:1975 Hong Kong municipal election

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{{Infobox election

| election_name = 1975 Hong Kong municipal election

| country = Hong Kong

| flag_image = Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg

| type = parliamentary

| ongoing = no

| previous_election = 1973 Hong Kong municipal election

| previous_year = 1973

| previous_mps =

| next_election = 1977 Hong Kong municipal election

| next_year = 1977

| next_mps =

| seats_for_election = 6 (of the 12) elected seats to the Urban Council

| election_date = 5 March 1975

| elected_mps =

| registered = 34,078 {{increase}}8.93%

| turnout = 10,903 (32.00%) {{small|{{increase}}4.27pp}}

| image2 =

| leader2 = Brook Bernacchi

| party2 = Reform Club of Hong Kong

| last_election2 =

| seats_before2 = 3

| seats_after2 = 3

| seat_change2 = {{nochange}}

| popular_vote2 = 6,141

| percentage2 = 12.41%

| swing2 = {{decrease}}42.73pp

| image1 = 150x150px

| leader1 = Hilton Cheong-Leen

| party1 = Hong Kong Civic Association

| last_election1 =

| seats_before1 = 5

| seats_after1 = 4

| seat_change1 = {{decrease}}1

| popular_vote1 = 15,487

| percentage1 = 31.30%

| swing1 = {{decrease}}13.56pp

| title = Chairman

| before_election = A. de O. Sales

| before_party = Independent (politician)

| after_election = A. de O. Sales

| after_party = Independent (politician)

| map_image =

| map_size = 325px

| map_caption =

}}

The 1975 Hong Kong Urban Council election was held on 5 March 1975 for six of the 12 elected seats of the Urban Council of Hong Kong. 10,903 eligible voters cast their votes, higher than any previous election, though still less than a third of registered voters, less than five per cent of those eligible ratepayers, civil servants, professionals and other professions and a much tinier proportion still of the adult population.{{cite book|last=Hughes|first=Richard|title=Borrowed Place Borrowed Time|publisher=Andre Deutsch|date=1976|location=London|page=37|isbn=0233966986}} For the first time polling stations were set up in the New Territories satellite towns in Tsuen Wan, Yuen Long and Tai Po.

Incumbents Elsie Elliott, Hilton Cheong-Leen, Denny Huang, Wong Pun-cheuk and Cecilia Yeung all retained their seats while Yeung won by a narrow margin. Henry Luk, a 52-year-old outspoken independent, editor of the pro-KMT Chinese-language newspaper Truth Daily,{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}} was the only new candidate elected.{{cite news|script-title=zh:葉錫恩黃夢花張有興黃品卓陸海安楊勵賢當選市局議員|newspaper=Kung Sheung Daily News 香港工商日報|date=6 March 1975|language=Chinese|page=6}} Luk had notably campaigned for free democratic elections for the Legislative Council.

Outcome

{{Election box begin| title=Urban Council Election 1975}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Elsie Elliott

|votes = 8,886

|percentage = 17.96

|change = −2.06

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Denny M. H. Huang

|votes = 8,346

|percentage = 16.87

|change = +2.21

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Hong Kong Civic Association

|candidate = Hilton Cheong-Leen

|votes = 5,992

|percentage =12.11

|change = −3.18

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Wong Pun-cheuk

|votes = 4,833

|percentage = 9.77

|change = +1.10

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Henry H. O. Luk

|votes = 4,245

|percentage = 8.58

|change = New

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Reform Club of Hong Kong

|candidate = Cecilia L. Y. Yeung

|votes = 3,645

|percentage = 7.37

|change = −1.96

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Hong Kong Civic Association

|candidate = Hung Sau-nin

|votes = 3,422

|percentage = 6.92

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Hong Kong Civic Association

|candidate = William K. C. Shum

|votes = 3,258

|percentage = 6.59

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Hong Kong Civic Association

|candidate = Wilson W. S. Tuet

|votes = 2,815

|percentage =5.69

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Reform Club of Hong Kong

|candidate = Napoleon C. Y. Ng

|votes = 1,732

|percentage = 3.50

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Chiu But-york

|votes = 1,538

|percentage =3.11

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Reform Club of Hong Kong

|candidate = Poon Tai-leung

|votes = 402

|percentage =0.81

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Reform Club of Hong Kong

|candidate = Sung Pui

|votes = 362

|percentage = 0.73

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 10,903

|percentage = 32.00

|change = +4.27

}}

{{Election box Registered electors

|reg. electors = 34,078

|percentage =

|change = +8.93

}}

{{Election box end}}

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