Tung Wah (constituency)

Tung Wah
Former Elected constituency for the Central & Western District Council
Boundary of Tung Wah in Central & Western District
District	Central & Western
Legislative Council constituency	Hong Kong Island West
Population	12,904 (2019) [1]
Electorate	5,729 (2019) [2]
Former constituency
Created	1994
Abolished	2023
Number of members	One
Created from	Sheung Wan

Tung Wah was one of the 15 constituencies in the Central and Western District of Hong Kong.

It returned one member of the district council until it was abolished the 2023 electoral reforms.

Tung Wah constituency was loosely based on the area around Tung Wah Hospital in Sheung Wan with estimated population of 12,904. ^[3]

Councillors represented

Election		Member	Party	%
	1994	Wong Man-biu	Democratic	70.04
	1999	Frederick Ho Chun-ki	Democratic	62.19
	2003			75.06
	2007			59.95
	2011	Kathy Siu Ka-yi	DAB	53.09
	2015			57.98
	2017 by-election	Bonnie Ng Hoi-yan→Vacant [a]	Democratic	52.67
	2019			60.84

Election results

2010s

Election banners in the 2019 District Council elections.

Central & Western District Council Election, 2019: Tung Wah

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Bonnie Ng Hoi-yan	2,403	60.84	+8.14
	DAB	Iris Cheung Ka-yan	1,547	39.16
Majority			856	21.68
Turnout			3,963	69.19
	Democratic hold		Swing

Tung Wah by-election, 2017

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Bonnie Ng Hoi-yan	1,034	52.7	+5.3
	Independent	Ambrose Lui Kam-keung	909	46.3
	Independent	Olivia Lau Shu-yin	20	1.0
Majority			125	6.4	−9.6
Turnout			1,973	38.8	−6.2
	Democratic gain from DAB		Swing

Central & Western District Council Election, 2015: Tung Wah

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DAB	Kathy Siu Ka-yi	1,352	58.0	+4.9
	Democratic	Frederick Ho Chun-ki	980	42.0	+0.8
Majority			372	16.0	+4.1
Turnout			2,376	46.0
	DAB hold		Swing

Siu Ka-yi's election poster in the 2011 election.

Central & Western District Council Election, 2011: Tung Wah

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DAB	Kathy Siu Ka-yi	1,168	53.1	+13.1
	Democratic	Frederick Ho Chun-ki	907	41.2	−18.8
	People Power	Lee Siu-cheong	125	5.7	N/A
Majority			261	11.9
	DAB gain from Democratic		Swing	+16.0

2000s

Central & Western District Council Election, 2007: Tung Wah

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Frederick Ho Chun-ki	1,033	60.0	−15.1
	DAB	Siu Ka-yi	690	40.0	+15.1
Majority			343	20.0	−30.2
	Democratic hold		Swing

Central & Western District Council Election, 2003: Tung Wah

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Frederick Ho Chun-ki	1,348	75.1	+10.3
	DAB	Lee Wing-fai	448	24.9	−10.3
Majority			900	50.2	+20.6
	Democratic hold		Swing

1990s

Central & Western District Council Election, 1999: Tung Wah

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Frederick Ho Chun-ki	898	64.8	−5.2
	DAB	Cheng Chi-keung	546	35.2	+5.2
Majority			352	29.6	−11.4
	Democratic hold		Swing

Central & Western District Board Election, 1994: Tung Wah

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Wong Man-biu	1,314	70.0	N/A
	DAB	Kwan Hin-wah	562	30.0	N/A
Majority			752	40.0
	Democratic win (new seat)

Notes

1. Resigned on 8 July 2021 over new oath-taking law.

Citations

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). Register.
3. "2011 District Councils Election – Summary of the District Council Constituency Areas". Hong Kong Government. 5 September 2011. Retrieved 21 April 2013.

References

• 2011 District Council Election Results (Central & Western)
• 2007 District Council Election Results (Central & Western)
• 2003 District Council Election Results (Central & Western)
• 1999 District Council Election Results (Central & Western)
• Louie, K. S.; Shum, K. C. (1995). Electoral Facts in Hong Kong: 1982–1994. Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies. ISBN   962-441-519-6.