Nam Cheong East (constituency)

Nam Cheong East
Elected constituency for the Sham Shui Po District Council
Boundary of Nam Cheong East in Sham Shui Po District
District	Sham Shui Po
Legislative Council constituency	Kowloon West
Population	19,594 (2019)[1]
Electorate	7,082 (2019)[2]
Current constituency
Created	1982 (first time) 2015 (second time)
Number of members	One
Member(s)	Vacant
Created from	Nam Cheong North Nam Cheong South Shek Kip Mei & Nam Cheong East Nam Shan, Tai Hang Tung & Tai Hang Sai
Replaced by	Nam Cheong North Nam Cheong South Shek Kip Mei & Nam Cheong East Nam Shan, Tai Hang Tung & Tai Hang Sai

Nam Cheong East (Chinese: 南昌東) is one of the 25 constituencies in the Sham Shui Po District of Hong Kong which was first created in 1982 and recreated in 2015.

The constituency loosely covers Shek Kip Mei Estate with the estimated population of 19,594.[3]

Councillors represented

1982 to 1985

Election		Member	Party
	1982	Ng Suen-cho	Civic Association

1985 to 1994

Election	First Member		First Party	Second Member		Second Party
1985		Liu Chi-keung	Civic Association		Cheng Kam-wah	Civic Association
1991		Leung Lai	ADPL

1994 to present

Election		Member	Party
	1994	Leung Lai	ADPL
2007		Constituency abolished
	2015	Kalvin Ho Kai-ming→Vacant[a]	ADPL

Election results

2010s

Sham Shui Po District Council Election, 2019: Nam Cheong East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	ADPL	Kalvin Ho Kai-ming	2,996	60.99	+3.69
	DAB	Chan Lung-kit	1,916	39.01	−3.69
Majority			1,080	21.98
Turnout			4,922	69.53
	ADPL hold		Swing

Sham Shui Po District Council Election, 2015: Nam Cheong East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	ADPL	Kalvin Ho Kai-ming	1,727	57.3
	DAB	Miu Hoi-ming	1,287	42.7
Majority			440	14.6
Turnout			3,047	48.8
	ADPL win (new seat)

2000s

Sham Shui Po District Council Election, 2003: Nam Cheong East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	ADPL	Leung Lai	1,719	77.64	+8.28
	DAB	Merril Mok Wai-leung	495	22.36	N/A
Majority			1,224	55.28	+16.56
	ADPL hold		Swing	N/A

1990s

Sham Shui Po District Council Election, 1999: Nam Cheong East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	ADPL	Leung Lai	1,297	69.36	–8.61
	Democratic	Li Siu-kei	573	30.64
Majority			724	38.72	–17.21
	ADPL hold		Swing	N/A

Sham Shui Po District Board Election, 1994: Nam Cheong East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	ADPL	Leung Lai	1,143	77.97	+4.33
	Nonpartisan	Cheung Sang	323	22.03	N/A
Majority			820	55.93	N/A
	ADPL hold		Swing	N/A

Sham Shui Po District Board Election, 1991: Nam Cheong East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	ADPL	Leung Lai	1,355	38.43	N/A
	Civic	Cheng Kam-wah	1,095	31.05	–3.46
	Civic	Liu Chi-keung	1,076	30.52	–3.79
	ADPL gain from Civic		Swing
	Civic hold		Swing

1980s

Sham Shui Po District Board Election, 1988: Nam Cheong East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Liu Chi-keung	1,098	29.37
	Nonpartisan	Cheng Kam-wah	1,031	27.58
	Nonpartisan	Lau Long-ming	886	23.70
	Nonpartisan	Chan Wai-lun	723	19.34
	Nonpartisan hold		Swing	N/A
	Nonpartisan hold		Swing	N/A

Sham Shui Po District Board Election, 1985: Nam Cheong East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Civic	Liu Chi-keung	uncontested
	Civic	Cheng Kam-wah	uncontested
	Civic hold		Swing	N/A
	Civic hold		Swing	N/A

Sham Shui Po District Board Election, 1982: Nam Cheong East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Civic	Ng Suen-cho	uncontested
	Civic win (new seat)

Notes

1. Resigned on 10 July 2021 after being arrested under national security 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). Electoral Affairs Commission.
3. "2015 District Councils Election – Summary of the District Council Constituency Areas". Hong Kong Government. 25 September 2015. Retrieved 7 October 2015.