2019 Tuen Mun District Council election

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2019 Tuen Mun District Council election
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  2015 24 November 20192023 

31 (of the 32) seats to Tuen Mun District Council
17 seats needed for a majority
Turnout70.9% Increase2.svg29.2%
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Democratic ADPL TMCN
Last election4 seats, 18.6%3 seats, 7.0%New party
Seats before430
Seats won854
Seat changeIncrease2.svg4Increase2.svg2Increase2.svg4
Popular vote35,18420,56020,086
Percentage16.8%9.8%9.6%
SwingDecrease2.svg1.8%Increase2.svg2.8%N/A

 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
 
Party Team Chu Labour DAB
Last electionNew party1 seat, 1.8%8 seats, 24.4%
Seats before018
Seats won221
Seat changeIncrease2.svg2Increase2.svg1Decrease2.svg7
Popular vote10,4998,02836,865
Percentage5.0%3.8%17.6%
SwingN/AIncrease2.svg2.0%Decrease2.svg6.8%

 Seventh partyEighth partyNinth party
 
Party FTU Roundtable Fu Sun Generation
Last election4 seats, 10.1%New partyNew party
Seats before420
Seats won111
Seat changeDecrease2.svg3Decrease2.svg1Increase2.svg1
Popular vote12,7826,6675,486
Percentage6.1%3.2%2.6%
SwingDecrease2.svg2.4%N/AN/A

Tuen Mun District Council (2019).svg
Colours on map indicate winning party for each constituency.

The 2019 Tuen Mun District Council election was held on 24 November 2019 to elect all 31 elected members to the 32-member Tuen Mun District Council. [1]

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Amid the massive pro-democracy protests in 2019, Junius Ho who was a key anti-protest figure who was allegedly involved in the Yuen Long attack was challenged by Lo Chun-yu in his constituency in the November election. A historic landslide victory occurred as the pro-democrats took 28 of the 31 seats in the council with Ho being unseated. A local political group Tuen Mun Community Network also grabbed three seats as a result.

Overall election results

Before election:

822
Pro-democracyPro-Beijing

Change in composition:

284
Pro-democracyPB
Tuen Mun District Council election result 2019
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  DAB 118−73.217.636,865–6.8
  Democratic 840+425.816.835,184–1.8
  Independent 335−29.713.929,069
  TMCN 440+46.59.620,086
  ADPL 520+216.17.020,560+2.8
  FTU 103−33.26.112,782−4.0
  Team Chu 220+26.55.010,499
  NPP 002−20.04.59,428−2.4
  Labour 210+16.53.88,028+2.0
  Roundtable 101−13.23.26,667
  Empowering HK 110+13.22.75,590
  Fu Sun Generation 110+13.22.65,486
  LMCG 110+13.22.14,410
  Unity of San Hui 110+13.21.63,276
  Civic Passion 00000.00.51,061+0.1

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References

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