Tai Koo Shing East (constituency)

Tai Koo Shing East
Elected constituency for the Eastern District Council
Boundary of Tai Koo Shing East in Eastern District
District	Eastern
Legislative Council constituency	Hong Kong Island East
Population	18,063 (2019) [1]
Electorate	10,546 (2019) [2]
Current constituency
Created	1994
Number of members	One
Member(s)	Vacant
Created from	Taikoo Shing

Tai Koo Shing East is a constituency located in the Eastern District of Hong Kong.

The constituency returns one district councillor to the Eastern District Council, with an election every four years. The seat was last held by nonpartisan Patrick Wong Chun-sing.

Tai Koo Shing East constituency is loosely based on eastern part of Taikoo Shing with estimated population of 18,063. ^[3]

Councillors represented

Election		Member	Party	%
	1994	Tso Hon-kwong	Independent→Democratic	60.69
	1999		Democratic→Independent	73.66
	2003		Independent	76.47
	2007			68.23
	2011	Marcus Tse Tsz-kei	NPP	58.28
	2015	Patrick Wong Chun-sing→Vacant [a]	Independent	50.83
	2019			60.95

Election results

2010s

Eastern District Council Election, 2019: Tai Koo Shing East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ind. democrat	Patrick Wong Chun-sing	4,848	60.95	+10.15
	NPP	Calvin Kwok Ho-king	3,106	39.05	−10.15
Majority			1.742	21.90
Turnout			7,980	75.67
	Ind. democrat hold		Swing

Eastern District Council Election, 2015: Tai Koo Shing East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Patrick Wong Chun-sing	2,674	50.8
	NPP	Marcus Tse Tsz-kei	2,587	49.2	–9.1
Majority			87	1.6
Turnout			5,311	53.7
	Nonpartisan gain from NPP		Swing

Eastern District Council Election, 2011: Tai Koo Shing East ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NPP	Marcus Tse Tsz-kei	2,270	58.3
	Ind. Democrat	Tso Hon-kwong	1,625	41.7
Majority			645	16.6
	NPP hold		Swing

2000s

Eastern District Council Election, 2007: Tai Koo Shing East ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Tso Hon-kwong	2,184	68.2
	DAB	Luk Wai-kit	1,017	31.8
Majority			1,167	36.4
	Independent hold		Swing

Eastern District Council Election, 2003: Tai Koo Shing East ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Tso Hon-kwong	2,830	76.5
	DAB	Wong Kau-piu	871	23.5
Majority			1,959	53.0
	Nonpartisan hold		Swing

1990s

Eastern District Council Election, 1999: Tai Koo Shing East ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Tso Hon-kwong	1,988	73.1
	DAB	Eric Chan Hong	711	26.1
Majority			1,912	47.0
	Democratic hold		Swing

Eastern District Board Election, 1994: Tai Koo Shing East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Tso Hon-kwong	1,487	59.7
	LDF	Wong Tak-lun	963	38.6
Majority			524	21.1
	Nonpartisan win (new seat)

Notes

1. Resigned on 8 July 2021.

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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 May 2020. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
3. "2015 District Councils Election - Summary of the District Council Constituency Areas". Hong Kong Government.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
4. "Election Results - Eastern". Hong Kong Government. 7 November 2011.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
5. "Election Results - Eastern". Hong Kong Government. 19 June 2012. Archived from the original on 22 November 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.