2019 Central and Western District Council election

The 2019 Central and Western District Council election was held on 24 November 2019 to elect all 15 members of the Central and Western District Council.[1]

2019 Central and Western District Council election

24 November 2019
All 15 seats to Central and Western District Council 8 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	69.9% 23.6%
Party Democratic Liberal DAB Last election 4 seats, 28.0% 1 seat, 6.6% 5 seats, 23.8% Seats before 5 1 5 Seats won 7 1 0 Seat change 2 5 Popular vote 19,054 4,981 15,507 Percentage 24.7% 6.5% 20.1% Swing 3.3% 0.1% 3.7%
Colours on map indicate winning party for each constituency.

Amid the ongoing pro-democracy protests, the pro-democrats scored a historic landslide victory by taking 14 of the 15 seats, with DAB being completely wiped out from the council and its legislator Cheung Kwok-kwan being ousted in Sai Wan.

Overall election results

Before election:

↓

5	10
Pro-democracy	Pro-Beijing

Change in composition:

↓

14	1
Pro-democracy	PB

Central and Western District Council election result 2019

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Independent	10	6	4	+2	66.7	40.3	31,015
	Democratic	7	2	0	+2	46.7	24.7	19,054	–3.3
	DAB	0	0	5	−5	0.0	20.1	15,507	–3.7
	Liberal	1	0	0	0	6.7	6.5	4,981	−0.1
	PfD	1	1	0	+1	6.7	4.3	3,312
	FTU	0	0	0	0	0	2.5	1,900
	2047 HK Monitor	0	0	0	0	0	1.4	1,106
	VSA	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	138

Results by constituency

A01: Chung Wan

Central & Western District Council Election, 2019: Chung Wan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Hui Chi-fung	1,618	55.09	+1.40
	Independent	Wong Chung-wai	1,319	44.91
Majority			299	10.18
Turnout			2,947	67.38
	Democratic hold		Swing

A02: Mid Levels East

Central & Western District Council Election, 2019: Mid Levels East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Ng Siu-hong	2,672	57.28	+6.38
	DAB	Samuel Mok Kam-sum	1,993	42.72
Majority			679	14.56
Turnout			4,685	69.84
	Democratic hold		Swing

A03: Castle Road

Central & Western Council Election, 2019: Castle Road

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Cheng Lai-king	2,669	51.05	−1.65
	Liberal	Karl Fung Kar-leung	2,559	49.95	+1.65
Majority			110	1.10
Turnout			5,250	69.45
	Democratic hold		Swing

A04: Peak

Central & Western District Council Election, 2019: Peak

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jeremy Young Chit-on	2,422	68.65	−9.15
	2047 HK Monitor	Thomas Uruma Kuninobu	1,106	31.35
Majority			1,316	37.30
Turnout			3,536	62.94
	Liberal hold		Swing

A05: University

Central & Western District Council Election, 2019: University

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Camille Yam Ka-yi	3,135	51.35
	Independent	Stephen Chan Chit-kwai	2,843	46.57	−9.33
	Independent	Au Chung-yin	127	2.08
Majority			292	4.78
Turnout			6,115	70.49
	Nonpartisan gain from Independent		Swing

A06: Kwun Lung

Central & Western District Council Election, 2019: Kwun Lung

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Fergus Leung Fong-wai	3,195	50.69
	DAB	Yeung Hoi-wing	2,970	47.12	−14.28
	VSA	Chow Sai-kit	138	2.19
Majority			225	3.57
Turnout			6,316	70.29
	Independent gain from DAB		Swing

A07: Kennedy Town & Mount Davis

Central & Western District Council Election, 2019: Kennedy Town & Mount Davis

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PfD	Cherry Wong Kin-ching	3,312	59.45
	DAB	Chan Hok-fung	2,206	39.60	−9.70
	Nonpartisan	Mavis Lam Suet-ying	53	0.95
Majority			1,106	9.85
Turnout			5,593	73.53
	PfD gain from DAB		Swing

A08: Sai Wan

Central & Western District Council Election, 2019: Sai Wan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ind. democrat	Pang Ka-ho	3,289	56.48
	DAB	Cheung Kwok-kwan	2,494	42.83	−8.57
	Nonpartisan	Shirley Wong Mi-hing	40	0.69
Majority			795	13.65
Turnout			5,845	73.19
	Ind. democrat gain from DAB		Swing

A09: Belcher

Central & Western District Council Election, 2019: Belcher

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Victor Yeung Sui-yin	4,002	52.66
	Independent	Yip Wing-shing	3,521	46.34	−4.37
	Nonpartisan	Fung King-yin	76	1.00
Majority			479	6.32
Turnout			7,617	73.81
	Democratic gain from Independent		Swing

A10: Shek Tong Tsui

Central & Western District Council Election, 2019: Shek Tong Tsui

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Sam Yip Kam-lung	3,073	55.27	+13.97
	Nonpartisan	Chan Choi-hi	2,487	44.73	−13.97
Majority			586	10.54
Turnout			5,577	68.12
	Nonpartisan gain from Nonpartisan		Swing

A11: Sai Ying Pun

Central & Western District Council Election, 2019: Sai Ying Pun

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Wong Weng-chi	2,734	55.39
	DAB	Timothy Lau Tin-ching	2,202	44.61	−15.19
Majority			532	10.78
Turnout			4,955	67.85
	Nonpartisan gain from DAB		Swing

A12: Sheung Wan

Central & Western District Council Election, 2019: Sheung Wan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Kam Nai-wai	2,781	59.41	+7.71
	FTU	Lui Hung-pan	1,900	40.59	−7.71
Majority			881	18.82
Turnout			4,700	66.87
	Democratic hold		Swing

A13: Tung Wah

Central & Western District Council Election, 2019: Tung Wah

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Bonnie Ng Hoi-yan	2,403	60.84	+8.14
	DAB	Cheung Ka-yan	1,547	39.16
Majority			856	21.68
Turnout			3,963	69.19
	Democratic hold		Swing

A14: Centre Street

Central & Western District Council Election, 2019: Centre Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Cheung Kai-yin	2,909	58.90	+9.40
	Nonpartisan	Sidney Lee Chi-hang	2,030	41.10	−9.40
Majority			879	17.80
Turnout			4,954	70.98
	Democratic gain from Nonpartisan		Swing

A15: Water Street

Central & Western District Council Election, 2019: Water Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ind. democrat	Ho Chi-wang	3,093	59.62
	DAB	Yeung Hok-ming	2,095	40.38	−13.12
Majority			998	19.24
Turnout			5,215	70.40
	Ind. democrat gain from DAB		Swing

References

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