2019 Wan Chai District Council election

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2019 Wan Chai District Council election
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  2015 24 November 20192023 

All 13 seats to Wan Chai District Council
7 seats needed for a majority
Turnout67.9% Increase2.svg15.2%
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Liberal VSA DAB
Last election1 seat, 5.8%Did not contest4 seats, 15.3%
Seats before004
Seats won110
Seat changeSteady2.svgIncrease2.svg1Decrease2.svg4
Popular vote2,5702,5026,883
Percentage5.1%4.9%14.3%
SwingDecrease2.svg0.7%N/ADecrease2.svg1.0%

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

The 2019 Wan Chai District Council election was held on 24 November 2019 to elect all 15 members to the Wan Chai District Council. [1]

The Kickstart Wan Chai, a pro-democracy local political group led by Claris Yeung Suet-ying, incumbent District Councillor of Tai Hang and consisting of a group of young fresh faces ran under the banner of independent and scored the most seats, while the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong lost all its seats in the district.

Overall election results

41.17%58.83%
Pro-democracyPro-Beijing
211
Pro-demPro-Beijing

Change in composition:

53.18%46.82%
Pro-democracyPro-Beijing
94
Pro-democracyPro-Beijing


Wan Chai District Council election result 2019
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Independent 874+361.576.038,540
  DAB 004−40.013.66,883−1.7
  Liberal 10007.75.12,570−0.7
  VSA 110+104.92,502
  2047 HK Monitor 000000.4207

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References

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