2015 Sha Tin District Council election

The 2015 Sha Tin District Council election was held on 22 November 2015 to elect all 38 elected members to the 39-member Sha Tin District Council.[1]

2015 Sha Tin District Council election

22 November 2015

38 (of the 39) seats to Sha Tin District Council
20 seats needed for a majority
Turnout47.9%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party NPP/CF DAB Democratic
Last election 12 seats, 21.5% 9 seats, 24.0% 5 seats, 19.2%
Seats before 13 8 4
Seats won 8 7 7
Seat change 5 1 3
Popular vote 26,572 27,899 23,311
Percentage 17.1% 18.0% 15.0%
Swing 4.4% 6.0% 4.2%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Neo Democrats Labour STCN
Last election 2 seats, 6.3% New party New party
Seats before 1 0 0
Seats won 5 1 1
Seat change 4 1 1
Popular vote 13,188 5,887 3,718
Percentage 8.5% 3.8% 2.4%
Swing 2.2% N/A N/A

Colours on map indicate winning party for each constituency.

The pan-democrats and the pro-Beijing camp both won 19 seats but the pro-Beijing camp was still able to control the council with 1 ex officio member.

Overall election results

Before election:

8 28
Pro-democracy Pro-Beijing

Change in composition:

19 19
Pro-democracy Pro-Beijing
Sha Tin District Council election result 2015
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Independent 7 2 2 0 18.4 21.8 33,980
  DAB 7 0 1 –1 15.8 18.0 28,023 –6.0
  NPP/CF 8 0 5 −5 21.1 17.1 26,572 −4.4
  Democratic 7 3 0 +3 18.4 15.0 23,311 +4.2
  Neo Democrats 5 4 0 +4 13.2 8.5 13,188 +2.2
  Labour 1 +1 0 +1 2.6 3.8 5,887
  FTU 0 0 0 0 0 2.7 4,194 +1.6
  PfD 1 0 0 0 2.6 2.5 3,938
  STCN 1 1 0 +1 2.6 2.4 3,718
  Civic 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 3,234 –1.9
  People Power 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 1,602 –0.4
  LSD 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 1,406 +0.5
  BPA 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 541

References

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