Fort Street (constituency)

Fort Street is one of the 35 constituencies in the Eastern District, Hong Kong. The constituency returns one district councillor to the Eastern District Council, with an election every four years.

Fort Street
Elected Constituency for the Eastern District Council
Boundary of Fort Street in Eastern District
District	Eastern
Legislative Council constituency	Hong Kong Island
Population	16,157 (2019)[1]
Electorate	7,376 (2019)[2]
Current constituency
Created	1994
Number of members	One
Member(s)	Karrine Fu Kai-lam (Nonpartisan)
Created from	North Point North North Point South

Fort Street constituency is loosely based on the area of Fort Street in North Point with estimated population of 16,157.[3]

Councillors represented

Election		Member	Party
	1994	Chu Hon-wah	DAB
	2003	Choi Sai-chuen	Nonpartisan
	2005 by-election	Stanley Hung Lin-cham	DAB
	2019	Karrine Fu Kai-lam	Nonpartisan

Election results

2010s

Eastern District Council Election, 2019: Fort Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Karrine Fu Kai-lam	2,464	50.61
	DAB	Stanley Hung Lin-cham	2,405	49.39
Majority			59	1.22
Turnout			4,874	66.09
	Nonpartisan gain from DAB		Swing

Eastern District Council Election, 2015: Fort Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DAB	Stanley Hung Lin-cham	Uncontested
	DAB hold		Swing

Eastern District Council Election, 2011: Fort Street[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DAB	Stanley Hung Lin-cham	Uncontested
	DAB hold		Swing

2000s

Eastern District Council Election, 2007: Fort Street[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DAB	Stanley Hung Lin-cham	Uncontested
	DAB hold		Swing

Tsui Wan by-election 2005[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DAB	Stanley Hung Lin-cham	1,173	56.80	+6.83
	Democratic	Chris Wong Shing-fai	783	37.92
	Civic	Barry Chin Chi-yung	109	5.28
Majority			39	4.08
	DAB gain from Nonpartisan		Swing

Eastern District Council Election, 2003: Fort Street[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Choi Sai-chuen	944	50.03
	DAB	Chu Hon-wah	943	49.97	−2.07
Majority			1	0.06
	Nonpartisan gain from DAB		Swing

1990s

Eastern District Council Election, 1999: Fort Street[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DAB	Chu Hon-wah	Uncontested
	DAB hold		Swing

Eastern District Board Election, 1994: Fort Street[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DAB	Chu Hon-wah	835	59.30
	Liberal	So Yau-hang	573	40.70
Majority			724	18.60
	DAB win (new seat)

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.
4. Li, Pang-kwong. "香港選舉資料庫". 嶺南大學公共管治研究部. Archived from the original on 6 November 2003. Retrieved 24 March 2013.