Whampoa East (constituency)

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Whampoa East
Elected Constituency
for the Kowloon City District Council
WhampoaEastConstituency.svg
Boundary of Whampoa East in Kowloon City District
District Kowloon City
Legislative Council constituency Kowloon Central
Population17,582 (2019) [1]
Electorate10,345 (2019) [2]
Current constituency
Created 1994
Number of membersOne
Member(s)Vacant
Created from Whampoa

Whampoa East is one of the 22 constituencies of the Kowloon City District Council. The seat elects one member of the council every four years. The boundary is loosely based on the eastern area of Whampoa Garden.

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Councillors represented

ElectionMemberParty
1994 Wong Chi-keung LDF
1999 Chan Ka-wai Democratic
2007 Priscilla Leung Mei-fun Nonpartisan
2012 BPA/KWND
2019 Kwan Ka-lun→Vacant [lower-alpha 1] Nonpartisan

Election results

2010s

Kowloon City District Council Election, 2019: Whampoa East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nonpartisan Kwan Ka-lun4,59557.66
BPA Lee Chiu-yu3,37442.34−4.76
Majority1,22115.32
Turnout 7,99477.29
Nonpartisan gain from BPA Swing
Kowloon City District Council Election, 2015: Whampoa East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
KWND (BPA) Leung Mei-fun 2,34547.1–7.2
Youngspiration Yau Wai-ching 2,04141.0
Nonpartisan Law Shek-ming59612.0
Majority3046.1–11.5
Turnout 5,03155.2
KWND hold Swing
Kowloon City District Council Election, 2011: Whampoa East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nonpartisan (KWND) Leung Mei-fun 2,23654.3-3.9
Democratic Wong Pik-wan 1,51336.7-5.1
People Power (Power Voters)Jeff Au Yeung Ying-kit3719.0
Majority72317.6
Nonpartisan hold Swing

2000s

Kowloon City District Council Election, 2007: Whampoa East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nonpartisan Leung Mei-fun 1,72658.2
Democratic Chan Ka-wai1,24241.8
Nonpartisan gain from Democratic Swing
Kowloon City District Council Election, 2003: Whampoa East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Chan Ka-wai1,84760.6+13.8
Nonpartisan Cheung Yan-hong1,20039.4
Democratic hold Swing

1990s

Kowloon City District Council Election, 1999: Whampoa East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Chan Ka-wai1,06346.8-1.2
DAB Tsui Hung-ying90839.9
Liberal Law Siu-hung28212.4
Democratic gain from HKPA Swing

[3]

Kowloon City District Board Election, 1994: Whampoa East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LDF Wong Chi-keung1,05151.1
Democratic Tse Kwong-wang98648.0
LDF win (new seat)

Notes

  1. Resigned on 7 July 2021.

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). Registration and Electoral Office.
  3. 李彭廣. "香港選舉資料庫". 嶺南大學公共管治研究部.

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