San Fu (constituency)

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San Fu
Elected constituency
for the Tai Po District Council
SanFuConstituency.svg
Boundary of San Fu in Tai Po District
District Tai Po
Legislative Council constituency New Territories North East
Population15,444 (2019) [1]
Electorate10,275 (2019) [2]
Current constituency
Created 1999
Number of membersOne
Member(s)Vacant

San Fu is one of the 19 constituencies in the Tai Po District.

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The constituency returns one district councillor to the Tai Po District Council, with an election every four years. The seat was currently held by Wu Yiu-cheong of the Neo Democrats.

San Fu constituency is loosely based on private apartments Classical Gardens, Dynasty View and Grand Dynasty View and also villages Kam Shek New Village and Pan Chung New Village in Tai Po with estimated population of 15,444. [3]

Councillors represented

ElectionMemberParty
1999 Wu Kam-fai Independent
2003 Alan Lo Sou-chour DemocraticNonpartisan
2007 Nonpartisan
2011 NonpartisanEconomic SynergyBPA
2015 by-election Kwok Wing-kin Labour
2015 Lo Hiu-fung IndependentBPA
2019 Max Wu Yiu-cheong→Vacant [lower-alpha 1] Neo Democrats

Election results

2010s

Tai Po District Council Election, 2019: San Fu
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Neo Democrats Max Wu Yiu-cheong 4,435 56.43
BPA Lo Hiu-fung3,42443.57−9.13
Majority1,01112.86
Turnout 7,89776.89
Neo Democrats gain from BPA Swing
Tai Po District Council Election, 2015: San Fu
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Lo Hiu-fung 2,447 52.7 +22.3
Labour Kwok Wing-kin 2,06444.5+6.4
Nonpartisan Wu Kam-fai1292.8
Majority3837.2
Turnout 4,68550.8+8.2
Independent gain from Labour Swing
San Fu by-election, 2015
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kwok Wing-kin 1,392 38.14
Independent Ho Man-kit1,14731.42
Independent Lo Hiu-fung1,11130.44
Majority2456.71–40.65
Turnout 3,68042.55
Labour gain from BPA Swing
Tai Po District Council Election, 2011: San Fu [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nonpartisan Alan Lo Sou-chour 2,129 68.74 −3,44
Independent Donald Chung Yuk-fai66221.38
Independent Alan Lam Ching-lun3069.88
Majority1,46747.36+3.00
Nonpartisan hold Swing

2000s

Tai Po District Council Election, 2007: San Fu [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nonpartisan Alan Lo Sou-chour 2,140 72.18 +9.40
Civic Cheng Tsz-kiu82527.82
Majority1,31544.36+1.35
Nonpartisan hold Swing
Tai Po District Council Election, 2003: San Fu [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Alan Lo Sou-chour 1,899 62.78 +15.82
Independent Eric Wu Kam-fai59819.77−33.27
DAB Wan Koon-kau52817.45
Majority1,30143.01+36.93
Democratic gain from Independent Swing +24.55

1990s

Tai Po District Council Election, 1999: San Fu [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Wu Kam-fai 908 53.04
Democratic Alan Lo Sou-chour80446.96
Majority8286.08
Independent win (new seat)

Notes

  1. Resigned on 10 May 2021 over new oath-taking law.

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References

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