Kam Ping (constituency)
| Kam Ping | |
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| Elected constituency for the Eastern District Council | |
 Boundary of Kam Ping in Eastern District | |
| District | Eastern |
| Legislative Council constituency | Hong Kong Island East |
| Population | 16,085 (2019)[1] |
| Electorate | 9,304 (2019)[2] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1994 |
| Number of members | One |
| Member(s) | Vacant |
| Created from | North Point East North Point South |
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| Traditional Chinese | 錦屏 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 锦屏 | ||||||||||||
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Kam Ping (Chinese: 錦屏) is one of the 35 constituencies in the Eastern District, Hong Kong. The constituency returns one district councillor to the Eastern District Council, with an election every four years.
Kam Ping constituency is loosely based on the area in North Point nearby the Kam Ping Street with large presence of Hokkien population of an estimated population of 16,085.[3]
Councillors represented
[edit]| Election | Member | Party | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Keung Yuk-deoil | Independent | 69.29 | |
| 1996 by-election | Tsang On-kei | Independent | 51.44 | |
| 1999 | Choy So-yuk | Progressive Alliance→DAB | N/A | |
| 2003 | DAB | 44.53 | ||
| 2007 | 75.20 | |||
| 2011 | N/A | |||
| 2015 | N/A | |||
| 2019 | Lee Yue-shun | Civic→Independent | 50.70 | |
Election results
[edit]2010s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Civic | Lee Yue-shun | 3,113 | 50.70 | ||
| DAB | Hung Chi-kit | 3,027 | 49.30 | ||
| Majority | 86 | 1.40 | |||
| Turnout | 6,179 | 66.42 | |||
| Civic gain from DAB | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAB | Choy So-yuk | Uncontested | |||
| DAB hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAB | Choy So-yuk | Uncontested | |||
| DAB hold | Swing | ||||
2000s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAB | Choy So-yuk | 1,804 | 75.2 | +30.7 | |
| Independent | Chiang Yu-tui | 595 | 24.8 | ||
| DAB hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAB | Choy So-yuk | 1,433 | 44.5 | ||
| April Fifth Action | Leung Kwok-hung | 1,149 | 35.7 | ||
| Independent | Wong Sing-kwong | 636 | 19.8 | ||
| DAB hold | Swing | ||||
1990s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HKPA | Choy So-yuk | Uncontested | |||
| HKPA gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Tsang On-kei | 1,431 | 51.1 | ||
| Democratic | Leung Suk-ching | 778 | 27.8 | ||
| Liberal | Shek Kwei-chun | 573 | 20.5 | −9.7 | |
| Independent gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Keung Yuk-deoil | 1,805 | 68.2 | ||
| Liberal | Shek Kwei-chun | 800 | 30.2 | ||
| Independent win (new seat) | |||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Recommended District Council Constituency Areas" (PDF). Electoral Affairs Commission.
- ^ "Age and Sex profile of registered electors by 452 District Council Constituency Areas in 2019" (PDF). Registration and Electoral Office.
- ^ "2011 District Councils Election – Summary of the District Council Constituency Areas". Hong Kong Government. 5 September 2011. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f Li, Pang-kwong. "香港選舉資料庫". 嶺南大學公共管治研究部. Archived from the original on 6 November 2003. Retrieved 24 March 2013.