1969 Hong Kong municipal election
# 1969 Hong Kong municipal election

The 1969 Hong Kong Urban Council election was held on 5 March 1969 for the five of the ten elected seats of the Urban Council of Hong Kong. 8,178 of 34,392 registered voters voted, the turnout rate was 23.8 per cent, a sharp decline from the record breaking turnout in the previous election in 1967.

All five contested seats were divided up by the two political groups, three of them went to the Hong Kong Civic Association while the other two went to the Reform Club of Hong Kong. All three Civic candidates, Raymond Y. K. Kan, Peter C. K. Chan and Henry Wong were newly elected to the Urban Council.

## Outcome

Urban Council Election 1969 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Reform | Brook Bernacchi | 5,455 | 16.20 | |
| | Reform | Henry H. L. Hu | 4,761 | 14.14 | |
| | Civic | Raymond Y. K. Kan | 4,325 | 12.85 | New |
| | Civic | Peter C. K. Chan | 4,111 | 12.21 | +6.84 |
| | Civic | Henry Wong | 3,536 | 10.50 | New |
| | Independent | Y. B. Low | 2,752 | 8.17 | +6.75 |
| | Reform | Eva Leung | 2,553 | 7.58 | |
| | Reform | Patrick Wong | 2,459 | 7.30 | +3.27 |
| | Civic | Harry Odell | 2,373 | 7.05 | |
| | Reform | Alberto Da Cruz | 1,343 | 3.99 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,178 | 23.78 | −14.88 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 34,392 | | +31.26 |

## Citations

* ↑ "競選市議員 今晨揭曉". 華僑日報. 1969-03-06. p. 5.
* ↑ Wong, Chris (3 March 1969). "3 seats to Civic; Two seats to Reform". Hong Kong Standard.
