Sai Ying Pun (constituency)

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Sai Ying Pun
Elected Constituency
for the Central & Western District Council
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Boundary of Sai Ying Pun in Central & Western District
District Central & Western
Legislative Council constituency Hong Kong Island West
Population14,815 (2019) [1]
Electorate7,303 (2019) [2]
Current constituency
Created 1982 (first time)
1994 (second time)
Number of membersOne
Member(s)(Vacant)
Created from Sai Ying Pun East
Sai Ying Pun West

Sai Ying Pun 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.

Sai Ying Pun constituency is loosely based on the northern part of Sai Ying Pun with estimated population of 14,815. [3]

Councillors represented

ElectionMemberParty%
1982 Lee Tat-yu Civic Association 41.16
1985 Constituency abolished
1994 Lai Kwok-hung DemocraticIndependent 47.86
1999 Independent 50.10
2003 53.28
2007 Loretta Lo Yee-hang DAB 61.30
2011 67.57
2015 59.79
2019 Napo Wong Weng-chi Independent 55.39

Election results

2010s

Central & Western District Council Election, 2019: Sai Ying Pun
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nonpartisan Napo Wong Weng-chi2,73455.39
DAB Timothy Lau Tin-ching2,20244.61−15.19
Majority53210.78
Turnout 4,95567.85
Nonpartisan gain from DAB Swing
Central & Western District Council Election, 2015: Sai Ying Pun
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DAB Loretta Lo Yee-hang1,79059.8–7.8
Nonpartisan Ng Wing-tak1,20440.2
Majority58619.6–22.4
Turnout 3.02641.5
DAB hold Swing
Central & Western District Council Election, 2011: Sai Ying Pun
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DAB Loretta Lo Yee-hang1,87567.6+6.3
Democratic Yong Chak-cheong71125.6N/A
People Power Yuen Man-ho1896.8N/A
Majority1,16442.0+15.4
DAB hold Swing N/A

2000s

Central & Western District Council Election, 2007: Sai Ying Pun
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DAB Loretta Lo Yee-hang1,85061.3+14.6
Independent Lai Kwok-hung1,16838.7-14.6
Majority68224.6
DAB gain from Independent Swing
Central & Western District Council Election, 2003: Sai Ying Pun
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent (CWDP)Lai Kwok-hung1,74453.3+3.2
DAB Chan Yiu-keung1,52946.7-3.2
Majority2156.6+6.4
Independent hold Swing

1990s

Central & Western District Council Election, 1999: Sai Ying Pun
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Lai Kwok-hung1,24850.1+2.2
DAB Chan Yiu-keung1,24349.9+24.6
Majority50.2-21.0
Independent hold Swing
Central & Western District Board Election, 1994: Sai Ying Pun
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Lai Kwok-hung1,14247.7
Independent Leung Ying-yeung64126.8
DAB Chan Yiu-keung60325.2
Majority50120.9
Democratic win (new seat)

1980s

Central & Western District Board Election, 1982: Sai Ying Pun
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Civic Lee Tat-yu1,78041.2
Nonpartisan Tang Yee-lin1,33230.8
Reform Leung Ying-yeung1,21328.0
Majority44810.4
Civic 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). 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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