Hong Kong municipal election, 1971

3 March 1971

5 (of 10) elected seats to the Urban Council

Turnout	26.58% 2.73pp
	First party	Second party

Leader	Hilton Cheong-Leen	Brook Bernacchi
Party	Civic	Reform
Seats before	5	3
Seats after	5	3
Seat change
Popular vote	13,016	6,139
Percentage	34.38%	16.22%
Swing	8.20pp	33.00pp

The 1971 Urban Council Election was held on 3 March 1971 for the 5 of the 10 elected seats of the Urban Council of Hong Kong.

10,047 of the 37,797 eligible voters cast their votes, the turnout rate was 26.6%.

Cecilia Yeung Lai Yin of the Club won the seat onto the Urban Council, becoming the first Chinese woman ever elected on this Council.

Outcome

Urban Council Election 1971
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Elsie Elliott	7,578	20.02	+4.69
	Civic	Hilton Cheong-Leen	5,790	15.29	+3.89
	Independent	Denny M.H. Huang	5,550	14.66	+1.65
	Civic	Charles C.C. Sin	3,898	10.30
	Reform	Cecilia L.Y. Yeung	3,534	9.33
	Independent	Solomon Rafeek	3,395	8.97	+0.31
	Reform	Patrick P.T. Wong	2,605	6.88
	Independent	L.K. Ding	2,182	5.76
	Civic	Edmund W.H. Chow	1,693	4.47
	Civic	George K.F. Li	1,635	4.32
Turnout			37,860	26.6

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