Kam Ying (constituency)

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Kam Ying
Elected constituency
for the Sha Tin District Council
KamYingConstituency.svg
Boundary of Kam Ying in Sha Tin District
District Sha Tin
Legislative Council constituency New Territories South East
Population16,942 (2019) [1]
Electorate11,639 (2019) [2]
Current constituency
Created 1994
Number of membersOne
Member(s)Vacant

Kam Ying is one of the 41 constituencies in the Sha Tin District in Hong Kong. The constituency returns one district councillor to the Sha Tin District Council, with an election every four years.

Contents

The Kam Ying constituency is loosely based on Kam Ying Court, Park Belvedere and part of Sunshine City in Ma On Shan, with an estimated population of 16,942. [3]

Councillors represented

ElectionMemberParty
1994 Wong Kwok-hung NonpartisanFrontier
1999 FrontierNonpartisan
2003 Nonpartisan
2007 by-electionTong Po-chun Nonpartisan
2007
2011 NonpartisanBPA
2015 Ting Tsz-yuen DemocraticCommunity Sha Tin
2019 Ting Tsz-yuenVacant [a] Community Sha Tin

Election results

2010s

Sha Tin District Council Election, 2019: Kam Ying
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Community Sha Tin Ting Tsz-yuen 4,775 53.46 +21.96
DAB Choi Wai-shing3,40146.54
Independent Lee Kin-hang5305.93
Nonpartisan Law Siu-chung2262.53
Majority 1,3746.92
Turnout 8,95476.95
Community Sha Tin hold Swing
Sha Tin District Council Election, 2015: Kam Ying
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Ting Tsz-yuen 1,612 31.50
Independent (BPA)Tong Po-chun1,44228.18−47.96
Nonpartisan Law Siu-chun1,17622.98
Nonpartisan Li Po-mui88817.35
Majority 1703.32
Turnout 5,11848.59
Democratic gain from Independent Swing
Sha Tin District Council Election, 2011: Kam Ying
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nonpartisan Tong Po-chun 3,134 76.14 +17.44
Nonpartisan Wong Kwok-hung98223.86
Majority 2,12552.28
Turnout 4,11641.54
Nonpartisan hold Swing

2000s

Sha Tin District Council Election, 2007: Kam Ying
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nonpartisan Tong Po-chun 2,163 58.70 +8.15
Frontier Wong Huk-kam1,52241.30+18.55
Majority 6417.40
Nonpartisan hold Swing
Kam Ying by-election 2007
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nonpartisan Tong Po-chun 1,704 50.55
Frontier Wong Huk-kam76722.75−55.40
Democratic Chan Ming-hung55716.52
Liberal Wong Shun-loy34310.18
Majority 93727.80
Nonpartisan gain from Nonpartisan Swing
Sha Tin District Council Election, 2003: Kam Ying
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nonpartisan Wong Kwok-hung 3,441 78.15 +27.81
DAB Tsang Hin-wai96221.85−27.81
Majority 2,49756.30
Nonpartisan hold Swing +27.81

1990s

Sha Tin District Council Election, 1999: Kam Ying
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Frontier Wong Kwok-hung 1,392 50.34 −1.83
DAB Tung Wai-ming1,37349.66
Majority 190.68
Frontier hold Swing
Sha Tin District Board Election, 1994: Kam Ying
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nonpartisan Wong Kwok-hung 1,345 52.17
Nonpartisan Chan Chok-dim1,23347.83
Majority 1124.34
Nonpartisan win (new seat)

Notes

  1. Resigned on 31 May 2021 over new oath-taking laws.

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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 May 2020. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  3. "2015 District Councils Election - Summary of the District Council Constituency Areas". Hong Kong Government. Archived from the original on 9 January 2016. Retrieved 18 March 2018.