Heng Fa Chuen (constituency)

Heng Fa Chuen
Elected Constituency for the Eastern District Council
Boundary of Heng Fa Chuen in Eastern District
District	Eastern
Legislative Council constituency	Hong Kong Island East
Population	18,597 (2019) [1]
Electorate	11,641 (2019) [2]
Current constituency
Created	1991
Number of members	One
Member(s)	Vacant

Heng Fa Chuen is one of the 35 constituencies in the Eastern District.

The constituency returns one district councillor to the Eastern District Council, with an election every four years. The seat is currently held by Wong Kwok-hing of the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions.

Heng Fa Chuen constituency is loosely based on Heng Fa Chuen with estimated population of 18,597. ^[3]

Councillors represented

Election		Member	Party	%
	1991	Manuel Chan Tim-shing	Independent→Democratic	51.68
	1994		Democratic→Citizens	53.52
	1999		Citizens→Independent	59.12
	2003		Independent	64.24
	2007			55.86
	2011	Stanley Ho Ngai-kam	FTU	57.24
	2015			58.02
	2019	Christine Wong Yi→Vacant [lower-alpha 1]	Independent	56.41

Election results

2010s

Eastern District Council Election, 2019: Heng Fa Chuen

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Christine Wong Yi	5,323	56.41
	FTU	Stanley Ho Ngai-kam	4,114	43.59	−14.41
Majority			1,209	12.82
Turnout			9,463	81.29
	Independent gain from FTU		Swing

Eastern District Council Election, 2015: Heng Fa Chuen

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	FTU	Stanley Ho Ngai-kam	3,642	58.0	+0.8
	Independent	Chow Wing-yee	2,025	32.3
	Independent	Yeung Wai-hong	610	9.7
Majority			1,617	25.7
Turnout			6,277	59.0
	FTU hold		Swing

Eastern District Council Election, 2011: Heng Fa Chuen ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	FTU	Stanley Ho Ngai-kam	2,577	57.2
	Independent	Manuel Chan Tim-shing	1,925	42.8	−13.1
Majority			652	14.4
Turnout			4,502	44.5
	FTU gain from Independent		Swing

2000s

Eastern District Council Election, 2007: Heng Fa Chuen ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Manuel Chan Tim-shing	2,188	55.9	−8.3
	DAB	Ng King-wah	1,729	44.1
Majority			459	11.8
	Independent hold		Swing

Eastern District Council Election, 2003: Heng Fa Chuen ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Manuel Chan Tim-shing	2,553	64.2	+5.1
	Independent	Lau Kwok-wah	1,421	35.8
Majority			1,132	28.4
	Independent hold		Swing

1990s

Eastern District Council Election, 1999: Heng Fa Chuen ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Citizens	Manuel Chan Tim-shing	2,072	59.1	+5.6
	DAB	Tse Chi-yung	1,433	40.9	−5.6
Majority			639	18.2
	Citizens hold		Swing	+5.6

Eastern District Board Election, 1994: Heng Fa Chuen

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Manuel Chan Tim-shing	1,855	53.5	+1.8
	DAB	Chao Shing-kie	1,611	46.5
Majority			244	7.0
	Democratic hold		Swing

Eastern District Board Election, 1991: Heng Fa Chuen

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Manuel Chan Tim-shing	1,340	51.7
	Independent	William Leung King-wai	677	26.1
	Independent	Chan Ting-lai	576	22.2
Majority			663	25.6
	Independent win (new seat)

Notes

1. Resigned on 31 March 2021 over new oath-taking law.

References

1. "Recommended District Council Constituency Areas" (PDF). Electoral Affairs Commission.
2. "Age and Sex profile of registered electors by 452 District Council Constituency Areas in 2019" (PDF). Registration and Electoral Office.
3. "2015 District Councils Election - Summary of the District Council Constituency Areas". Hong Kong Government.
4. "Election Results - Eastern". Hong Kong Government. 7 November 2011.
5. "Election Results - Eastern". Hong Kong Government. 19 June 2012. Archived from the original on 22 November 2015. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
6. "Results of the 2003 District Council Election" (PDF). Hong Kong Government.
7. "Results of the 1999 District Council Election" (PDF). Hong Kong Government.