Mong Kok East (constituency)

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Mong Kok East
Elected constituency
for the Yau Tsim Mong District Council
MongKokEastConstituency.svg
Boundary of Mong Kok Eastin Yau Tsim Mong District
District Mong Kok
(1982–1994)
Yau Tsim Mong
(1994–present)
Legislative Council constituency Kowloon West
Population16,568 (2019) [1]
Electorate6,443 (2019) [2]
Current constituency
Created 1982
Number of membersOne
Member(s)vacant

Mong Kok East is one of the 20 constituencies in the Yau Tsim Mong District.

Contents

The constituency returns one district councillor to the Yau Tsim Mong District Council, with an election every four years. The seat is currently vacant, the former district councillor is Ben Lam Siu-pan from (Community March).

Mong Kok East constituency is loosely based on eastern part of Mongkok with estimated population of 15,444. [3]

Councillors represented

ElectionMemberParty
1982 Lau Tak-kei Civic Association
1985 Nonpartisan
1988 Fung Kong Nonpartisan
1991 Lee Tin-kiu Nonpartisan
1994 123DA
1994 Law Wing-cheung Independent
2011 Wong Kin-san Independent
2016 KWND/BPA
2019 Ben Lam Siu-pan→vacant Community March

Election results

2010s

Yau Tsim Mong District Council Election, 2019: Mong Kok East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Community March Ben Lam Siu-pan2,66359.39
BPA Wong Kin-san1,82140.61−14.59
Majority84218.78
Turnout 4,51870.14
Community March gain from BPA Swing
Yau Tsim Mong District Council Election, 2015: Mong Kok East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nonpartisan Wong Kin-san1,44255.2+5.3
Democratic Lau Chun-yip1,17244.8+5.3
Independent Jefferson Keller Tse1124.3
Majority27010.4+0.1
Turnout 2,74745.2
Independent hold Swing
Yau Tsim Mong District Council Election, 2011: Mong Kok East [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Wong Kin-san1,11049.87
Democratic Lau Chun-yip88039.53
People Power (Frontier)Yuen Chiu-tat2149.61
SDA James Lung Wai-man220.99
Majority23010.33
Independent gain from Independent Swing

2000s

Yau Tsim Mong District Council Election, 2007: Mong Kok East [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Law Wing-cheung1,08473.74
Independent Chun Fei-pang38626.26
Majority69847.48
Independent hold Swing
Yau Tsim Mong District Council Election, 2003: Mong Kok East [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Law Wing-cheungUncontested
Independent hold Swing

1990s

Yau Tsim Mong District Council Election, 1999: Mong Kok East [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Law Wing-cheung1,20466.70+22.34
123DA Tak Sik-kwan60133.30+5.82
Majority60333.41+17.21
Independent hold Swing
Yau Tsim Mong District Board Election, 1994: Mong Kok East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
MKRA Law Wing-cheung85744.36−8.39
PAS Charles Wu Yan-yu54428.16
123DA Lee Tin-kiu53127.48−9.76
Majority31316.20−7.58
Nonpartisan gain from 123DA Swing
Mong Kok District Board Election, 1991: Mong Kok East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nonpartisan Lee Tin-kiu67737.24
MKRA Lau Tak-kei65435.97−21.90
MKYNS Kwan Wan-ying48726.79
Majority231.26−7.58
Nonpartisan gain from Nonpartisan Swing

1980s

Mong Kok District Board Election, 1988: Mong Kok East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nonpartisan Fung Kong74144.27
Nonpartisan Lau Tak-kei59335.42−21.90
Nonpartisan Lo Hok-yan34020.31
Majority1488.84−5.99
Nonpartisan gain from Nonpartisan Swing
Mong Kok District Board Election, 1985: Mong Kok East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nonpartisan Lau Tak-kei1,30157.31+12.57
MKFA Chow Hing-chun96942.69+18.92
Majority33214.63+1.38
Nonpartisan hold Swing
Mong Kok District Board Election, 1982: Mong Kok East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Civic Lau Tak-kei65544.74
Civic Lau Chi-man46131.49
Nonpartisan Chow Hing-chun34823.77
Majority19413.25
Civic 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.
  3. ↑ "2011 District Councils Election - Summary of the District Council Constituency Areas". Hong Kong Government. 5 September 2011.
  4. ↑ "Election Results - Yau Tsim Mong". Hong Kong Government. 7 November 2011.
  5. ↑ "Election Results - Yau Tsim Mong". Hong Kong Government. 19 June 2012. Archived from the original on 26 May 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
  6. ↑ "Results of the 2003 District Council Election" (PDF). Hong Kong Government.
  7. ↑ "Results of the 1999 District Council Election" (PDF). Hong Kong Government.
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