The 1979 Hong Kong Urban Council election was held on 8 March 1979 for the six of the 12 elected seats of the

Urban Council of Hong Kong The Urban Council (UrbCo) was a municipal council in Hong Kong responsible for municipal services on Hong Kong Island and in Kowloon (including New Kowloon). These services were provided by the council's executive arm, the Urban Services ...

. 12,426 voters cast their ballots in the election, nearly 40 per cent of the 31,481 registered electorate, making it the most participated election before the 1983 reform. "Queen of the Polls"

Elsie Elliott 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 ...

remained the top by receiving more than 8,000 votes, while her running mate Andrew Tu trailing at the 11th place out of 13 candidates and was not elected. Fresh faces

Maria Tam Maria Tam Wai-chu (; born 2 November 1945) is a senior Hong Kong politician and lawyer. She is a member of the Committee for the Basic Law of the National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) since 1997 and the chairman of the Operati ...

and

Augustine Chung Augustine Chung Shai-kit () was a Hong Kong solicitor and politician. He was an elected member of the Urban Council of Hong Kong and appointed member of the Wong Tai Sin District Board. Chung graduated from the University of Hong Kong with a degr ...

who were both lawyers and ran as independents were first elected to the Council, while Tam soon became a high-flyer and dominated Hong Kong politics for more than forty years.

Overview of outcome

References

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1979 in Hong Kong

Urban Urban means "related to a city". In that sense, the term may refer to: * Urban area, geographical area distinct from rural areas * Urban culture, the culture of towns and cities Urban may also refer to: General * Urban (name), a list of people ...

March 1979 events in Asia 1979 elections in the British Empire