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1989 Hong Kong municipal elections

Field	Value
election_name	1989 Hong Kong municipal elections
country	Hong Kong
flag_image	Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
previous_election	1986 Hong Kong municipal elections
previous_year	1986
next_election	1991 Hong Kong municipal elections
next_year	1991
seats_for_election	15 (of the 40) seats to the Urban Council
12 (of the 36) seats to the Regional Council
election_date	9 March 1989
registered	1,604,048 11.27%
turnout	213,200 (17.60%) 9.32pp
image4	[[File:Yeung Sum in 2015.jpg	150x150px]]
leader4	Yeung Sum
party4	Meeting Point
leaders_seat4	Did not stand
last_election4	2 seats, 10.06%
seats_before4	2
seats4	—
2 RC
seat_change4
popular_vote4	21,702
percentage4	10.21%
swing4	0.15pp
image2	[[File:Hilton Cheong-Leen.png	150x150px]]
leader2	Hilton Cheong-Leen
party2	Hong Kong Civic Association
leaders_seat2	Wan Chai
last_election2	3 seats, 12.60%
seats2	4 UC
—
seats_before2	4
seat_change2
popular_vote2	15,270
percentage2	7.18%
swing2	5.42pp
leader1	Ding Lik-kiu
party1	Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood
leaders_seat1	Did not stand
seats_before1	3
last_election1	New party
seats1	2 UC
2 RC
seat_change1	1
popular_vote1	21,243
percentage1	9.99%
swing1	N/A
image3	[[File:Albert Ho 2014 cut.jpg	150x150px]]
leader3	Albert Ho
party3	Hong Kong Affairs Society
leaders_seat3	Did not stand
last_election3	2 seats, 6.51%
seats_before3	2
seats3	2 UC
1 RC
seat_change3
popular_vote3	18,699
percentage3	8.80%
swing3	0.15pp
image5	[[File:Maria Tam Wai-Chu 2010 Enlarged.jpg	150x150px]]
leader5	Maria Tam
party5	Progressive Hong Kong Society
leaders_seat5	Did not stand
last_election5	2 seats, 6.94%
seats_before5	2
seats5	1 UC
1 RC
seat_change5
popular_vote5	20,079
percentage5	9.44%
swing5	2.50pp
leader6	Brook Bernacchi
party6	Reform Club of Hong Kong
leaders_seat6	Sau Kei Wan
last_election6	2 seats, 6.95%
seats_before6	2
seats6	1 UC
1 RC
seat_change6
popular_vote6	13,404
percentage6	6.31%
swing6	0.64pp
title	Chairmen
before_election	Hugh Forsgate (UC)
Cheung Yan-lung (RC)
after_election	Hugh Forsgate (UC)
Cheung Yan-lung (RC)
map_size	325px

12 (of the 36) seats to the Regional Council 2 RC — 2 RC 1 RC 1 RC 1 RC Cheung Yan-lung (RC) Cheung Yan-lung (RC) 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 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 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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Elected members

Urban Council

District	Constituency	Candidates	Affiliation	Central & Western	Wan Chai	Eastern	Southern	Kowloon City	Kwun Tong	Mong Kok	Yau Tsim	Sham Shui Po	Wong Tai Sin
Central & Western	Chow Wai-keung
Wan Chai	Hilton Cheong-Leen
North Point	Man Sai-cheong
Shau Kei Wan	Brook Bernacchi
Southern	Joseph Chan Yuek-sut
Kowloon City West	Peter Chan Chi-kwan
Kowloon City East	Pao Ping-wing
Kwun Tong West	Elsie Tu
Kwun Tong East	Lam Chak-piu
Mong Kok	Chan Kwok-ming
Yau Tsim	Daniel Wong Kwok-tung
Sham Shui Po East	Frederick Fung Kin-kee
Sham Shui Po West	Ma Lee-wo
Wong Tai Sin South	Mok Ying-fan
Wong Tai Sin North	Cecilia Yeung Lai-yin

Regional Council

District	Constituency	Affiliation
Tsuen Wan	Albert Chan Wai-yip
Tuen Mun East	Almon Poon Chin-hung	NTWRA
Tuen Mun West	Ng Ming-yum
Yuen Long	Ngan Kam-chuen
North	Cheung Hon-chung
Tai Po	Michael Lai Kam-cheung
Sai Kung	Wong Shui-sang
Sha Tin East	Tony Kan Chung-nin
Sha Tin West	Lau Kong-wah
Kwai Chung East	Chow Yick-hay
Kwai Chung West & Tsing Yi	Wong Man-tai
Islands	Kwong Ping-yau

References

(10 March 1989). "兩個市局選舉情況冷淡廿一萬人投票僅逾百分十七旺角投票率百分七最低徐淦認為自動當選眾多所致". Wah Kiu Yat Po.
(10 March 1989). "陳偉業策略運用佳獲勝楊福廣失石團角村致敗". Wah Kiu Yat Po.

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