Sam Shing (constituency)

Sam Shing
三聖
Elected constituency for the Tuen Mun District Council
Boundary of Sam Shing in Tuen Mun District
District	Tuen Mun
Legislative Council constituency	New Territories North West
Population	17,237 (2019)[1]
Electorate	7,338 (2019)[2]
Current constituency
Created	1994
Number of members	One
Member(s)	Michael Mo Kwan-tai (Independent)

Sam Shing (Chinese: 三聖) is one of the 31 constituencies in the Tuen Mun District.

Created for the 1994 District Board elections, the constituency returns one district councillor to the Tuen Mun District Council, with an election every four years.

Sam Shing loosely covers areas surrounding Sam Shing Estate and Hong Kong Gold Coast in Tuen Mun with an estimated population of 21,287. It also covers Siu Lam San Tsuen, Tai Lam Chung, Tsz Kan Chau and the Brothers.[3][4]

Councillors represented

Election		Member	Party
	1994	So Shiu-shing	Independent
	2014		NPP
	2019	Michael Mo Kwan-tai→Vacant	Independent

Election results

2010s

Tuen Mun District Council Election, 2019: Sam Shing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Michael Mo Kwan-tai	2,834	56.32
	NPP	So Shiu-shing	2,198	43.68
Majority			636	12.64
Turnout			3,105	74.28
	Independent gain from NPP		Swing

Tuen Mun District Council Election, 2015: Sam Shing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NPP	So Shiu-shing	1,837	67.31	+4.68
	Independent	Lee Kam-tim	892	32.69
Majority			945	4.62
Turnout			2,729	35.48
	NPP hold		Swing

Tuen Mun District Council Election, 2011: Sam Shing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	So Shiu-shing	1,416	62.63	+1.66
	Independent	Yung Sai-ming	845	37.37
Majority			571	5.26
Turnout			2,261	30.00
	Independent hold		Swing

2000s

Tuen Mun District Council Election, 2007: Sam Shing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	So Shiu-shing	1,389	60.97	−4.77
	Civic	Wendy Wong Hiu-fung	889	39.03
Majority			500	11.94
	Independent hold		Swing

Tuen Mun District Council Election, 2003: Sam Shing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	So Shiu-shing	1,447	65.74
	Independent	Kenny Choi Tin-man	754	34.26
Majority			693	11.48
	Independent hold		Swing

1990s

Tuen Mun District Council Election, 1999: Sam Shing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	So Shiu-shing	Uncontested
	Independent hold		Swing

Tuen Mun District Board Election, 1994: Sam Shing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	So Shiu-shing	935	53.16
	Independent	Choi Wah-tong	824	46.84
Majority			111	6.32
	Independent 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 2020-05-10. Retrieved 2019-11-15.
3. https://www.eac.hk/pdf/distco/2019dc/final/dc2019l.pdf ^[bare URL PDF]
4. https://www.eac.hk/pdf/distco/2019dc/final/en/L_descriptions(Eng).pdf https://www.elections.gov.hk/dc2019/eng/summary.html