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Colours on map indicate winning party for each constituency. |
The 2011 Kwai Tsing District Council election was held on 6 November 2011 to elect all 29 elected members to the 35-member District Council. [1]
The Democratic Party remained the largest party despite its former chairman Lee Wing-tat lost his seat in Lai Wah to the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong Chu Lai-ling. Although the pan-democracy camp won the majority of the seats, it was balanced by the appointed and ex officio seats.
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Before election:
15 | 1 | 12 |
Pro-democracy | I. | Pro-Beijing |
Change in composition:
15 | 1 | 13 |
Pro-democracy | I. | Pro-Beijing |
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Democratic | 9 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 31.0 | 28.6 | 28,135 | +0.6 | |
Independent | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 27.6 | 23.4 | 23,050 | ||
DAB | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17.2 | 17.3 | 17,018 | −1.1 | |
NWSC | 5 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 17.2 | 13.1 | 12,921 | −1.0 | |
FTU | 2 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 5.7 | 9.4 | 9,234 | +8.0 | |
Civic | 0 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 2.7 | 2,621 | ||
People Power | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 1,225 | ||
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 387 |
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