Tai Po Central (constituency)

Tai Po Central
Elected constituency for the Tai Po District Council
Boundary of Tai Po Central in Tai Po District
District	Tai Po
Legislative Council constituency	New Territories North East
Population	13,645 (2019) [1]
Electorate	8,326 (2019) [2]
Current constituency
Created	1982
Number of members	One
Member(s)	Vacant

Tai Po Central is one of the 19 constituencies in the Tai Po District.

The constituency returns one district councillor to the Tai Po District Council, with an election every four years. The seat has been currently held by Au Chun-wah.

Tai Po Central constituency is loosely based on Tai Po Centre with estimated population of 13,645. ^[3]

Councillors represented

1982 to 1985

Election	Member		Party	Member		Party
1982		Lee Ping-kwai	Independent		Tang Pui-tat	Independent

1985 to 1988

Election		Member	Party
	1985	Tang Pui-tat	Independent

1988 to 1994

Election	Member		Party	Member		Party
1988		Cheng Chun-ping	Independent		Tang Pui-tat	Independent
1990			LDF

1994 to present

Election		Member	Party
	1994	Poon Fung-loi	Democratic
	1999	Andrew Cheng Kar-foo	Democratic
	2010		Independent
	2011	Au Chun-wah→Vacant	Democratic
	2018		Independent
	2019		Community Alliance

Election results

2010s

Tai Po District Council Election, 2019: Tai Po Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Community Alliance	Au Chun-wah	4,279	67.21	+16.71
	DAB	Mui Siu-fung	2,136	32.79	−6.31
Majority			2,143	34.42
Turnout			6,451	77.49
	Community Alliance hold		Swing

Tai Po District Council Election, 2015: Tai Po Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Au Chun-wah	1,866	50.5	+3.8
	DAB	Mui Siu-fung	1,444	39.1
	Independent	Man Wai-keung	384	10.4
Majority			422	11.4
Turnout			3,749	49.7
	Democratic hold		Swing

Tai Po District Council Election, 2011: Tai Po Central ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Au Chun-wah	1,271	46.7
	Independent	Cheng Mei-lam	815	30.0
	Liberal	Thomas Cheung Chi-wai	634	23.3
	Democratic gain from Independent		Swing

2000s

Tai Po District Council Election, 2007: Tai Po Central ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Andrew Cheng Kar-foo	1,503	55.5	−14.9
	Independent	Chan Shek-pong	1,207	44.5
	Democratic hold		Swing

Tai Po District Council Election, 2003: Tai Po Central ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Andrew Cheng Kar-foo	2,307	70.4	+22.0
	DAB	Eric Tam Wing-fun	971	29.6
	Democratic hold		Swing

1990s

Tai Po District Council Election, 1999: Tai Po Central ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Andrew Cheng Kar-foo	1,357	48.4	+5.2
	Independent	Wong Lung-biu	690	24.6
	Independent	Ervin Lee Siu-man	438	15.6
	Independent	Man Wai-leung	313	11.2
	Democratic hold		Swing

Tai Po District Board Election, 1994: Tai Po Central ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Poon Fung-loi	1,143	43.2
	LDF	Cheng Chun-ping	1,070	40.5	−22.7
	Liberal	Cheng Tin-yau	411	15.5
	Democratic gain from LDF		Swing

Tai Po District Board Election, 1991: Tai Po Central ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDF	Cheng Chun-ping	2,528	63.2	+12.8
	Independent	Tang Pui-tat	2,439	61.0	+6.9
	Independent	Franklin Au Yick-ming	1,724	43.1
	LDF hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

1980s

Tai Po District Board Election, 1988: Tai Po Central ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Tang Pui-tat	2,353	54.1	−15.8
	Independent	Cheng Chun-ping	2,191	50.4
	Independent	Wong Yung-kan	1,681	38.7
	Independent	Tsui Siu-keung	927	21.3
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent win (new seat)

Tai Po District Board Election, 1985: Tai Po Central ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Tang Pui-tat	2,250	69.9	+34.6
	Independent	So Yuen-fai	953	29.6	+2.0
	Independent hold		Swing

Tai Po District Board Election, 1982: Tai Po Central ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Lee Ping-kwai	1,115	43.5
	Independent	Tang Pui-tat	904	35.3
	Independent	So Yuen-fai	707	27.6
	Independent	Yau Siu-lung	636	24.8
	Independent	Chan Siu-fung	426	16.6
	Independent	Chung Yuk-fun	198	7.7
	Independent	Cheng Man-hing	106	4.1
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

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 16 November 2019.
3. "2011 District Councils Election – Summary of the District Council Constituency Areas". Hong Kong Government. 5 September 2011. Archived from the original on 23 December 2011. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
4. Li, Pang-kwong. "香港選舉資料庫". 嶺南大學公共管治研究部. Archived from the original on 6 November 2003. Retrieved 21 April 2013.