Sha Kok (constituency)

Sha Kok
Elected constituency for the Sha Tin District Council
Boundary of Sha Kok in Sha Tin District
District	Sha Tin
Legislative Council constituency	New Territories North East
Population	16,061 (2019)[1]
Electorate	10,420 (2019)[2]
Current constituency
Created	1985
Number of members	One
Member(s)	Vacant

Sha Kok 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 Sha Kok constituency is loosely based on Sha Kok Estate and Yue Shing Court, with an estimated population of 16,061 in 2019.[1] The estimated populated was 16,543 in 2015.[3]

Councillors represented

1985 to 1991

Election	Member	Party		Member	Party
1985	Chan Hon-ying		Independent	Lau Yuk-tong		Independent
1988				Tam Fao-chuen		Independent

1991 to present

Election		Member	Party
	1991	Chan Hon-ying	Independent
	1994	Leung Bing-wa	Democratic
	199?		Independent
	1999	Yeung Sin-hung	Civil Force
	2014		NPP/CF
	2015	Billy Chan Shiu-yeung→Vacant	Neo Democrats
	2016		Independent

Election results

2010s

Sha Tin District Council Election, 2019: Sha Kok

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ind. democrat	Billy Chan Shiu-yeung	4,321	59.25	−7.35
	Civil Force (NPP)	Ha Kim-kwan	2,930	40.18	+7.92
	Ind. democrat	Cheung Yuen-ying	42	0.58
Majority			1,391	19.07
Turnout			7,314	70.23
	Ind. democrat hold		Swing

Sha Tin District Council Election, 2015: Sha Kok

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Neo Democrats	Billy Chan Shiu-yeung	2,627	51.9
	NPP (Civil Force)	Yeung Sin-hung	2,437	48.1	−26.1
Majority			190	2.8	45.6
Turnout			5,064	51.0	+17.0
	Neo Democrats gain from NPP		Swing

Sha Tin District Council Election, 2011: Sha Kok

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Civil Force	Yeung Sin-hung	2,425	74.2
	Independent	Cheung Tak-wing	844	25.8
Majority			1,581	48.4
Turnout			3,269	34.0
	Civil Force hold		Swing

2000s

Sha Tin District Council Election, 2007: Sha Kok

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Civil Force	Yeung Sin-hung	uncontested
	Civil Force hold		Swing

Sha Tin District Council Election, 2003: Sha Kok

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Civil Force	Yeung Sin-hung	uncontested
	Civil Force hold		Swing

1990s

Sha Tin District Council Election, 1999: Sha Kok

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Civil Force	Yeung Sin-hung	2,016	58.8	+13.5
	Independent	Tai Kwok-kwan	1,083	31.6
	Independent	Leung Bing-wa	332	9.7	−36.4
	Civil Force gain from Independent		Swing

Sha Tin District Board Election, 1994: Sha Kok

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Leung Bing-wa	1,356	46.1
	Independent	Yeung Sin-hung	1,332	45.3
	123DA	Fung Pui-lam	255	8.7
	Democratic gain from Independent		Swing

Sha Tin District Board Election, 1991: Sha Kok

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Chan Hon-ying	uncontested
	Independent hold		Swing

1980s

Sha Tin District Board Election, 1988: Sha Kok

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Chan Hon-ying	2,333	38.7	+12.2
	Independent	Tam Fao-chuen	1,764	29.3
	Independent	Kam Choi-tong	1,149	19.1
	Independent	Kwong Kam-wing	776	12.9
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent gain from Independent		Swing

Sha Tin District Board Election, 1985: Sha Kok

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Chan Hon-ying	1,509	26.5
	Independent	Lau Yuk-tong	1,466	25.8
	Independent	Chan Lo Yin-bing	1,420	25.0
	Independent	Yik Chun-kwan	1,000	17.6
	Independent	Lau Kwong-ching	153	2.7
	Independent	Yeung Ying-chun	137	2.4
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

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.