Kwai Shing East Estate (constituency)

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Kwai Shing East Estate
Elected Constituency
for the Kwai Tsing District Council
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Boundary of Kwai Shing East Estate in Kwai Tsing District
District Kwai Tsing
Legislative Council constituency New Territories South West
Population20,194 (2019) [1]
Electorate7,699 (2019) [2]
Current constituency
Created 1994
Number of membersOne
Member(s)vacant

Kwai Shing East Estate is one of the 31 constituencies of the Kwai Tsing District Council. The seat elects one member of the council every four years. It was first created in the 1994 elections. Its boundary is loosely based on Kwai Shing East Estate in Kwai Chung.

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Councillors represented

ElectionMemberParty
1994 Leung Kwong-cheong ADPL
1996 Independent
2009 by-electionLai Fan-fong Nonpartisan
200? DAB
2011 Rayman Chow Wai-hung→vacant NWSC
2018 Independent

Election results

2010s

Kwai Tsing District Council Election, 2019: Kwai Shing East Estate
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PfD Rayman Chow Wai-hung4,98062.63+7.22
DAB Ng Chi-wah2,91236.62+5.00
Nonpartisan Cherrie Lai Chung-yan590.74
Majority2,06826.01
Turnout 7,96968.76
PfD hold Swing
Kwai Tsing District Council Election, 2015: Kwai Shing East Estate
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
NWSC Rayman Chow Wai-hung3,21255.41−9.27
DAB Mo Sang-tung1,83331.62−3.70
Nonpartisan Leung Kwong-cheong67711.68
Nonpartisan Chan Yuk-ling751.29
Majority1,37923.79
Turnout 5,79753.73
NWSC hold Swing
Kwai Tsing District Council Election, 2011: Kwai Shing East Estate
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
NWSC Rayman Chow Wai-hung3,46964.68+29.96
DAB Lai Fan-fong1,89435.32−2.15
Majority1,57529.36
Turnout 5,36348.55
NWSC gain from DAB Swing +16.06

2000s

Kwai Shing East Estate by-election 2009
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nonpartisan Lai Fan-fong1,45137.15
NWSC Rayman Chow Wai-hung1,35634.72+1.11
Nonpartisan Li Chi-fai1,09928.13
Majority952.43
Nonpartisan gain from Independent Swing
Kwai Tsing District Council Election, 2007: Kwai Shing East Estate
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Leung Kwong-cheong2,35566.39−0.72
Nonpartisan Rayman Chow Wai-hung1,19233.61
Majority1,16332.78
Independent hold Swing
Kwai Tsing District Council Election, 2003: Kwai Shing East Estate
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Leung Kwong-cheong2,75267.11−14.88
DAB Lai Fan-fong1,34919.01
Majority1,40348.87
Independent hold Swing

1990s

Kwai Tsing District Council Election, 1999: Kwai Shing East Estate
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Leung Kwong-cheong2,01281.99+22.01
Nonpartisan Leung Yuk-fung44219.01
Majority1,57062.98
Independent hold Swing
Kwai Tsing District Board Election, 1994: Kwai Shing East Estate
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ADPL Leung Kwong-cheong1,16959.98
Nonpartisan Leung Chiu-kuen78040.02
Majority38919.96
ADPL win (new seat)

Citations

  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.

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