1999 Central and Western District Council election

The 1999 Central and Western District Council election was held on 28 November 1999 to elect all 15 elected members to the 19-member Central and Western District Council,[1] the first election of the Council since the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

1999 Central and Western District Council election

28 November 1999
15 (of the 19) seats to Central and Western District Council 10 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	30.7%
Party Democratic DAB Last election 8 seats, 46.4% 2 seats, 19.1% Seats before 6 2 Seats won 5 3 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 10,744 8,768 Percentage 40.9% 33.4% Swing 5.5% 14.3%   Party 123DA Liberal Last election 0 seat, 2.8% 1 seat, 8.8% Seats before 0 0 Seats won 1 1 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 1,096 774 Percentage 4.2% 2.9% Swing 1.4% 5.9%
Colours on map indicate winning party for each constituency.

Overall election results

Before election:

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8	6
Pro-democracy	Pro-Beijing

Change in composition:

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8	7
Pro-democracy	Pro-Beijing

Central and Western District Council election result 1999

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Democratic	5	1	2	–1	33.3	40.9	10,744	–5.5
	DAB	3	1	0	+1	20.0	33.4	8,768	+14.3
	Independent	5	0	1	–1	33.4	15.4	4,043
	123DA	1	1	0	+1	6.7	4.2	1,096	+1.4
	Progressive Alliance	0	0	0	0	0	3.2	851	+0.1
	Liberal	1	1	0	+1	6.7	2.9	774	–5.9

Results by constituency

Belcher

Belcher

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DAB	Wong Chit-man	1,262	52.2	N/A
	Democratic	Lam Kee-shing	1,157	47.8	N/A
Majority			105	4.4	N/A
	DAB gain from Democratic		Swing

Castle Road

Castle Road

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Cheng Lai-king	1,014	71.6	+5.1
	DAB	So Lai-sin	402	28.4	N/A
Majority			612	43.2	+10.2
	Democratic hold		Swing

Centre Street

Centre Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Henry Leung Yiu-cho	1,063	59.0	N/A
	DAB	Tong Wai-yuen	739	41.0	N/A
Majority			324	18.0	(new)
	Democratic win (new seat)

Chung Wan

Chung Wan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Yuen Bun-keung	1,179	68.0	+3.5
	DAB	Li Man-kuen	546	31.5	N/A
Majority			633	36.5	+6.7
	Democratic hold		Swing

Kennedy Town & Mount Davis

Kennedy Town & Mount Davis

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DAB	Yeung Wai-foon	1,217	53.0	+1.6
	Democratic	Chan Kwok-leung	1,079	47.0	-1.6
Majority			138	6.0	+3.2
	DAB hold		Swing	+1.6

Kwun Lung

Kwun Lung

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DAB	Ip Kwok-him	1,552	57.6	+4.8
	Democratic	Rosa Mok Pui-han	1,141	42.4	-4.8
Majority			411	15.2	+10.1
	DAB hold		Swing	+5.0

Middle Levels East

Mid Levels East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Kwok Ka-ki	1,074	55.8	-3.6
	Independent	Marianne Wong Man-yin	851	44.2	N/A
Majority			223	11.6	-7.2
	Independent hold		Swing	-1.8

Peak

Peak

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Tien Pei-chun	774	65.3	+34.3
	Independent	Louis Leung Wing-on	412	34.7	-18.5
Majority			362	30.6	+8.4
	Liberal gain from Independent		Swing	+7.9

Sai Wan

Sai Wan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Chan Tak-chor	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Independent hold		Swing	N/A

Sai Ying Pun

Sai Ying Pun

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Lai Kwok-hung	1,248	50.1	+2.2
	DAB	Chan Yiu-keung	1,243	49.9	+24.6
Majority			5	0.2	-21.0
	Independent hold		Swing

Shek Tong Tsui

Shek Tong Tsui

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Chan Choi-hi	1,309	48.4
	Democratic	Vincent Wong Chak-lai	762	28.2
	DAB	Li Yueh-chin	632	23.4
Majority			547	20.2	-33.8
	Independent hold		Swing

Sheung Wan

Sheung Wan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Kam Nai-wai	1,468	68.1	-2.7
	DAB	Yuen Chiu-hing	688	31.9	+2.7
Majority			780	36.2	-5.4
	Democratic hold		Swing

Tung Wah

Tung Wah

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Frederick Ho Chun-ki	898	64.8	-5.2
	DAB	Cheng Chi-keung	546	35.2	+5.2
Majority			352	29.6	-11.4
	Democratic hold		Swing

University

University

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Stephen Chan Chit-kwai	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Independent hold		Swing

Water Street

Water Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	123DA	Lesilie Spencer Tai Cheuk-yin	1,096	52.7	+16.7
	Democratic	Robin Wan Joe-yiu	983	47.3	+1.3
Majority			113	5.4
	123DA gain from Democratic		Swing

References

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