Tin Yiu (constituency)

Tin Yiu
Elected Constituency for the Yuen Long District Council
Boundary of Tin Yiu in Yuen Long District
District	Yuen Long
Legislative Council constituency	New Territories North
Population	12,734 (2019) [1]
Electorate	8,871 (2019) [2]
Current constituency
Created	1994
Number of members	One
Member(s)	Vacant

Tin Yiu is one of the 39 constituencies in the Yuen Long District of Hong Kong.

The constituency returns one district councillor to the Yuen Long District Council, with an election every four years. The seat has been currently held by Ho Wai-pan.

Tin Yiu constituency is loosely based on Tin Yiu (I) Estate in Tin Shui Wai with estimated population of 12,734. ^[3]

History

The seat was held by Leung Che-cheung, member of the Legislative Council for the DAB until 2019.

Councillors represented

Election		Member	Party
	1994	Wong Cheung-kwong	Independent
	1997		DAB
	2003	Leung Che-cheung	DAB
	2019	Ben Ho Wai-pan→Vacant	NWSC
	2020	Independent

Election results

2010s

Yuen Long District Council Election, 2019: Tin Yiu

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NWSC	Ben Ho Wai-pan	3,513	55.34
	DAB (NTAS)	Calvin Szeto Chun-hin	2,408	37.93	−14.57
	Nonpartisan	Leung Chin-hang	372	5.86	−41.64
	Nonpartisan	Chan For-yi	55	0.87
Majority			1,105	17.41
Turnout			5,356	71.72
	NWSC gain from DAB		Swing

Yuen Long District Council Election, 2015: Tin Yiu

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DAB	Leung Che-cheung	1,713	52.5
	Nonpartisan	Leung Chin-hang	1,552	47.5
Majority			161	7.0
Turnout			3,315	40.5
	DAB hold		Swing

Yuen Long District Council Election, 2011: Tin Yiu ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DAB	Leung Che-cheung	Uncontested
	DAB hold		Swing

2000s

Yuen Long District Council Election, 2007: Tin Yiu ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DAB	Leung Che-cheung	2,600	68.1	+6.7
	LSD	Sam Sin Sheung-chi	1,220	31.9
	DAB hold		Swing

Yuen Long District Council Election, 2003: Tin Yiu ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DAB	Leung Che-cheung	2,350	61.4
	Independent	Shiu Yeung-tak	1,479	38.6
	DAB hold		Swing

1990s

Yuen Long District Council Election, 1999: Tin Yiu ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DAB	Wong Cheung-kwong	Uncontested
	DAB hold		Swing

Yuen Long District Board Election, 1994: Tin Yiu ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Wong Cheung-kwong	1,495	65.7
	Democratic	Hui Kwok-wah	669	29.4
	Liberal	Chan Yan-sang	96	4.2
	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.
3. "2015 District Councils Election - Summary of the District Council Constituency Areas". Hong Kong Government.
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 20 April 2013.