Tai Wai (constituency)

Tai Wai is one of the 41 constituencies of the Sha Tin District Council. The seat elects one member of the council every four years. It was first created in 1985 Hong Kong district boards election. The constituency boundary is loosely based on Tai Wai.

Tai Wai
Elected Constituency for the Sha Tin District Council
Boundary of Tai Wai in Sha Tin District
District	Sha Tin
Legislative Council constituency	New Territories East
Population	20,083 (2019)[1]
Electorate	12,731 (2019)[2]
Current constituency
Created	1985
Number of members	One
Member(s)	Kudama Ng Ting-lam (Democratic)

Councillors represented

1985 to 1991

Election	First Member		First Party	Second Member		Second Party
1985		Hui Lai-mui	Independent		Wai Hon-leung	Independent
1988		Cheung Puk-yu	Independent

1991 to present

Election		Member	Party
	1991	Wai Hon-leung	Independent
	1994	Ronney Chan Kai-yung	Independent
	199?		Progressive Alliance
	1999	Leung Wing-hung	Democratic
	2007	Yeung Kwai-choi	DAB
	2009 by-election	Leung Wing-hung	Democratic
	2010		Neo Democrats
	2011	Kelly Tung Kin-lei	DAB
	2019	Kudama Ng Ting-lam	Democratic

Election results

2010s

Sha Tin District District Council Election, 2019: Tai Wai

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic (PfD)	Kudama Ng Ting-lam	4,198	46.06
	DAB	Kelly Tung Kin-lei	4,114	45.14	−18.46
	Independent	Owen Chow Ka-shing	748	8.21
	ASEA	Yuen Kwai-hei	54	0.59
Majority			84	0.92
Turnout			9,149	71.89
	Democratic gain from DAB		Swing

Sha Tin District District Council Election, 2015: Tai Wai

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DAB	Kelly Tung Kin-lei	3,649	63.6	+10.5
	STCN	Leung Chun-hin	2,087	36.4	–10.5
Majority			1,562	27.2	+21.0
Turnout			5,736	47.0	+6.4
	DAB hold		Swing	+10.5

Sha Tin District Council Election, 2011: Tai Wai

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DAB	Kelly Tung Kin-lei	3,302	53.1	+14.4
	Neo Democrats	Leung Wing-hung	2,921	46.9	–14.4
Majority			381	6.2	−2.4
Turnout			3,048	40.4
	DAB gain from Neo Democrats		Swing	+14.4

2000s

Tai Wai by-election, 2009

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Leung Wing-hung	2,820	47.3	–2.0
	DAB	Yuen Kwai-choi	2,301	38.7	−12.0
	Independent	Lee York-fai	790	13.3
	Independent	Chan Wai-man	19	0.3
	Independent	Chau Chi-pong	13	0.2
Majority			519	8.6	–19.2
Turnout			5,963	49.0
	Democratic gain from DAB		Swing

Sha Tin District Council Election, 2007: Tai Wai

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DAB	Yuen Kwai-choi	2,851	50.7	+14.6
	Democratic	Leung Wing-hung	2,768	49.3	–14.6
Majority			83	1.4	−26.4
	DAB gain from Democratic		Swing	+14.6

Sha Tin District Council Election, 2003: Tai Wai

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Leung Wing-hung	2,813	63.9	+6.7
	DAB	Yuen Kwai-choi	1,590	36.1
Majority			1,223	27.8	+13.4
	Democratic hold		Swing

1990s

Sha Tin District Council Election, 1999: Tai Wai

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Leung Wing-hung	1,658	57.2
	Progressive Alliance	Ronney Chan Kai-yung	1,241	42.8	–19.1
Majority			417	14.4
	Democratic gain from Progressive Alliance		Swing

Sha Tin District Board Election, 1994: Tai Wai

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ronney Chan Kai-yung	1,143	61.9
	Independent	Cheung Wing-keung	705	38.1
Majority			438	23.8	+13.7
	Independent gain from Independent		Swing

Sha Tin District Board Election, 1991: Tai Wai

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Wai Hon-leung	705	46.2	+14.9
	Independent	Mak Wai-hung	550	36.1
	United Democrats	Ko Chok-keung	270	17.7
Majority			155	10.1
	Independent hold		Swing

1980s

Sha Tin District Board Election, 1988: Tai Wai[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Wai Hon-leung	1,877	31.3	–1.5
	Independent	Cheung Puk-yu	1,390	23.2
	Independent	Ronney Chan Kai-yung	1,134	18.9
	Independent	Hui Hon-ching	938	15.6
	HKAS	Wong Sui-kwan	660	11.0
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent gain from Independent		Swing

Sha Tin District Board Election, 1985: Tai Wai[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Hui Lai-mui	1,556	37.8
	Independent	Wai Hon-leung	1,349	32.8
	Independent	Ronney Chan Kai-yung	1,209	29.4
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent 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). Registration and Electoral Office.
3. 李彭廣 (2004). "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 9 March 2013.

References

• 2011 District Council Election Results (Sha Tin)
• 2007 District Council Election Results (Sha Tin)
• 2003 District Council Election Results (Sha Tin)