Hong Lok Yuen (constituency)

Hong Lok Yuen
Elected Constituency for the Tai Po District Council
Boundary of Hong Lok Yuen in Tai Po District
District	Tai Po
Legislative Council constituency	New Territories North East
Population	20,488 (2019) [1]
Electorate	8,181 (2019) [2]
Current constituency
Created	1999
Number of members	One
Member(s)	Vacant

Hong Lok Yuen is one of the 19 constituencies in the Tai Po District.

The constituency returns one district councillor to the Tai Po District Council, with an election every four years. The seat was currently held by nonpartisan Zero Yiu Yeuk-sang.

Hong Lok Yuen constituency is loosely based on Hong Lok Yuen, Cloudy Hill (Kau Lung Hang Shan), Sha Lo Tung and Tai Po Industrial Estate in the northern part of Tai Po District with estimated population of 15,866. ^[3]

Councillors represented

Election		Member	Party
	1999	Man Chen-fai	Nonpartisan
	2007 by-election	Tang Yau-fat	Nonpartisan
	2015	Patrick Tang Ming-tai	Nonpartisan
	2019	Zero Yiu Yeuk-sang→Vacant [lower-alpha 1]	Nonpartisan

Election results

2010s

Tai Po District Council Election, 2019: Hong Lok Yuen

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Zero Yiu Yeuk-sang	3,302	57.72
	Nonpartisan	Patrick Tang Ming-tai	2,419	42.28	−18.85
Majority			883	15.44
Turnout			5,741	70.20
	Nonpartisan gain from Nonpartisan		Swing

Tai Po District Council Election, 2015: Hong Lok Yuen

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Patrick Tang Ming-tai	1,780	61.13
	BPA	Man Chen-fai	1,132	38.87
Majority			648	22.26
Turnout			2,912	38.03
	Nonpartisan gain from Nonpartisan		Swing

Tai Po District Council Election, 2011: Hong Lok Yuen ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Tang Yau-fat	Uncontested
	Nonpartisan hold		Swing

2000s

Tai Po District Council Election, 2007: Hong Lok Yuen ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Tang Yau-fat	Uncontested
	Nonpartisan hold		Swing

Hong Lok Yuen by-election 2007

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Tang Yau-fat	1,046	73.66
	Nonpartisan	Ho Kwok-keung	374	26.34
Majority			672	47.32
	Nonpartisan gain from Nonpartisan		Swing

Tai Po District Council Election, 2003: Hong Lok Yuen ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Man Chen-fai	1,171	70.29	+2.32
	Independent	Ip Wai-choi	495	29.72
Majority			676	40.57
	Nonpartisan hold		Swing	+24.55

1990s

Tai Po District Council Election, 1999: Hong Lok Yuen ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Man Chen-fai	908	67.81
	Liberal	Kwok Chun-chi	431	32.19
Majority			477	35.62
	Nonpartisan win (new seat)

Notes

1. Resigned on 16 May 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. "2011 District Councils Election - Summary of the District Council Constituency Areas". Hong Kong Government. 5 September 2011.
4. "Election Results - Tai Po". Hong Kong Government. 7 November 2011.
5. "Election Results - Tai Po". Hong Kong Government. 19 June 2012. Archived from the original on 24 May 2015. Retrieved 18 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.