Mong Kok East (constituency)

Mong Kok East is one of the 20 constituencies in the Yau Tsim Mong District.

Mong Kok East
Elected Constituency for the Yau Tsim Mong District Council
Boundary of Mong Kok East in Yau Tsim Mong District
District	Mong Kok (1982–1994) Yau Tsim Mong (1994–present)
Legislative Council constituency	Kowloon West
Population	16,568 (2019)[1]
Electorate	6,443 (2019)[2]
Current constituency
Created	1982
Number of members	One
Member(s)	Ben Lam Siu-pan (Community March)

The constituency returns one district councillor to the Yau Tsim Mong District Council, with an election every four years. The seat is currently held by Wong Kin-san of the Kowloon West New Dynamic and the Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong.

Mong Kok East constituency is loosely based on eastern part of Mongkok with estimated population of 15,444.[3]

Councillors represented

Election		Member	Party
	1982	Lau Tak-kei	Civic Association
	1985		Nonpartisan
	1988	Fung Kong	Nonpartisan
	1991	Lee Tin-kiu	Nonpartisan
	1994		123DA
	1994	Law Wing-cheung	Independent
	2011	Wong Kin-san	Independent
	2016		KWND/BPA
	2019	Ben Lam Siu-pan	Community March

Election results

2010s

Yau Tsim Mong District Council Election, 2019: Mong Kok East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Community March	Ben Lam Siu-pan	2,663	59.39
	BPA	Wong Kin-san	1,821	40.61	−14.59
Majority			842	18.78
Turnout			4,518	70.14
	Community March gain from BPA		Swing

Yau Tsim Mong District Council Election, 2015: Mong Kok East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Wong Kin-san	1,442	55.2	+5.3
	Democratic	Lau Chun-yip	1,172	44.8	+5.3
	Independent	Jefferson Keller Tse	112	4.3
Majority			270	10.4	+0.1
Turnout			2,747	45.2
	Independent hold		Swing

Yau Tsim Mong District Council Election, 2011: Mong Kok East[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Wong Kin-san	1,110	49.87
	Democratic	Lau Chun-yip	880	39.53
	People Power (Frontier)	Yuen Chiu-tat	214	9.61
	SDA	James Lung Wai-man	22	0.99
Majority			230	10.33
	Independent gain from Independent		Swing

2000s

Yau Tsim Mong District Council Election, 2007: Mong Kok East[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Law Wing-cheung	1,084	73.74
	Independent	Chun Fei-pang	386	26.26
Majority			698	47.48
	Independent hold		Swing

Yau Tsim Mong District Council Election, 2003: Mong Kok East[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Law Wing-cheung	Uncontested
	Independent hold		Swing

1990s

Yau Tsim Mong District Council Election, 1999: Mong Kok East[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Law Wing-cheung	1,204	66.70	+22.34
	123DA	Tak Sik-kwan	601	33.30	+5.82
Majority			603	33.41	+17.21
	Independent hold		Swing

Yau Tsim Mong District Board Election, 1994: Mong Kok East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MKRA	Law Wing-cheung	857	44.36	−8.39
	PAS	Charles Wu Yan-yu	544	28.16
	123DA	Lee Tin-kiu	531	27.48	−9.76
Majority			313	16.20	−7.58
	Nonpartisan gain from 123DA		Swing

Mong Kok District Board Election, 1991: Mong Kok East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Lee Tin-kiu	677	37.24
	MKRA	Lau Tak-kei	654	35.97	−21.90
	MKYNS	Kwan Wan-ying	487	26.79
Majority			23	1.26	−7.58
	Nonpartisan gain from Nonpartisan		Swing

1980s

Mong Kok District Board Election, 1988: Mong Kok East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Fung Kong	741	44.27
	Nonpartisan	Lau Tak-kei	593	35.42	−21.90
	Nonpartisan	Lo Hok-yan	340	20.31
Majority			148	8.84	−5.99
	Nonpartisan gain from Nonpartisan		Swing

Mong Kok District Board Election, 1985: Mong Kok East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Lau Tak-kei	1,301	57.31	+12.57
	MKFA	Chow Hing-chun	969	42.69	+18.92
Majority			332	14.63	+1.38
	Nonpartisan hold		Swing

Mong Kok District Board Election, 1982: Mong Kok East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Civic	Lau Tak-kei	655	44.74
	Civic	Lau Chi-man	461	31.49
	Nonpartisan	Chow Hing-chun	348	23.77
Majority			194	13.25
	Civic 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. "2011 District Councils Election - Summary of the District Council Constituency Areas". Hong Kong Government. 5 September 2011.
4. "Election Results - Yau Tsim Mong". Hong Kong Government. 7 November 2011.
5. "Election Results - Yau Tsim Mong". Hong Kong Government. 19 June 2012. Archived from the original on 26 May 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
6. "Results of the 2003 District Council Election" (PDF). Hong Kong Government.
7. "Results of the 1999 District Council Election" (PDF). Hong Kong Government.