2019 Eastern District Council election Turnout 72.1%
First party
Second party
Third party
Party
Civic
Democratic
Labour
Last election
4 seats, 10.1%
2 seats, 8.3%
1 seat, 6.1%
Seats before
4
2
1
Seats won
5
4
2
Seat change
Popular vote
18,505
16,797
8,094
Percentage
8.0%
7.2%
3.5%
Swing
Fourth party
Fifth party
Sixth party
Party
DAB
FTU
Liberal
Last election
10 seats, 15.3%
6 seats, 10.2%
2 seats, 4.0%
Seats before
11
6
2
Seats won
1
1
1
Seat change
Popular vote
40,151
17,478
8,622
Percentage
17.3%
7.5%
3.7%
Swing
Seventh party
Eighth party
Ninth party
Party
HTTHECG
SKWEF
LSD
Last election
New party
New party
0 seat, 1.8%
Seats before
0
0
0
Seats won
1
1
1
Seat change
Popular vote
5,389
4,204
3,563
Percentage
2.3%
1.8%
1.5%
Swing
N/A
N/A
Colours on map indicate winning party for each constituency.
The 2019 Eastern District Council election was held on 24 November 2019 to elect all 35 members to the Eastern District Council of Hong Kong .[ 1]
The pro-democrats achieved the majority of the council for the first time in a historic landslide victory amid the pro-democracy protests , taking 32 of the 35 seats in the council, with many of the pro-Beijing strongholds in North Point falling into the hands of pro-democracy independents.
Overall election results
Before election:
↓
10
25
Pro-democracy Pro-Beijing
Change in composition:
Eastern District Council election result 2019
Party
Seats
Gains
Losses
Net gain/loss
Seats %
Votes %
Votes
+/−
Independent
17
14
6
+8
51.4
38.5
89,552
DAB
1
0
10
–10
2.9
17.3
40,151
+2.0
Civic
5
1
0
+1
14.2
8.0
18,505
−2.1
FTU
1
0
5
−5
2.9
7.5
17,478
−2.7
Democratic
4
2
0
+2
11.4
7.2
16,797
−1.1
NPP
0
0
0
0
0
4.8
11,054
−1.5
Liberal
1
0
1
−1
2.9
3.7
8,622
−0.3
Labour
2
1
0
+1
5.7
3.5
8,094
−2.6
HTTHECG
1
1
0
+1
2.9
2.3
5,389
BPA
0
0
0
0
0
2.1
4,868
SKWEF
1
1
0
+1
2.9
1.8
4,204
PfD
1
1
0
+1
2.9
1.7
3,982
LSD
1
1
0
+1
2.9
1.5
3,563
–0.3
ASEA
0
0
0
0
0
0.1
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