Kam Ying (constituency)

Kam Ying is one of the 41 constituencies in the Sha Tin District in Hong Kong. The constituency returns one district councillor to the Sha Tin District Council, with an election every four years.

Kam Ying
Elected constituency
for the Sha Tin District Council
Outline map
Boundary of Kam Ying in Sha Tin District
DistrictSha Tin
Legislative Council constituencyNew Territories South East
Population16,942 (2019)[1]
Electorate11,639 (2019)[2]
Current constituency
Created1994
Number of membersOne
Member(s)Vacant

The Kam Ying constituency is loosely based on Kam Ying Court, Park Belvedere and part of Sunshine City in Ma On Shan, with an estimated population of 16,942.[3]

Councillors represented
ElectionMemberParty
1994 Wong Kwok-hung Nonpartisan→Frontier
1999 Frontier→Nonpartisan
2003 Nonpartisan
2007 by-election Tong Po-chun Nonpartisan
2007
2011 Nonpartisan→BPA
2015 Ting Tsz-yuen Democratic→Community Sha Tin
2019 Ting Tsz-yuen→Vacant[lower-alpha 1] Community Sha Tin

Election results

2010s
Sha Tin District Council Election, 2019: Kam Ying
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Community Sha Tin Ting Tsz-yuen 4,775 53.46 +21.96
DAB Choi Wai-shing 3,401 46.54
Independent Lee Kin-hang 530 5.93
Nonpartisan Law Siu-chung 226 2.53
Majority 1,374 6.92
Turnout 8,954 76.95
Community Sha Tin hold Swing
Sha Tin District Council Election, 2015: Kam Ying
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Ting Tsz-yuen 1,612 31.50
Independent (BPA) Tong Po-chun 1,442 28.18 −47.96
Nonpartisan Law Siu-chun 1,176 22.98
Nonpartisan Li Po-mui 888 17.35
Majority 170 3.32
Turnout 5,118 48.59
Democratic gain from Independent Swing
Sha Tin District Council Election, 2011: Kam Ying
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nonpartisan Tong Po-chun 3,134 76.14 +17.44
Nonpartisan Wong Kwok-hung 982 23.86
Majority 2,125 52.28
Turnout 4,116 41.54
Nonpartisan hold Swing

2000s
Sha Tin District Council Election, 2007: Kam Ying
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nonpartisan Tong Po-chun 2,163 58.70 +8.15
Frontier Wong Huk-kam 1,522 41.30 +18.55
Majority 641 7.40
Nonpartisan hold Swing
Kam Ying by-election 2007
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nonpartisan Tong Po-chun 1,704 50.55
Frontier Wong Huk-kam 767 22.75 −55.40
Democratic Chan Ming-hung 557 16.52
Liberal Wong Shun-loy 343 10.18
Majority 937 27.80
Nonpartisan gain from Nonpartisan Swing
Sha Tin District Council Election, 2003: Kam Ying
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nonpartisan Wong Kwok-hung 3,441 78.15 +27.81
DAB Tsang Hin-wai 962 21.85 −27.81
Majority 2,497 56.30
Nonpartisan hold Swing +27.81

1990s
Sha Tin District Council Election, 1999: Kam Ying
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Frontier Wong Kwok-hung 1,392 50.34 −1.83
DAB Tung Wai-ming 1,373 49.66
Majority 19 0.68
Frontier hold Swing
Sha Tin District Board Election, 1994: Kam Ying
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nonpartisan Wong Kwok-hung 1,345 52.17
Nonpartisan Chan Chok-dim 1,233 47.83
Majority 112 4.34
Nonpartisan win (new seat)

Notes
  1. Resigned on 31 May 2021 over new oath-taking laws.

References
  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. "2015 District Councils Election - Summary of the District Council Constituency Areas". Hong Kong Government.
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