The 1989 Hong Kong Urban Council and Regional Council elections were the municipal elections held on 9 March 1989 for the elected seats of the
Urban Council and
Regional Council
Regional Council may refer to:
* Regional Council (Hong Kong), disbanded in 1999
** Regional Council (constituency)
Regional council may refer to:
* Regional council (Cameroon)
* Regional council (France), the elected assembly of a region of Fra ...
respectively.
Overview
15 seats in the Urban Council was the directly elected by the general residents and ten seats were elected by the Hong Kong Island and Kowloon
District Boards members and fifteen appointed by the Governor. For the Regional Council, twelve seats were directly elected and 9 seats were elected by the New Territories District Boards members, with twelve appointed members and three ''ex officio'' members of the Chairman and two vice chairmen of the
Heung Yee Kuk. The
first-past-the-post voting system was used.
A total of 213,352 voters, 17.6% of the total electorates cast their votes, in which 105,826 voters (14.2%) voted in the Urban Council, 9% lower than the last election, and 107,526 voters (23.9%) voted in the Regional Council, about 10% lower than the last election. 7 of the total of 53 candidates were elected without uncontestedly.
Secretary for Constitutional Affairs Michael Suen Ming-yeung expressed his disappointment with the low turnout, explained that the uncontested and less candidates were the factor.
Among 19 contesting incumbents only
Fok Pui-yee
Fok Pui-yee (; born 1950) is a former Hong Kong pro-democracy activist and politician. She is also a former member of the Urban Council of Hong Kong.
Fok was born and raised in Hong Kong and graduate from the Jockey Club Industrial School. She b ...
failed to be re-elected.
Albert Chan Wai-yip, supported by pro-democrat heavyweights
Martin Lee Chu-ming and
Szeto Wah helped him to canvass votes in
Tsuen Wan. Szeto Wah's presence in
Luk Yeung Sun Chuen helped attracting votes where many teachers living there. Yeung Fuk-kwong, Chan's opponent cited that the loss of votes from his voter base
Shek Wai Kok Estate led to his defeat.
General results
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!style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" colspan=3 , Urban Council
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" colspan=3 , Regional Council
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" colspan=3 , Total
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! 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;" , 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
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Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood , , 12,237 , , 2 , , 2 , , 9,006 , , 2 , , 2 , , 21,243 , , 9.99 , , 4
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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 ...
, , 15,270 , , 6 , , 4 , , - , , - , , - , , 15,270 , , 7.18 , , 4
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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 ...
, , 11,787 , , 3 , , 2 , , 6,912 , , 1 , , 1 , , 18,699 , , 8.80 , , 3
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Meeting Point , , - , , - , , - , , 21,702 , , 4 , , 2 , , 21,702 , , 10.21 , , 2
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Progressive Hong Kong Society , , 7,630 , , 3 , , 1 , , 12,449 , , 2 , , 1 , , 20,079 , , 9.44 , , 2
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Reform Club of Hong Kong , , 13,404 , , 2 , , 2 , , - , , - , , - , , 13,404 , , 6.31 , , 2
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, style="text-align:left;" , New Territories West Residents Association , , - , , - , , - , , 8,310 , , 1 , , 1 , , 8,310 , , 3.91 , , 1
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Hong Kong People's Council on Public Housing Policy , , 7,187 , , 1 , , 1 , , - , , - , , - , , 7,187 , , 3.38 , , 1
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, style="text-align:left;" , Individuals and others , , 37,556 , , 13 , , 3 , , 49,139 , , 13 , , 5 , , 86,695 , , 40.78 , , 8
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, style="text-align:left;background-color:#E9E9E9" colspan="2", Total (turnout: 17.6%)
, style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", 105,071
, style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", 30
, style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", 15
, style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", 107,518
, style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", 23
, style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", 12
, style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", 212,589
, style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", 100.00
, style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", 27
Elected members
Urban Council
Regional Council
References
{{Hong Kong elections
Hong Kong
Municipal elections
Urban and Regional
1989 elections in British Overseas Territories
Hong Kong municipal elections