Keng Hau (constituency)

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Keng Hau
Elected constituency
for the Sha Tin District Council
KengHauConstituency.svg
Boundary of Keng Hau in Sha Tin District
District Sha Tin
Legislative Council constituency New Territories North East
Population19,588 (2019) [1]
Electorate13,023 (2019) [2]
Current constituency
Created 1994
Number of membersOne
Member(s)Vacant

Keng Hau is one of the 41 constituencies in the Sha Tin District in Hong Kong.

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The constituency returns one district councillor to the Sha Tin District Council, with an election every four years.

Keng Hau constituency is loosely based on part of the public estates Hin Yiu Estate and Hin Keng Estate, villages Ha Keng Hau, Sheung Keng Hau, and private housing estates Parc Royale and Julimount Garden, with an estimated population of 19,588. [3]

Councillors represented

ElectionMemberParty
1994 Wai Kwok-hung Civil Force
1999
2003
2007
2011 Ng Kam-hung→Vacant Democratic
2015 DemocraticCommunity Sha Tin
2019 Community Sha TinIndependent

Election results

2010s

Sha Tin District Council Election, 2019: Keng Hau
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nonpartisan Ng Kam-hung 5,453 60.11 +3.21
NPP (Civil Force)Cheung Pak-yuen3,44337.95−5.15
Independent Lok Chung-yau1761.94
Majority2,01022.16
Turnout 9,10169.91
Nonpartisan hold Swing
Sha Tin District Council Election, 2015: Keng Hau
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Ng Kam-hung 2,826 56.9 +6.7
NPP (Civil Force)George Ho Kwok-wah2,14443.1−6.7
Majority68513.8+10.8
Turnout 4,97041.7+9.7
Democratic hold Swing +6.7
Sha Tin District Council Election, 2011: Keng Hau
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Daniel Ng Kam-hung 1,873 50.2
Civil Force Wong Ka-sek1,85549.8−21.5
Majority180.4−42.2
Turnout 3,72832.0
Democratic gain from Civil Force Swing

2000s

Sha Tin District Council Election, 2007: Keng Hau
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Civil Force Wai Kwok-hung 2,058 71.3 −5.0
Independent Leung Chung-ling82728.7+5.0
Majority1,23142.6−0.6
Civil Force hold Swing
Sha Tin District Council Election, 2003: Keng Hau
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Civil Force Wai Kwok-hung 2,206 76.3 +4.7
Independent Leung Chung-ling68523.7
Majority2,34865.7+44.7
Democratic hold Swing

1990s

Sha Tin District Council Election, 1999: Keng Hau
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Civil Force Wai Kwok-hung 2,210 71.6 +7.1
Frontier Helen Yeung Yuk-kuen87628.4
Majority1,33443.2+14.2
Civil Force hold Swing
Sha Tin District Board Election, 1994: Keng Hau
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Civil Force Wai Kwok-hung 1,508 64.5
Liberal Kwong Kwan-ming82935.5
Majority67929.0
Civil Force win (new seat)

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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.