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Colours on map indicate winning party for each constituency. |
The 2019 Wong Tai Sin District Council election was held on 24 November 2019 to elect all 25 members to the District Council. [1]
The pro-democrats scored a historic landslide victory in the election amid the massive pro-democracy protests by taking all the seats in the council. The pro-Beijing councillors were completely wiped out as a result, with Democratic Party becoming the largest party.
Before election:
9 | 16 |
Pro-democracy | Pro-Beijing |
Change in composition:
25 |
Pro-democracy |
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Independent | 8 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 32.0 | 32.8 | 60,723 | ||
DAB | 0 | 0 | 7 | −7 | 0.0 | 17.2 | 31,869 | −6.9 | |
Democratic | 6 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 24.0 | 13.2 | 24,342 | –1.9 | |
FTU | 0 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 0.0 | 10.2 | 18,939 | +1.4 | |
ADPL | 3 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 12.0 | 6.3 | 11,668 | +0.6 | |
TWSCP | 2 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 8.0 | 5.5 | 10,160 | +2.0 | |
Civic | 2 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 8.0 | 4.9 | 9,126 | +2.8 | |
PfD | 2 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 8.0 | 4.1 | 7,620 | ||
People Power | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 4.0 | 2.1 | 3,822 | +0.9 | |
CHESSA | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 4.0 | 1.9 | 3,523 | ||
Liberal | 0 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 3,075 | –1.0 |
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