Tai Koo Shing West (constituency)

Tai Koo Shing West
Elected constituency for the Eastern District Council
Boundary of Tai Koo Shing West in Eastern District
District	Eastern
Legislative Council constituency	Hong Kong Island East
Population	17,716 (2019)[1]
Electorate	9,464 (2019)[2]
Current constituency
Created	1994
Number of members	One
Member(s)	Vacant
Created from	Taikoo Shing

Tai Koo Shing West is one of the 35 constituencies in the Eastern District.

The constituency returns one district councillor to the Eastern District Council, with an election every four years. The seat was last held by Andrew Chiu Ka-yin of the Democratic Party.

Tai Koo Shing West constituency is loosely based on western part of Taikoo Shing with estimated population of 17,716.[3]

Councillors represented

Election		Member	Party	%
	1994	Giuseppe Salaroli	Democratic Foundation→Independent	53.25
	1999		Independent	N/A
	2003			75.45
	2007	Andrew Chiu Ka-yin→Vacant[a]	Democratic	43.10
	2011			62.91
	2015			72.61
	2019			62.87

Election results

2010s

Eastern District Council Election, 2019: Tai Koo Shing West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PfD (Democratic)	Andrew Chiu Ka-yin	4,390	62.87	−9.73
	BPA	Kacee Ting Wong	2,593	37.13
Majority			1,797	25.74
Turnout			7,026	74.25
	PfD hold		Swing

Eastern District Council Election, 2015: Tai Koo Shing West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Andrew Chiu Ka-yin	3,362	72.6	+9.7
	Nonpartisan	Tony Ng Chi-lung	1,268	27.4
Majority			2,049	45.2	+19.4
Turnout			4,687	53.2
	Democratic hold		Swing

Eastern District Council Election, 2011: Tai Koo Shing West[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Andrew Chiu Ka-yin	2,529	62.9	+19.8
	NPP	William Ang Kai-teng	1,491	37.1
Majority			1,038	25.8	+16.7
	Democratic hold		Swing

2000s

Eastern District Council Election, 2007: Tai Koo Shing West[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Andrew Chiu Ka-yin	1,165	43.1
	Nonpartisan	Giuseppe Salaroli	920	34.0	–41.4
	DAB	Gary Chao Yuk-ming	618	22.9
Majority			245	9.1	–41.7
	Democratic gain from Nonpartisan		Swing

Eastern District Council Election, 2003: Tai Koo Shing West[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Giuseppe Salaroli	2,145	75.4
	Nonpartisan	Elsie Pau Kwok-kit	698	24.6
Majority			2,138	50.8
	Nonpartisan hold		Swing

1990s

Eastern District Council Election, 1999: Tai Koo Shing West[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Giuseppe Salaroli	uncontested
	Nonpartisan hold		Swing

Eastern District Board Election, 1994: Tai Koo Shing West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	HKDF	Giuseppe Salaroli	1,009	52.5
	PCPHP	Cecilia Liang Sun-yin	886	46.1
Majority			123	6.4
	HKDF win (new seat)

Notes

1. Resigned on 9 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). Registration and Electoral Office.
3. "2015 District Councils Election - Summary of the District Council Constituency Areas". Hong Kong Government.
4. "Election Results - Eastern". Hong Kong Government. 7 November 2011.
5. "Election Results - Eastern". Hong Kong Government. 19 June 2012. Archived from the original on 22 November 2015.
6. "Results of the 2003 District Council Election" (PDF). Hong Kong Government.
7. "Results of the 1999 District Council Election" (PDF). Hong Kong Government.