The 1991 Hong Kong Urban Council and Regional Council elections were the municipal elections held on 5 May 1991 for the elected seats of the Urban Council and Regional Council respectively. The election saw the direct rivalry between the newly established political parties, the liberal United Democrats of Hong Kong (UDHK) and the conservative Liberal Democratic Federation of Hong Kong (LDFHK) which the liberal forces won a landslide victory.

Overview For the Urban Council, 15 seats were the directly elected by the general residents and ten seats were elected by the Hong Kong Island and Kowloon District Boards members and 15 appointed by the Governor. For the Regional Council, 12 seats were directly elected and nine seats were elected by the New Territories District Boards members, with 12 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 in use.

The elections were one of the three elections in the year, which came after the March District Board elections and before the September Legislative Council election in which direct elections would be introduced for the first time. Major political forces realigned themselves on the eve of the elections. The liberal pro-democracy activists and professionals came together as the United Democrats of Hong Kong (UDHK) in preparation for the elections in April 1990, while the conservative pro-business forces founded the Liberal Democratic Federation of Hong Kong (LDFHK) in November 1990 to counter the pro-democracy forces. The United Democrats became the biggest winner in the District Board elections, sweeping 52 seats, as compared to LDF's 24 seats. It was seen as the rehearsals of those parties for the more important Legislative Council election in September.

A total number of 59 candidates contested for 25 seats, excluding the two uncontested seats in each councils. 392,496 electorates cast their votes, which counted more than 23.3 per cent of the total registered voters, about six per cent higher than the elections in 1989. Four of the contesting incumbents were defeated including Peter Chan Chi-kwan who had served for 22 years. The two-term incumbent Wong Shui-sang was also defeated by Gilbert Leung Kam-ho.

The two newly established political parties, the liberal pro-democracy United Democrats, and its allies, and the conservative pro-business Liberal Democratic Federation, with the support of the older grassroots organisation Hong Kong Civic Association, contested heavily in the districts like North Point, Southern District, Kowloon City East, Wong Tai Sin South, Tuen Mun West and Tai Po. The United Democrats won 11 seats as result, more than one-third in each council, including Sha Tin where Lau Kong-wah and Wong Hon-chung both won a seat in preparation for contesting the Legislative Council direct election in September, while the LDF won only three seats.

Results

!style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" colspan=2 rowspan=2|Political Affiliation !style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" colspan=3 |Urban Council !style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" colspan=3 |Regional Council !style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" colspan=3 |Total |- ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" |Popularvotes ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" |Standing ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" |Elected ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" |Popularvotes ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" |Standing ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" |Elected ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" |Popularvotes ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" |% ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" |Totalseatsgained |- |style="background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" |United Democrats of Hong Kong || 66,928 || 8 || 5 || 79,301 || 7 || 6 || 146,229 || 37.33 || 11 |- |style="background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" |Liberal Democratic Federation of Hong Kong || 27,730 || 4 || 2 || 11,409 || 3 || 1 || 39,139 || 9.99 ||3 |- |style="background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" |Hong Kong Civic Association || 22,048 || 5 || 2 || - || - || - || 22,048 || 5.63 || 2 |- |style="background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" |Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood || 21,033 || 2 || 2 || - || - || - || 21,033 || 5.37 || 2 |- |style="background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" | Reform Club of Hong Kong || 9,045 || 2 || 2 || - || - || - || 9,045 || 2.31 || 2 |- |style="background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" |Meeting Point || 12,476 || 1 || 1 || - || - || - || 12,476 || 3.18 || 1 |- |style="background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" |Individuals and others || 82,446 || 18 || 1 || 86,442 || 14 || 5 || 168,888 || 43.11 || 6 |- |style="text-align:left;background-color:#E9E9E9" colspan="2"|Total |style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"|214,597 |style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"|37 |style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"|15 |style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"|177,152 |style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"|24 |style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"|12 |style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"|391,749 |style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"|100.00 |style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"|27 |} Note: Some of the candidates with multiple affiliations are overlapped in this chart.

Result breakdown Urban Council District Constituency Candidates Affiliation Votes % Central & Western Central & Western 1 Wong Sui-lai 9,327 55.62 2 Chan Tak-chor 7,442 44.38 Wan Chai Wan Chai 1 San Stephen Wong Hon-ching 4,714 51.38 2 Susanna Yeung Wan-king 4,460 48.62 Eastern North Point 1 Man Sai-cheong 12,177 69.56 2 Wong Tak-lun /Civic 4,040 23.08 3 Au Yuk-lun 1,289 7.36 Shau Kei Wan 1 Brook Bernacchi 9,045 52.92 2 Joseph Lai Chi-keong 4,178 24.45 3 Chiu Kin-man 3,868 22.63 Southern Southern 1 Yeung Chui-chun 4,743 18.95 2 Joseph Chan Yuek-sut /Civic 10,593 42.32 3 Ho Chun-yan 9,693 38.73 Kowloon City Kowloon City West 1 Chiang Sai-cheong 6,686 53.26 2 Peter Chan Chi-kwan 5,868 46.74 Kowloon City East 1 Pao Ping-wing 6,372 52.84 2 Wong Ho-kei 546 4.92 3 Tsang Kin-shing 4,187 37.70 Kwun Tong Kwun Tong West 1 Elsie Tu 14,556 54.63 2 Lee Chun-ming 765 2.87 3 Chan Kam-lam 11,325 42.50 Kwun Tong East 1 Li Wah-ming /UD 12,476 60.74 2 Wong Ping-kuen 8,064 39.26 Mong Kok Mong Kok1 Chan Kwok-ming 4,475 51.32 2 Law Wing-cheung 3,339 38.30 3 Kung Po-chuk 905 10.38 Sham Shui Po Sham Shui Po East 1 Frederick Fung Kin-kee 9,944 88.41 2 Lee Yau-wai 1,304 11.59 Sham Shui Po West 1 Ma Lee-wo 7,931 56.68 2 Wong Kuen-wai 6,062 43.32 Wong Tai Sin Wong Tai Sin South 1 Mok Ying-fan 11,089 62.25 2 Wong Kam-chi 6,725 37.75 Wong Tai Sin North 1 Cecilia Yeung Lai-yin uncontested Yau Tsim Yau Tsim 1 Daniel Wong Kwok-tung 3,028 47.25 2 Tong Chor-yin 2,568 40.07 3 Yu Hon-piu 171 2.67 4 Wu Yan-yu 642 10.02

Regional Council District Constituency Candidate Affiliation Votes % Islands Islands 1 Kwong Kwok-kam 2,822 41.84 2 Fung Puk-tai 3,922 58.16 North North 1 Cheung Hon-chung uncontested Sai Kung Sai Kung 1 Wong Shui-sang 3,604 47.89 2 Glibert Leung Kam-ho (FSHK) 3,922 52.11 Sha Tin Sha Tin East 1 Lee York-fai 462 1.98 2 Wong Hon-chung 11,475 49.21 3 Tony Kan Chung-nin 11,381 48.81 Sha Tin West 1 Lau Kong-wah 16,755 77.40 2 Wai Hing-cheung 4,893 22.60 Tai Po Tai Po 1 Cheng Chun-ping 7,673 43.26 2 Fung Chi-wood 10,064 56.74 Tsuen Wan Tsuen Wan 1 Albert Chan Wai-yip 13,232 63.89 2 Ip Yeung Fuk-lan 7,478 36.11 Tuen Mun Tuen Mun East 1 Alfred Tso Shiu-wai (FSHK) 7,975 67.70 2 Ng Wai-cho 3,805 32.30 Tuen Mun West 1 Ng Ming-yum 14,010 78.95 2 Philip Li Koi-hop 3,736 21.05 Yuen Long Yuen Long 1 Ngan Kam-chuen 10,003 66.89 2 Chan Yat-tung 4,952 33.11 Kwai Tsing Kwai Chung East 1 Chow Yick-hay 9,960 77.87 Lee Wing-kin 2,830 22.13 Kwai Chung West & Tsing Yi 1 Ting Yin-wah (TYCG) 13,154 69.45 2 Sarena Young Fuk-ki 5,787 30.55

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