Hong Kong local elections, 1991

Hong Kong local elections, 1991

3 March 1991

All Elected Constituencies 272 (of the 441) seats in all 18 Districts Boards Turnout 32.5% 2.2pp   First party Second party Third party   LDF Leader Martin Lee Hu Fa-kuang Frederick Fung Party United Democrats LDF ADPL Alliance Pro-democracy Conservative bloc Pro-democracy Last election New party New party 27 seats, 10.25% Seats won 52 24 15 Seat change N/A N/A 6 Popular vote 109,747 47,633 27,979 Percentage 20.64% 8.96% 5.26% Swing N/A N/A 4.99pp   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Hilton Cheong-Leen Anthony Cheung Party Civic Meeting Point Alliance Conservative bloc Pro-democracy Last election 16 seats, 6.65% 16 seats, 6.57% Seats won 11 11 Seat change 5 2 Popular vote 24,760 18,386 Percentage 4.66% 3.46% Swing 1.99pp 3.11pp

The 1991 Hong Kong District Board elections were held on 3 March 1991. Elections were held in all 19 districts of Hong Kong (in which Yau Tsim District and Mong Kok District later merged into today's Yau Tsim Mong District), for 272 members from directly elected constituencies.

It was the rehearsals of all the newly established parties including pro-democracy United Democrats of Hong Kong and its allies, more middle-class oriented Hong Kong Democratic Foundation, and the conservative Liberal Democratic Federation of Hong Kong for the Urban and Regional Council elections in May and more importantly the first Legislative Council direct election in September.^[1] Its landslide successes in these elections marked the rise of the pro-democracy camp. United Democrats (later the Democratic Party) remained as the largest party at the Legco until 2004.

General outcome

 Overall Summary of the 3 March 1991 District Boards of Hong Kong election results

Political Affiliation		Popular vote	%	Standing	Elected
	United Democrats of Hong Kong	109,747	20.64	75	52
	Liberal Democratic Federation of Hong Kong	47,633	8.96	51	24
	Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood	27,979	5.26	19	15
	Hong Kong Civic Association	24,760	4.66	21	11
	Meeting Point	18,386	3.46	13	11
	Tuen Mun Forth Reviewers	9,161	1.72	4	3
	Hong Kong Democratic Foundation	8,667	1.63	7	3
	Tsing Yi Concern Group	8,360	1.57	4	4
	Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions	6,229	1.17	4	4
	Neighbourhood and Workers Service Centre	5,978	1.12	2	2
	October Review	2,382	0.45	1	1
	Kwun Tong Man Chung Friendship Promotion Association	2,231	0.42	2	2
	Reform Club of Hong Kong	2,136	0.40	1	1
	Hong Kong and Kowloon Trades Union Council	1,982	0.37	1	1
	Hong Kong Citizen Forum	1,276	0.24	3	1
	Independent and others	254,805	47.92	258	136
Total (turnout 32.5%)		531,712	100.0	467	272

Vote summary

Popular vote
United Democrats			20.64%
LDF			8.96%
ADPL			5.26%
Civic			4.66%
Meeting Point			3.46%
Others			57.02%

Seat summary

Seats
United Democrats			19.12%
LDF			8.82%
ADPL			5.51%
Civic			4.04%
Meeting Point			4.04%
Others			58.47%

References

1. Yu, George T. (1993). China in Transition: Economic, Political, and Social Developments. University Press of America. p. 233.