2019 North District Council election

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2019 North District Council election
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  2015 24 November 20192023 

18 (of the 20) seats to North District Council
11 seats needed for a majority
Turnout69.7% Increase2.svg24.1%
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Democratic Neo Democrats DAB
Last election3 seat, 17.5%1 seat, 5.0%8 seats, 31.2%
Seats before227
Seats won531
Seat changeIncrease2.svg3Increase2.svg1Decrease2.svg6
Popular vote19,89817,52031,311
Percentage15.4%13.5%24.2%
SwingDecrease2.svg2.1%Increase2.svg8.5%Decrease2.svg7.0%

 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
 
Party FTU NDB Luen Wo United
Last election3 seats, 7.7%New partyNew party
Seats before300
Seats won111
Seat changeDecrease2.svg2Increase2.svg1Increase2.svg1
Popular vote9,0875,2884,491
Percentage7.0%4.1%3.5%
SwingDecrease2.svg0.7%N/AN/A

North District Council (2019).svg
Colours on map indicate winning party for each constituency.

The 2019 North District Council election was held on 24 November 2015 to elect all 18 elected members to the 20-member North District Council of Hong Kong. [1]

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The pro-democrats took control of the council by taking 15 seats in a historic landslide victory amid the massive pro-democracy protests. The pro-Beijing parties almost lost all their seats, retaining only three seats with DAB's Lau Kwok-fan also being unseated.

Overall election results

Before election:

416
Pro-demPro-Beijing

Change in composition:

155
Pro-democracyPro-Beijing
North Council election result 2019
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Independent 352+316.728.036,296
  DAB 106−65.524.231,311−7.0
  Democratic 520+327.815.419,898−2.1
  Neo Democrats 310+116.713.517,520+8.5
  FTU 102−25.57.09,087−0.7
  NDB 110+15.64.15,288
  Luen Wo United 11005.63.54,491
  FPHE 00000.02.22,871
  NPP 00000.02.12,684

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References

  1. "Election Results - Overall Results". Electoral Affairs Commission.