Chung Wan (constituency)

Chung Wan (Chinese: 中環) is one of the 15 constituencies in the Central and Western District of Hong Kong, currently represented in the Central and Western District Council by Hui Chi-fung of the Democratic Party, who became an Independent on 3 December 2020.

Chung Wan
Elected Constituency for the Central & Western District Council
Boundary of Chung Wan in Central & Western District
District	Central & Western
Legislative Council constituency	Hong Kong Island
Population	13,351 (2019)[1]
Electorate	4,377 (2019)[2]
Current constituency
Created	1982
Number of members	One
Member(s)	Hui Chi-fung (Independent)

The constituency loosely covers the Central District with the estimated population of 13,351.[3] "Chung Wan" is both the Cantonese transliteration of the Chinese name and an alternative English name for Central District.

Boundaries

The Chung Wan constituency covers most of Central District and Admiralty, as well as the portion of Sheung Wan east of Cleverly Street and Ladder Street. The Sheung Wan, Central, Hong Kong and Admiralty stations of MTR are within the boundaries of the Chung Wan constituency.

District Council constituencies bordering Chung Wan includes Mid Levels East, Peak, Sheung Wan and Tung Wah within the same district, as well as Tai Fat Hau of Wan Chai District.[4][5]

Councillors represented

The seat is currently held by Ted Hui Chi-fung of the Democratic Party. He replaced Yuen Bun-keung, a founding member of the party who had been holding the seat since 1986, in the 2011 District Council elections, as Yuen refused to seek another term of office. Yuen died in the following year.

1982–85

Election		Member	Party
	1982	Chow Wai-keung	Nonpartisan
	1984		People's Association

1985–94

Election	First Member		First Party	Second Member		Second Party
1985		Chow Wai-keung	People's Association		Gerry Wai Ka-cheung	HKAS
1985			HKAS
1986 by-election		Yuen Bun-keung	Independent
1986			ADPL
1990			United Democrat			United Democrat
1991					Vivian Chih Wan-wan	LDF/Civic Association
1994			Democratic

1994 to present

Election		Member	Party	%
	1994	Yuen Bun-keung	Democratic	64.90
	1999			68.35
	2003			69.50
	2007			61.64
	2011	Hui Chi-fung	Democratic	51.49
	2015			53.69
	2019		Democratic→Independent	55.09

Election results

2010s

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	NA

Central & Western District Council Election, 2015: Chung Wan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Hui Chi-fung	1,090	53.7	+2.2
	Nonpartisan	Vienna Lau Wai-yan	940	46.3
Majority			150	7.4	–0.8
Turnout			2,043	47.2
	Democratic hold		Swing	NA

Central & Western District Council Election, 2011: Chung Wan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Hui Chi-fung	951	51.5	-10.1
	Independent	Wai Pui-shuen	800	43.3	N/A
	People Power (PV)	So Ho	96	5.2	N/A
Majority			151	8.2	-14.5
	Democratic hold		Swing	N/A

2000s

Central & Western District Council Election, 2007: Chung Wan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Yuen Bun-keung	1,107	61.6	-7.9
	DAB	Lee Wai-keung	689	38.9	+7.9
Majority			418	22.7	-7.8
	Democratic hold		Swing	-7.8

Central & Western District Council Election, 2003: Chung Wan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Yuen Bun-keung	1,481	69.5	+1.2
	DAB	Lee Wai-keung	650	30.5	-1.2
Majority			831	39	+3.3
	Democratic hold		Swing	+1.2

1990s

Central & Western District Council Election, 1999: 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

Central & Western District Board Election, 1994: Chung Wan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Yuen Bun-keung	1,017	64.5
	Independent	Lilianna Au Yim-lung	550	34.9
Majority			467	29.6
	Democratic hold		Swing

Central & Western District Board Election, 1991: Chung Wan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDF (Civic)	Vivian Chih Wan-wan	1,438	66.9
	United Democrats	Yuen Bun-keung	1,008	46.9
	United Democrats	Cheng Lai-king	9,55	44.4
	LDF gain from United Democrats		Swing
	United Democrats hold		Swing

1980s

Central & Western District Board Election, 1988: Chung Wan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	ADPL	Yuen Bun-keung	1,046	69.3
	HKAS	Gerry Wai Ka-cheung	1,002	66.4
	PHKS	Tse Wong Siu-yin	475	31.5
	ADPL hold		Swing
	HKAS hold		Swing

Chung Wan By-election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Yuen Bun-keung	uncontested
	Nonpartisan gain from People's Association		Swing

Central & Western District Board Election, 1985: Chung Wan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	People's Association	Chow Wai-keung	uncontested
	HKAS	Gerry Wai Ka-cheung	uncontested
	Nonpartisan hold		Swing
	HKAS win (new seat)

Central & Western District Board Election, 1982: Chung Wan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Chow Wai-keung	1,022	54.3
	Nonpartisan	Chan Kin-hing	499	26.5
	Civic	Chow Bing-wing	355	18.9
	Nonpartisan win (new seat)

Citations

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). Register.
3. "Recommended District Council Constituency Areas" (PDF). Electoral Affairs Commission.
4. "District Council Electoral Boundaries – Central & Western District" (PDF). Electoral Affairs Commission. 6 October 2011. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
5. "District Council Electoral Boundaries – Wan Chai District" (PDF). Electoral Affairs Commission. 6 October 2011. Retrieved 10 June 2015.

References

• 2011 District Council Election Results (Central & Western)
• 2007 District Council Election Results (Central & Western)
• 2003 District Council Election Results (Central & Western)
• 1999 District Council Election Results (Central & Western)
• Louie, K. S.; Shum, K. C. (1995). Electoral Facts in Hong Kong: 1982–1994. Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies. ISBN 962-441-519-6.