2015 Eastern District Council election

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2015 Eastern District Council election
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  2011 22 November 20152019 

All 35 seats to Eastern District Council
18 seats needed for a majority
Turnout49.8%
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party DAB FTU Civic
Last election16 seats, 13.3%1 seat, 3.1%3 seats, 8.2%
Seats before1363
Seats won1064
Seat changeDecrease2.svg3Steady2.svgIncrease2.svg1
Popular vote16,72211,19011,007
Percentage15.3%10.2%10.1%
SwingDecrease2.svg2.0%Increase2.svg6.9%Increase2.svg1.9%

 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
 
Party Democratic Liberal Labour
Last election2 seats, 12.5%2 seats, 1.6%New party
Seats before230
Seats won221
Seat changeSteady2.svgDecrease2.svg1Increase2.svg1
Popular vote9,1064,3906,642
Percentage8.3%4.0%6.1%
SwingDecrease2.svg4.2%Increase2.svg2.4%N/A

Eastern District Council 2015.svg
Colours on map indicate winning party for each constituency.

The 2015 Eastern District Council election was held on 22 November 2015 to elect all 35 members to the Eastern District Council. [1]

Eastern District Council

Eastern District Council is the district council for the Eastern District in Hong Kong. It is one of 18 district council. Eastern District currently consists of 35 members, of which the district is divided into 35 constituencies, electing a total of 35 members. The latest election was held on 22 November 2015.

The most surprising result was Chui Chi-kin, an "umbrella soldier" inspired by the 2014 Hong Kong protests almost unknown to the public before he was elected, beat DAB legislator Christopher Chung Shu-kun with 2,017 votes against Chung's 1,829 votes in Yue Wan.

Andy Chui Chi-kin is a member of the Eastern District Council, representing Yue Wan constituency in Hong Kong.

2014 Hong Kong protests protest

A series of sit-in street protests, often called the Umbrella Revolution (雨傘革命) and sometimes used interchangeably with Umbrella Movement (雨傘運動), or Occupy Movement (佔領行動), occurred in Hong Kong from 26 September to 15 December 2014.

Yue Wan (constituency) constituency of the Eastern District Council of Hong Kong

Yue Wan is one of the 37 constituencies in the Eastern District, Hong Kong.

Overall election results

Before election:

5131
PDI.Pro-Beijing

Change in composition:

1025
Pro-democracyPro-Beijing
Eastern District Council election result 2015
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Independent 1051+428.636.840,224
  DAB 1003–328.615.316,722−2.0
  FTU 600017.110.211,190+7.1
  Civic 410+111.410.111,007+1.9
  Democratic 20005.78.39,106−4.2
  NPP 002–206.36,844+1.7
  Labour 110+12.96.16,642
  Liberal 20005.74.04,390+2.4
  LSD 000001.81,969–6.8
  People Power 000001.11,229

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References

  1. "Election Results - Overall Results". Electoral Affairs Commission.