Kwun Lung (constituency)

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Kwun Lung
Elected Constituency
for the Central & Western District Council
KwunLungConstituency.svg
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.

Contents

The constituency returns one district councillor to the Central and Western District Council, with an election every four years. The seat was 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 [lower-alpha 1] 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
Majority2253.57
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
Majority92222.8–24.6
Turnout 4,11050.1
DAB hold Swing
Ip Kwok-him's election poster in the 2011 election. HK Kennedy Town 2011Nian Xiang Gang Qu Yi Hui Xuan Ju District Council Election posters in Sept-2011 (2).jpg
Ip Kwok-him's election poster in the 2011 election.
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
Majority1,75047.4-28.1
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
Majority2,38775.1+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
Majority640.8-14.4
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
Majority41115.2+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
Majority1744.2
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.
  3. ↑ "2011 District Councils Election – Summary of the District Council Constituency Areas". Hong Kong Government. 5 September 2011. Retrieved 21 April 2013.

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