Jat Chuen (constituency)

Jat Chuen
Elected constituency for the Sha Tin District Council
Boundary of Jat Chuen in Sha Tin District
District	Sha Tin
Legislative Council constituency	New Territories North East
Population	19,634 (2019)[1]
Electorate	11,144 (2019)[2]
Current constituency
Created	1994
Number of members	One
Member(s)	Vacant

Jat Chuen (Chinese: 乙泉), previously Jat Min, is one of the 41 constituencies in the Sha Tin District in Hong Kong.

The constituency returns one district councillor to the Sha Tin District Council, with an election every four years.

The Jat Chuen constituency is loosely based on Jat Min Chuen, Shui Chuen O Estate, Tsok Pok Hang San Tsuen and Shan Ha Wai, with an estimated population of 19,634.[3]

Councillors represented

Election	Member	Party
	1994	Lam Hong-wah	Civil Force
	2011	Yau Man-chun→Vacant	Neo Democrats
	2016^[clarification needed]		Independent

Election results

2010s

Sha Tin District Council Election, 2019: Jat Chuen

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ind. democrat	Yau Man-chun	5,280	66.39	−0.51
	NPP (Civil Force)	Leung Ho-kai	2,673	33.61
Majority			2,607	32.78
Turnout			7,988	71.71
	Ind. democrat hold		Swing

Sha Tin District Council Election, 2015: Jat Min

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Neo Democrats	Yau Man-chun	3,221	66.9	+14.1
	NPP (Civil Force)	Michael Yip Ka-ming	1,050	21.8	−25.4
	BPA	Chau Ping-him	541	11.2
Majority			2,171	45.1	−5.2
Turnout			4,812	58.8	+8.5
	Neo Democrats hold		Swing	+19.8

Sha Tin District Council Election, 2011: Jat Min

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Neo Democrats	Yau Man-chun	2,296	52.8
	Civil Force	Lam Hong-wah	2,049	47.2
Majority			247	5.6	−36.4
Turnout			4,345	50.3
	Neo Democrats gain from Civil Force		Swing

2000s

Sha Tin District Council Election, 2007: Jat Min

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Civil Force	Lam Hong-wah	2,171	71.0
	Frontier	Cheung Lai-wah	888	29.0
Majority			1,283	42.0
	Civil Force hold		Swing

Sha Tin District Council Election, 2003: Jat Min

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Civil Force	Lam Hong-wah	uncontested
	Civil Force hold		Swing

1990s

Sha Tin District Council Election, 1999: Jat Min

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Civil Force	Lam Hong-wah	uncontested
	Civil Force hold		Swing

Sha Tin District Board Election, 1994: Jat Min

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Civil Force	Lam Hong-wah	1,519	55.1
	Independent	Miu Kam-to	1,236	44.9
Majority			283	10.8
	Civil Force win (new seat)

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 9 May 2020. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
3. "2015 District Councils Election - Summary of the District Council Constituency Areas". Hong Kong Government.