Kwun Lung (constituency)

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Kwun Lung
Elected constituency
for the Central & Western District Council
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Boundary of Kwun Lung in Central & Western District
District Central & Western
Legislative Council constituency Hong Kong Island West
Population15,273 (2019) [1]
Electorate8,989 (2019) [2]
Current constituency
Created 1994
Number of membersOne
Member(s)Vacant
Created from Kennedy Town & Mount Davis

Kwun Lung is one of the 15 constituencies in the Central and Western District.

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The constituency returns one district councillor to the Central and Western District Council, with an election every four years. The seat was formerly held by Fergus Leung Fong-wai of the Localist.

Kwun Lung constituency is loosely based on the area around Kwun Lung Lau in Kennedy Town with estimated population of 15,273. [3]

Councillors represented

ElectionMemberParty%
1994 Ip Kwok-him DAB 52.26
1999 57.63
2003 Cyd Ho Sau-lan Frontier/Civic Act-up 50.87
2007 Ip Kwok-him DAB 85.00
2011 73.67
2015 Yeung Hoi-wing DAB 61.35
2019 Fergus Leung Fong-wai→Vacant [a] Independent 50.69

Election results

2010s

Central & Western District Council Election, 2019: Kwun Lung
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Fergus Leung Fong-wai 3,19550.69
DAB Yeung Hoi-wing2,97047.12−14.28
VSA Chow Sai-kit1382.19
Majority 2253.57
Turnout 6,31670.29
Independent gain from DAB Swing
Central & Western District Council Election, 2015: Kwun Lung
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DAB Yeung Hoi-wing2,49161.4–12.3
Youngspiration Sixtus Leung Chung-hang 1,56938.6
Majority 92222.8–24.6
Turnout 4,11050.1
DAB hold Swing
Central & Western District Council Election, 2011: Kwun Lung
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DAB Ip Kwok-him 2,72373.7−10.3
LSD Leung Kwok-hung 97326.3N/A
Majority 1,75047.4−28.1
DAB hold Swing N/A

2000s

Central & Western District Council Election, 2007: Kwun Lung
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DAB Ip Kwok-him 2,70285.0+35.9
Nonpartisan Ho Loy3159.9N/A
Independent Jacky Leong Kim-kam1625.1N/A
Majority 2,38775.1+73.3
DAB gain from Frontier Swing N/A
Central & Western District Council Election, 2003: Kwun Lung
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Frontier (Civic Act-up) Cyd Ho Sau-lan 1,86950.9N/A
DAB Ip Kwok-him 1,80549.1−8.5
Majority 640.8−14.4
Frontier gain from DAB Swing 25.1

1990s

Central & Western District Council Election, 1999: Kwun Lung
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DAB Ip Kwok-him 1,55257.6+4.8
Democratic Rosa Mok Pui-han1,14142.4−4.8
Majority 41115.2+10.1
DAB hold Swing +5.0
Central & Western District Board Election, 1994: Kwun Lung
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DAB Ip Kwok-him 2,01151.9
Democratic Nicky Wong Shui-lai1,83747.7
Majority 1744.2
DAB win (new seat)

Notes

  1. ↑ Resigned on 30 April 2021 after being arrested under national security law.

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). Register. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 May 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  3. ↑ "2011 District Councils Election – Summary of the District Council Constituency Areas". Hong Kong Government. 5 September 2011. Archived from the original on 11 December 2011. Retrieved 21 April 2013.

References

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