Castle Road (constituency)

Castle Road
Former elected constituency
for the Central & Western District Council
Outline map
Boundary of Castle Road in Central & Western District
DistrictCentral & Western
Legislative Council constituencyHong Kong Island West
Population20,397 (2019)[1]
Electorate7,560 (2019)[2]
Former constituency
Created1994
Abolished2023
Number of membersOne
Created fromMid Levels East

Castle Road (Chinese: 衛城) was one of the 15 constituencies of the Central and Western District Council, returned one district councillor to the Central and Western District Council. The constituency was established in 1994 and abolished in 2023, during which was represented by Cheng Lai-king of the Democratic Party until her resignation in 2021.

The boundary loosely covers the Mid-levels area with estimated population of 20,397.[3]

Councillors represented

Election Member Party %
1994 Cheng Lai-king→Vacant[a] Democratic 66.54
1999 71.61
2003 73.56
2007 71.88
2011 59.45
2015 52.64
2019 51.05

Election results

2010s

Central & Western Council Election, 2019: Castle Road
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Cheng Lai-king 2,669 51.05 −1.65
Liberal Karl Fung Kar-leung 2,559 48.95 +1.65
Majority 110 1.10
Turnout 5,250 69.45
Democratic hold Swing
Central & Western Council Election, 2015: Castle Road
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Cheng Lai-king 1,457 52.6 –6.8
Liberal Ng lung-fei 1,311 47.4
Majority 146 5.2 –13.6
Turnout 2,805 41.0
Democratic hold Swing
Central & Western Council Election, 2011: Castle Road
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Cheng Lai-king 1,291 59.4 −12.5
Independent Pak Fu-hung 881 40.6 N/A
Majority 410 18.8 −25.0
Democratic hold Swing

2000s

Central & Western Council Election, 2007: Castle Road
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Cheng Lai-king 1,388 71.9 −1.7
New Forum Welson Wu Wing-kuen 543 28.1 N/A
Majority 845 43.8 −3.4
Democratic hold Swing
Central & Western Council Election, 2003: Castle Road
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Cheng Lai-king 1,625 73.6 +2.0
Independent Chong Wai-por 584 26.4 N/A
Majority 1,041 47.2 +4.0
Democratic hold Swing

1990s

Central & Western Council Election, 1999: Castle Road
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Cheng Lai-king 1,014 71.6 +5.1
DAB So Lai-sin 402 28.4 N/A
Majority 612 43.2 +10.2
Democratic hold Swing
Central & Western Council Election, 1994: Castle Road
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Cheng Lai-king 1,058 66.5 N/A
DAB So Lai-sin 532 33.5 N/A
Majority 526 30.0 N/A
Democratic win (new seat)

Notes

  1. ^ Resigned on 8 July 2021 over new oath-taking law.

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). Register. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 May 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  3. ^ "2011 District Councils Election – Summary of the District Council Constituency Areas". Hong Kong Government. 5 September 2011. Retrieved 24 March 2011.

References