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1985 Central and Western District Board election
← 1982 7 March 1985 1988 →
13 (of the 19) seats to Central and Western District Board
10 seats needed for a majority
Turnout30.2%
  First party Second party
 
Party Central and Western District Coalition Reform
Last election New party 0 seat, 7.4%
Seats before 3 0
Seats won 10 1
Seat change Increase7 Increase1
Popular vote 19,703 1,975
Percentage 77.5% 7.8%
Swing N/A Increase0.8%

The 1985 Central and Western District Board election was held on 7 March 1985 to elect all 13 elected to the 19-member Central and Western District Board. The 5 incumbents formed a coalition with 7 other candidates and swept the polls with winning 10 out of the 12 seats.

Overall election results

Central and Western District Board election result 1985
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Central and Western District Coalition 10 7 0 +7 76.9 77.5 19,703
  Independent 2 1 1 0 15.4 49.1 12,481
  Reform 1 1 0 +1 7.7 7.8 1,975 +0.8

Results by constituency

Chung Wan

Chung Wan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
People's Association Chow Wai-keung uncontested
HKAS Gerry Wai Ka-cheung uncontested
Nonpartisan hold Swing
HKAS win (new seat)

Kennedy Town East

Kennedy Town East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Meeting Point Hung Wing-tat 1,977 44.3
HKAS Lee Shun-wai 1,334 29.9
Nonpartisan Pang Wah-keung 817 18.3
Reform Shek Yiu-wah 339 7.6
Meeting Point win (new seat)
HKAS win (new seat)

Kennedy Town West and Mount Davis

Kennedy Town West and Mount Davis
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
People's Association Vincent Ko Hon-chiu 4,194 58.7
Nonpartisan Chow Yin-sum 2,433 48.1
Nonpartisan Ho Chi-hung 512 7.2
People's Association win (new seat)
Nonpartisan win (new seat)

Middle Levels and Peak

Mid Levels and Peak
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nonpartisan Chan Wai-fong 2,253 40.5
Nonpartisan Tong Ka-wing 2,073 37.2 –26.4
Nonpartisan Yuen Bun-keung 1,242 22.3
Nonpartisan win (new seat)
Nonpartisan hold Swing

Sai Ying Pun East

Sai Ying Pun East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
People's Association Lai Kwok-hung 1,953 43.7
Reform Leung Ying-yeung 1,636 36.6
Nonpartisan Cheung Yiu-kei 878 19.7
People's Association win (new seat)
Reform win (new seat)

Sai Ying Pun West

Sai Ying Pun West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nonpartisan Lee Tat-yu uncontested
Nonpartisan win (new seat)

Sheung Wan

Sheung Wan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Observers Anthony Ng Shun-man 1,522 65.6 +20.1
Nonpartisan Alexander Chang Yau-hung 1,187 51.2
Nonpartisan Tsui Mei-lam 1,086 46.8
Observers gain from Nonpartisan Swing
Nonpartisan win (new seat)

References

  1. "革新會卅五人主力東區議席 公屋評議會居民力量 中西區十二子連環". The Wah Kiu Yat Po. 4 January 1985. p. 8.
  2. 李彭廣. "香港選舉資料庫". Public Governance Programme. Lingnan University. Archived from the original on 2003-11-06.
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