Lower Shing Mun (constituency)

Lower Shing Mun
Elected constituency for the Sha Tin District Council
Boundary of Lower Shing Mun in Sha Tin District
District	Sha Tin
Legislative Council constituency	New Territories North East
Population	19,554 (2019)[1]
Electorate	10,129 (2019)[2]
Current constituency
Created	1994
Number of members	One
Member(s)	Vacant
Created from	Mei Tin
Replaced by	Chung Tin

Lower Shing Mun is one of the 41 constituencies of the Sha Tin District Council. The seat elects one member of the council every four years. Since its creation in 1994, the seat has continuously been held by the Civil Force until 2019, and is now held by Community Sha Tin's Ken Wong Ho-fung.

Councillors represented

Election		Member	Party
	1994	Yu King-yeung	Nonpartisan
	1999	Tang Wing-cheong	Civil Force
2003		Constituency abolished
	2007	Ho Hau-cheung	Civil Force
	2011		Civil Force→NPP/CF
	2015	Tong Hok-leung	NPP/CF
	2019	Ken Wong Ho-fung→Vacant	Community Sha Tin→Independent

Election results

2010s

Sha Tin District Council Election, 2019: Lower Shing Mun

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Community Sha Tin	Ken Wong Ho-fung	3,894	55.49
	Civil Force (NPP)	Tong Hok-leung	3,124	44.51	+8.46
Majority			770	10.98
Turnout			7,034	69.52
	Community Sha Tin gain from Civil Force		Swing

Sha Tin District Council Election, 2015: Lower Shing Mun

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NPP (Civil Force)	Tong Hok-leung	1,209	35.9
	Nonpartisan	Sherman Chong Yiu-kan	1,175	34.6
	Nonpartisan	Lee Yuen-kam	987	29.3
Majority			34	1.3
Turnout			3,427	43.9
	NPP hold		Swing

Sha Tin District Council Election, 2011: Lower Shing Mun

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Civil Force	Ho Hau-cheung	uncontested		N/A
	Civil Force hold		Swing

Sha Tin District Council Election, 2007: Lower Shing Mun

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Civil Force	Ho Hau-cheung	1,864	72.14
	Democratic Coalition	Yan Wing-lok	720	27.86
Majority			1,114	44.28
	Civil Force win (new seat)

Sha Tin District Council Election, 1999: Lower Shing Mun

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Civil Force	Tang Wing-cheong	1,330	75.10
	Independent	Luen Kwok-fai	441	24.90
Majority			889	50.2
	Civil Force gain from Nonpartisan		Swing

Sha Tin District Board Election, 1994: Lower Shing Mun

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Yu King-yeung	718
	Nonpartisan	Mak Wai-hung	597
	Nonpartisan	Cheng Chun-wai	584
	Nonpartisan	Lee Yuen-kam	396
	Nonpartisan 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.

• 2011 District Council Election Results (Sha Tin)
• 2007 District Council Election Results (Sha Tin)
• 2003 District Council Election Results (Sha Tin)
• 1999 District Council Election Results (Sha Tin)
• Louie, K. S.; Shum, K. C. (1995). Electoral Facts in Hong Kong: 1982-1994. Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies. ISBN 962-441-519-6.