Tung Chung South | |
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Elected Constituency for the Islands District Council | |
District | Islands |
Legislative Council constituency | Hong Kong Island West |
Population | 21,213 (2019) [1] |
Electorate | 12,771 (2019) [2] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2007 |
Number of members | One |
Member(s) | vacant |
Created from | Tung Chung |
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Traditional Chinese | 東涌南 | ||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 东涌南 | ||||||||||||
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Tung Chung South is one of the 10 constituencies in the Islands District in Hong Kong. The constituency returns one district councillor to the Islands District Council,with an election every four years.
Tung Chung South constituency is loosely based on Tung Chung with an estimated population of 21,213. [3]
Election | Member | Party | |
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2007 | Chau Chuen-heung | DAB | |
2015 | Holden Chow Ho-ding | DAB | |
2019 | Sheep Wong Chun-yeung→vacant | Independent | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Sheep Wong Chun-yeung | 5,049 | 56.49 | +9.49 | |
DAB | Holden Chow Ho-ding | 3,619 | 40.49 | −12.51 | |
Nonpartisan | Lau Wing-yin | 183 | 2.05 | ||
Nonpartisan | Lai Wing-on | 87 | 0.97 | ||
Majority | 1,430 | 16.00 | |||
Turnout | 8,967 | 70.25 | |||
Independent gain from DAB | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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DAB | Holden Chow Ho-ding | 2,161 | 53.0 | –16.3 | |
Nonpartisan | Wong Chun-yeung | 1,917 | 47.0 | ||
Majority | 244 | 6.0 | –46.4 | ||
DAB hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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DAB | Chau Chuen-heung | 2,326 | 69.3 | +12.8 | |
Civic | Cheng Lai-yee | 1,029 | 30.7 | –12.8 | |
Majority | 1,297 | 38.6 | +39.4 | ||
DAB hold | Swing | +12.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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DAB | Chau Chuen-heung | 1,985 | 56.5 | ||
Civic | Peter On Kim-ying | 1,527 | 43.5 | ||
Majority | 458 | 13.0 | |||
DAB win (new seat) |
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