Wai Ying | |
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Elected Constituency for the Kwai Tsing District Council | |
District | Kwai Tsing |
Legislative Council constituency | New Territories South West |
Population | 19,475 (2019) [1] |
Electorate | 11,038 (2019) [2] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1994 |
Number of members | One |
Member(s) | vacant |
Created from | Wai Hoi, Hang Wai |
Wai Ying, formerly called Wai Hoi and Hang Wai, is one of the 31 constituencies in the Kwai Tsing District in Hong Kong.
The constituency returns one district councillor to the Kwai Tsing District Council, with an election every four years. Wai Ying constituency is loosely based on Tierra Verde, Tivoli Garden and Broadview Garden in Tsing Yi with an estimated population of 19,475. [3]
Election | Member | Party | |
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1994 | Alice Mak Mei-kuen | Independent | |
2007 | FTU | ||
2019 | Henry Sin Ho-fai→vacant | Civic | |
2020 | Independent | ||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Civic | Henry Sin Ho-fai | 5,194 | 59.88 | +25.78 | |
FTU | Alice Mak Mei-kuen | 3,480 | 40.12 | −25.78 | |
Majority | 1,714 | 19.76 | |||
Turnout | 8,703 | 78.85 | |||
Civic gain from FTU | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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FTU | Alice Mak Mei-kuen | Uncontested | |||
FTU hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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FTU | Alice Mak Mei-kuen | 2,404 | 65.9 | -10.1 | |
Civic | Koo Man-hon | 1,242 | 34.1 | ||
FTU hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Alice Mak Mei-kuen | 2,216 | 76.0 | +5.1 | |
Independent | Fung Siu-ping | 701 | 24.0 | ||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Alice Mak Mei-kuen | 2,386 | 70.9 | +24.3 | |
Independent | Chan Wai-tong | 981 | 29.1 | ||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Alice Mak Mei-kuen | 1,306 | 46.6 | ||
Independent | Alice Ho Pui-yin | 556 | 19.8 | ||
Democratic | Wong Kwong-mo | 535 | 19.1 | ||
TYRA | Tang Yuk-choi | 392 | 14.0 | ||
Independent win (new seat) |
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