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Hong Kong municipal election, 1957

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8 March 1957
  
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Turnout
  
35.82% 5.32pp

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11,716
  
15,219

Hong Kong municipal election, 1957

The 1957 Urban Council election was held on 8 March 1957 for the 4 of the 8 elected seats of the Urban Council of Hong Kong. Since this election the term of the members was extended from 2 years to 4 years.

6,916 of the 19,305 eligible voters cast their ballots. Two incumbents of the Hong Kong Civic Association, Li Yiu-bor and Woo Pak-foo who won their seats last year retained their seats, while Hilton Cheong-Leen gained a seat for the Civic Association by defeating incumbent Woo Pak-chuen, Woo Pak-foo's brother, of the Reform Club of Hong Kong and took the last seat.

By-election

An extraordinary Urban Council Election took place on 12 June 1957 due to Brook Bernacchi resigned with the allegations of over-expenditure on election. Bernacchi stood as a candidate again, facing the challenge from Civic Association's K. B. Allport who was unelected in March. Bernacchi defeated Allport with 2,590 to 1,486 votes.

References

Hong Kong municipal election, 1957 Wikipedia