2019 Wan Chai District Council election

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]

2019 Wan Chai District Council election

24 November 2019

All 13 seats to Wan Chai District Council
7 seats needed for a majority
Turnout67.9% Increase15.2%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Liberal VSA DAB
Last election 1 seat, 5.8% Did not contest 4 seats, 15.3%
Seats before 0 0 4
Seats won 1 1 0
Seat change Steady Increase1 Decrease4
Popular vote 2,570 2,502 6,883
Percentage 5.1% 4.9% 14.3%
Swing Decrease0.7% N/A Decrease1.0%

Colours on map indicate winning party for each constituency.

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-democracy Pro-Beijing
2 11
Pro-dem Pro-Beijing

Change in composition:

53.18% 46.82%
Pro-democracy Pro-Beijing
9 4
Pro-democracy Pro-Beijing


Wan Chai District Council election result 2019
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Independent 8 7 4 +3 61.5 76.0 38,540
  DAB 0 0 4 −4 0.0 13.6 6,883 −1.7
  Liberal 1 0 0 0 7.7 5.1 2,570 −0.7
  VSA 1 1 0 +1 0 4.9 2,502
  2047 HK Monitor 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 207

References

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