Hong Lok Yuen (constituency)

Hong Lok Yuen
Elected constituency
for the Tai Po District Council
Outline map
Boundary of Hong Lok Yuen in Tai Po District
DistrictTai Po
Legislative Council constituencyNew Territories North East
Population20,488 (2019)[1]
Electorate8,181 (2019)[2]
Current constituency
Created1999
Number of membersOne
Member(s)Vacant

Hong Lok Yuen is one of the 19 constituencies in the Tai Po District.

The constituency returns one district councillor to the Tai Po District Council, with an election every four years. The seat was currently held by nonpartisan Zero Yiu Yeuk-sang.

Hong Lok Yuen constituency is loosely based on Hong Lok Yuen, Cloudy Hill (Kau Lung Hang Shan), Sha Lo Tung and Tai Po Industrial Estate in the northern part of Tai Po District with estimated population of 15,866.[3]

Councillors represented

Election Member Party
1999 Man Chen-fai Nonpartisan
2007 by-election Tang Yau-fat Nonpartisan
2015 Patrick Tang Ming-tai Nonpartisan
2019 Zero Yiu Yeuk-sang→Vacant[a] Nonpartisan

Election results

2010s

Tai Po District Council Election, 2019: Hong Lok Yuen
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nonpartisan Zero Yiu Yeuk-sang 3,302 57.72
Nonpartisan Patrick Tang Ming-tai 2,419 42.28 −18.85
Majority 883 15.44
Turnout 5,741 70.20
Nonpartisan gain from Nonpartisan Swing
Tai Po District Council Election, 2015: Hong Lok Yuen
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nonpartisan Patrick Tang Ming-tai 1,780 61.13
BPA Man Chen-fai 1,132 38.87
Majority 648 22.26
Turnout 2,912 38.03
Nonpartisan gain from Nonpartisan Swing
Tai Po District Council Election, 2011: Hong Lok Yuen[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nonpartisan Tang Yau-fat Uncontested
Nonpartisan hold Swing

2000s

Tai Po District Council Election, 2007: Hong Lok Yuen[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nonpartisan Tang Yau-fat Uncontested
Nonpartisan hold Swing
Hong Lok Yuen by-election 2007
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nonpartisan Tang Yau-fat 1,046 73.66
Nonpartisan Ho Kwok-keung 374 26.34
Majority 672 47.32
Nonpartisan gain from Nonpartisan Swing
Tai Po District Council Election, 2003: Hong Lok Yuen[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nonpartisan Man Chen-fai 1,171 70.29 +2.32
Independent Ip Wai-choi 495 29.72
Majority 676 40.57
Nonpartisan hold Swing +24.55

1990s

Tai Po District Council Election, 1999: Hong Lok Yuen[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nonpartisan Man Chen-fai 908 67.81
Liberal Kwok Chun-chi 431 32.19
Majority 477 35.62
Nonpartisan win (new seat)

Notes

  1. ^ Resigned on 16 May 2021 over new oath-taking law.

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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 May 2020. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  3. ^ "2011 District Councils Election - Summary of the District Council Constituency Areas". Hong Kong Government. 5 September 2011.[permanent dead link‍]
  4. ^ "Election Results - Tai Po". Hong Kong Government. 7 November 2011.
  5. ^ "Election Results - Tai Po". Hong Kong Government. 19 June 2012. Archived from the original on 24 May 2015. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  6. ^ "Results of the 2003 District Council Election" (PDF). Hong Kong Government.
  7. ^ "Results of the 1999 District Council Election" (PDF). Hong Kong Government.