Tai Po Hui (constituency)

Tai Po Hui
Elected constituency for the Tai Po District Council
Boundary of Tai Po Hui in Tai Po District
District	Tai Po
Legislative Council constituency	New Territories North East
Population	19,451 (2019) [1]
Electorate	6,726 (2019) [2]
Current constituency
Created	1994
Number of members	One
Member(s)	Lam Ming-yat (TPDA)

Tai Po Hui 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 Lam Ming-yat of the TPDA.

Tai Po Hui constituency is loosely based on Tai Po Market (Tai Po Hui) with estimated population of 19,451. ^[3]

Councillors represented

Election		Member	Party
	1994	Yau Fook-ping	Liberal
	1999	Li Kwok-ying	DAB
	2003
	2007
	2011
	2015
	2019	Lam Ming-yat→Vacant [a]	TPDA

Election results

2010s

Tai Po District Council Election, 2019: Tai Po Hui

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TPDA	Lam Ming-yat	2,466	56.66
	Independent	William Cheung Kwok-wai	1,886	43.34
Majority			580	13.32
Turnout			4,364	64.92
	TPDA gain from DAB		Swing

Tai Po District Council Election, 2015: Tai Po Hui

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DAB	Li Kwok-ying	1,096	55.9	−1.2
	Nonpartisan	Molly Choy Wing-mui	865	44.1	+1.2
Majority			231	11.8
Turnout			2,015	32.4
	DAB hold		Swing

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DAB	Li Kwok-ying	1,172	57.1	+4.7
	Civic	Alvin Yeung Ngok-kiu	880	42.9	−3.3
	DAB hold		Swing

2000s

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DAB	Li Kwok-ying	1,351	53.8	−8.8
	Civic	Tsang Kwok-fung	1,162	46.2
	DAB hold		Swing

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DAB	Li Kwok-ying	1,068	62.8	−2.6
	Independent	Ada Tang Yuen-lan	633	37.2
	DAB hold		Swing

1990s

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DAB	Li Kwok-ying	1,285	65.6
	Liberal	Yau Fook-ping	628	32.1	−10.1
	DAB gain from Liberal		Swing

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Yau Fook-ping	1,150	42.2
	TPRA	Li Yau-hing	1,049	38.5
	Independent	Lai Wai-cheong	483	17.7
	Liberal win (new seat)

Notes

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

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 22 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 22 April 2013.