South Horizons West (constituency)

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South Horizons West
Elected Constituency
for the Southern District Council
SouthHorizonsWestConstituency.svg
Boundary of South Horizons West in Southern District
District Southern
Legislative Council constituency Hong Kong Island West
Population14,674 (2019) [1]
Electorate9,325 (2019) [2]
Current constituency
Created 1999
Number of membersOne
Member(s)Vacant
Created from South Horizons

South Horizons West is one of the 17 constituencies in the Southern District, Hong Kong. The constituency returns one district councillor to the Southern District Council, with an election every four years.

Contents

South Horizons East constituency is loosely based on the western part of the South Horizons in Ap Lei Chau with estimated population of 15,088. [3]

Councillors represented

ElectionMemberParty
1999 So Bay-hung Independent
2003 Law Kam-hung Independent
2007 Andrew Fung Wai-kwong Democratic
2012 Independent
2014 by-election Judy Kapui Chan NPP
2019 Kelvin Lam Ho-por→Vacant [lower-alpha 1] Independent democrat

Election results

2010s

Southern District Council Election, 2019: South Horizons West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Ind. democrat Kelvin Lam Ho-por 4,16456.27
NPP Judy Kapui Chan 3,23643.73−12.97
Majority92812.54
Turnout 7,44279.84
Ind. democrat gain from NPP Swing
Election banners in the 2015 election. 2015 DC Election Promotion in South Horizons near Block 31.JPG
Election banners in the 2015 election.
Southern District Council Election, 2015: South Horizons West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
NPP Judy Kapui Chan 2,94556.7+6.5
People Power Erica Yuen Mi-ming 2,24543.3+16.4
Majority70013.4–9.9
Turnout 5,27763.9+10.2
NPP hold Swing +11.5
South Horizons West by-election, 2014 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
NPP Judy Kapui Chan 2,02350.2+3.1
People Power Erica Yuen Mi-ming 1,08326.9+22.4
Democratic Sin Chung-kai 92022.9-24.5
Majority94023.3+20.0
Turnout 4,05953.7
NPP gain from Independent Swing
Southern District Council Election, 2011: South Horizons West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Andrew Fung Wai-kwong 1,90647.4-4.8
NPP Sze Chun-fai1,89447.1N/A
People Power (Power Voters)Anthony Lam Yue-yeung1824.5N/A
Independent Kwai Sze-kit421.0N/A
Majority120.3-10.1
Democratic hold Swing

2000s

Southern District Council Election, 2007: South Horizons West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Andrew Fung Wai-kwong 1,74755.2
Independent Law Kam-hung1,41944.8
Majority32810.4
Democratic gain from Independent Swing
Southern District Council Election, 2003: South Horizons West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Law Kam-hung1,17242.9
Independent Ganni Mok Chung-ping1,12040.9
Independent Warren Man Siu-hung44216.2
Majority522.0
Independent hold Swing

1990s

Southern District Council Election, 1999: South Horizons West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent So Bay-hunguncontested
Independent win (new seat)

Notes

  1. ↑ Resigned on 9 July 2021.

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). Registration and Electoral Office.
  3. ↑ "2011 District Councils Election - Summary of the District Council Constituency Areas". Hong Kong Government. 5 September 2011. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
  4. ↑ "2014 Southern District Council South Horizons West By-election". Electoral Affairs Commission.

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