Kam Ying (constituency)

Kam Ying
Elected constituency for the Sha Tin District Council
Boundary of Kam Ying in Sha Tin District
District	Sha Tin
Legislative Council constituency	New Territories South East
Population	16,942 (2019)[1]
Electorate	11,639 (2019)[2]
Current constituency
Created	1994
Number of members	One
Member(s)	Vacant

Kam Ying 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 Kam Ying constituency is loosely based on Kam Ying Court, Park Belvedere and part of Sunshine City in Ma On Shan, with an estimated population of 16,942.[3]

Councillors represented

Election		Member	Party
	1994	Wong Kwok-hung	Nonpartisan→Frontier
	1999		Frontier→Nonpartisan
	2003		Nonpartisan
	2007 by-election	Tong Po-chun	Nonpartisan
	2007
	2011		Nonpartisan→BPA
	2015	Ting Tsz-yuen	Democratic→Community Sha Tin
	2019	Ting Tsz-yuen→Vacant[a]	Community Sha Tin

Election results

2010s

Sha Tin District Council Election, 2019: Kam Ying

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Community Sha Tin	Ting Tsz-yuen	4,775	53.46	+21.96
	DAB	Choi Wai-shing	3,401	46.54
	Independent	Lee Kin-hang	530	5.93
	Nonpartisan	Law Siu-chung	226	2.53
Majority			1,374	6.92
Turnout			8,954	76.95
	Community Sha Tin hold		Swing

Sha Tin District Council Election, 2015: Kam Ying

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Ting Tsz-yuen	1,612	31.50
	Independent (BPA)	Tong Po-chun	1,442	28.18	−47.96
	Nonpartisan	Law Siu-chun	1,176	22.98
	Nonpartisan	Li Po-mui	888	17.35
Majority			170	3.32
Turnout			5,118	48.59
	Democratic gain from Independent		Swing

Sha Tin District Council Election, 2011: Kam Ying

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Tong Po-chun	3,134	76.14	+17.44
	Nonpartisan	Wong Kwok-hung	982	23.86
Majority			2,125	52.28
Turnout			4,116	41.54
	Nonpartisan hold		Swing

2000s

Sha Tin District Council Election, 2007: Kam Ying

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Tong Po-chun	2,163	58.70	+8.15
	Frontier	Wong Huk-kam	1,522	41.30	+18.55
Majority			641	7.40
	Nonpartisan hold		Swing

Kam Ying by-election 2007

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Tong Po-chun	1,704	50.55
	Frontier	Wong Huk-kam	767	22.75	−55.40
	Democratic	Chan Ming-hung	557	16.52
	Liberal	Wong Shun-loy	343	10.18
Majority			937	27.80
	Nonpartisan gain from Nonpartisan		Swing

Sha Tin District Council Election, 2003: Kam Ying

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Wong Kwok-hung	3,441	78.15	+27.81
	DAB	Tsang Hin-wai	962	21.85	−27.81
Majority			2,497	56.30
	Nonpartisan hold		Swing	+27.81

1990s

Sha Tin District Council Election, 1999: Kam Ying

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Frontier	Wong Kwok-hung	1,392	50.34	−1.83
	DAB	Tung Wai-ming	1,373	49.66
Majority			19	0.68
	Frontier hold		Swing

Sha Tin District Board Election, 1994: Kam Ying

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Wong Kwok-hung	1,345	52.17
	Nonpartisan	Chan Chok-dim	1,233	47.83
Majority			112	4.34
	Nonpartisan win (new seat)

Notes

1. Resigned on 31 May 2021 over new oath-taking laws.

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.