Yuen Long Centre (constituency)

Yuen Long Centre (Chinese: 元朗中心) is one of the 39 constituencies in the Yuen Long District of Hong Kong. This constituency was named "Tai Kiu" before 2007 District Council election.

Yuen Long Centre
Elected Constituency for the Yuen Long District Council
Boundary of Yuen Long Centre in Yuen Long District
District	Yuen Long
Legislative Council constituency	New Territories West
Population	15,542 (2019)[1]
Electorate	6,741 (2019)[2]
Current constituency
Created	1994
Number of members	One
Member(s)	Shek King-ching (Democratic Alliance)

The constituency returns one district councillor to the Yuen Long District Council, with an election every four years. Yuen Long Centre constituency is loosely based on Chek Wing Court, Cheong Yu Building, Chun Chu House, Fook On Building, Ho Shun Fuk Building, Hop Yick Plaza, Kui Fat Building, Kwong Wah Centre and Opulence Height in Yuen Long with estimated population of 15,542.[3]

Councillors represented

Election		Member	Party
	1994	Lo Yuk-fun	DAB
	2003	Tse Hoi-chau	YLTSWDA
	2007	Siu Long-ming	DAB
	2019	Shek King-ching	Democratic Alliance

Election results

2010s

Yuen Long District Council Election, 2019: Yuen Long Centre[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic Alliance	Shek King-ching	2,637	59.47	+20.09
	DAB	Siu Long-ming	1,797	40.53	−20.09
Majority			840	18.94
Turnout			4,446	66.00	+29.44
	Democratic Alliance gain from DAB		Swing	+20.09

Yuen Long District Council Election, 2015: Yuen Long Centre

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DAB	Siu Long-ming	1,615	60.62	–11.04
	Democratic Alliance	Lam Ting-wai	1,049	39.38	N/a
Majority			566	21.24
Turnout			2,661	36.56
	DAB hold		Swing	N/a

Yuen Long District Council Election, 2011: Yuen Long Centre[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DAB	Siu Long-ming	1,912	71.66
	People Power	Hui Chiu-fan	756	28.34	N/a
Majority			1,156	43.33
	DAB hold		Swing	N/a

2000s

Yuen Long District Council Election, 2007: Yuen Long Centre[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DAB	Siu Long-ming	1,132	42.67
	Democratic Alliance	Mak Wing-kwong, Anthony	892	33.62
	Liberal	Wong Man-kin, Ken	629	23.71
Majority			240	9.05
	DAB gain from Democratic Alliance		Swing

Yuen Long District Council Election, 2003: Tai Kiu[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic Alliance	Tse Hoi-chau	1,489	59.46
	DAB	Lo Yuk-fun	1,015	40.54
Majority			474	18.92
	Democratic Alliance gain from DAB		Swing

1990s

Yuen Long District Council Election, 1999: Tai Kiu[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DAB	Lo Yuk-fun	1,483	59.42
	123DA	Tse Hoi-chau	1,013	40.58
Majority			470	18.84
	DAB hold		Swing

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. "Election Results – Yuen Long". Hong Kong Government. 25 November 2019.
5. "Election Results – Yuen Long". Hong Kong Government. 7 November 2011.
6. "Election Results – Yuen Long". Hong Kong Government. 19 June 2012.
7. "Results of the 2003 District Council Election" (PDF). Hong Kong Government.
8. "Results of the 1999 District Council Election" (PDF). Hong Kong Government.