The Central and Western District () located on northwestern part of Hong Kong Island is one of the districts of Hong Kong, 18 administrative districts of Hong Kong. It had a population of 243,266 in 2016. The district has the most educated re ...

, Eastern District and the Southern District on the

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formed the coalition of seeking for re-election. Most of the members retained their seats. The

pro-Beijing The pro-Beijing camp, pro-establishment camp, pro-government camp or pro-China camp refers to a political alignment in Hong Kong which generally supports the policies of the Beijing central government and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) t ...

leftist union

Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions The Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions (HKFTU) is a pro-Beijing labour and political group established in 1948 in Hong Kong. It is the oldest and largest labour group in Hong Kong with over 420,000 members in 253 affiliates and associated ...

(FTU) also supported ten of its members who all ran as individuals and five of them were elected, while five elected candidates were with pro-Taipei background, one of whom was a member of the

Hong Kong and Kowloon Trades Union Council The Hong Kong and Kowloon Trades Union Council is the third largest trade union federation in Hong Kong, after the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions, Federation of Trade Unions (FTU) and pro-Beijing Federation of Hong Kong and Kowloon Labou ...

(TUC). The

Hong Kong Professional Teachers' Union The Hong Kong Professional Teachers' Union (HKPTU) was a pro-democracy trade union, professional association and social concern group in Hong Kong. Until its disbandment in 2021, it was the largest teachers' organisation in Hong Kong with s ...

(PTU) also supported 30 of its members, 24 of whom were elected.

General outcome

Total of 476,530 voters cast their votes on the election day on 7 March, which was about 37.5% of the total eligible voters, slightly higher than the last election. , - ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" colspan=2 , Political Affiliation ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" , Votes ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" , % ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" , Standing ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" , Elected , - , width=1px style="background-color: " , , style="text-align:left;" ,

, 60,311 , , 8.76 , , 44 , , 17 , - , width=1px style="background-color: " , , style="text-align:left;" ,

, 43,769 , , 6.36 , , 35 , , 17 , - , style="background-color:#EE241C", , style="text-align:left;" , Eastern District Coalition , 28,495 , , 4.14 , , 12 , , 10 , - , style="background-color:#3FA900", , style="text-align:left;" , Central and Western District Coalition , 19,703 , , 2.86 , , 12 , , 10 , - , width=1px style="background-color: " , , style="text-align:left;" ,

, 29,390 , , 4.27 , , 10 , , 8 , - , width=1px style="background-color: " , , style="text-align:left;" ,

Hong Kong People's Association The Hong Kong People's Association () was a middle-class and professional oriented political organisation formed on 18 November 1984. Along with the Association for Democracy and Justice, it was established in response to the signage of the Sin ...

, 18,040 , , 2.62 , , 8 , , 8 , - , style="background-color:#0079C4", , style="text-align:left;" , Southern District Coalition , 9,570 , , 1.39 , , 10 , , 6 , - , width=1px style="background-color: " , , style="text-align:left;" ,

Meeting Point Meeting Point (Chinese: 匯點) was a liberal political organisation and party in Hong Kong formed by a group of former student activists in the 1970s and intellectuals for the discussion for the Sino-British negotiation on the question of Hong ...

, 9,714 , , 1.41 , , 4 , , 4 , - , style="background-color:", , style="text-align:left;" ,

Hong Kong Affairs Society The Hong Kong Affairs Society () was a middle class and professionals oriented political organisation formed in 1984 for the discussion for the Hong Kong prospect and political constitution after the handover to China with about 20 members led ...

, 4,148 , , 0.60 , , 3 , , 3 , - , style="background-color:", , style="text-align:left;" , Independent and others , 508,313 , , 73.81 , , 385 , , 170 , - , style="text-align:left;background-color:#E9E9E9" colspan="2", Total (turnout 37.5%) , style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", 688,676 , style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", 100.00 , style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", 501 , style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", 237 Note: The votes of candidates with multiple affiliations are overlapped in this table.

References

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