Yau Ma Tei North (constituency)

Yau Ma Tei North
Elected constituency for the Yau Tsim Mong District Council
Boundary of Yau Ma Tei North in Yau Tsim Mong District
District	Yau Tsim (1982–1994) Yau Tsim Mong (1994–present)
Legislative Council constituency	Kowloon West
Population	12,823 (2019)[1]
Electorate	5,644 (2019)[2]
Current constituency
Created	1982 (first time) 2015 (second time)
Number of members	One
Member(s)	Lam Kin-man (Independent)
Created from	King's Park Mong Kok West

Yau Ma Tei North (Chinese: 油麻地北) is one of the 19 constituencies in the Yau Tsim Mong District of Hong Kong which was first created in 1982 and recreated in 2015.

The constituency loosely covers Yau Ma Tei with the estimated population of 12,817.[3]

Councillors represented

1982–85

Election		Member	Party
	1982	Chan Yam-tong	Civic Association

1985–94

Election	First Member		First Party	Second Member		Second Party
1985		Kwan Miu-mei	Reform Club		Lai Wing-tak	Nonpartisan
1988		Wong Kwok-tung	Nonpartisan
1991		Kwan Miu-mei	Nonpartisan

2015 to present

Election		Member	Party
	2015	Lam Kin-man	ADPL
	2017		Independent democrat

Election results

2010s

Yau Tsim Mong District Council Election, 2019: Yau Ma Tei North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ind. democrat	Lam Kin-man	2,573	67.43	−3.47
	Independent	Lee Man-kit	1,243	32.57
Majority			1,330	34.86
Turnout			3,831	67.89
	Ind. democrat hold		Swing

Yau Tsim Mong District Council Election, 2015: Yau Ma Tei North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	ADPL	Lam Kin-man	1,682	70.9
	FTU	Man Yun-wa	689	29.1
Majority			993	41.8
Turnout			2,406	46.5
	ADPL win (new seat)

1990s

Yau Tsim District Board Election, 1991: Yau Ma Tei North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Lai Wing-tak	uncontested
	Nonpartisan	Kwan Miu-mei	uncontested
	Nonpartisan hold		Swing	N/A
	Nonpartisan gain from Nonpartisan		Swing	N/A

1980s

Yau Tsim District Board Election, 1988: Yau Ma Tei North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Wong Kwok-tung	1,457	39.25
	Nonpartisan	Lai Wing-tak	1,166	31.41	+2.43
	Reform	Kwan Miu-mei	1,089	29.33	–12.81
	Nonpartisan gain from Reform		Swing	N/A
	Nonpartisan hold		Swing	N/A

Yau Tsim District Board Election, 1985: Yau Ma Tei North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Kwan Miu-mei	1,507	42.14
	Nonpartisan	Lai Wing-tak	1,067	29.84
	Civic	Chan Yam-tong	1,002	28.02	–55.29
	Reform gain from Civic		Swing	N/A
	Nonpartisan win (new seat)

Yau Tsim District Board Election, 1982: Yau Ma Tei North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Civic	Chan Yam-tong	1,572	83.31
	Nonpartisan	Leung Fun	315	16.69
Majority			1,257	66.61
	Civic 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.
3. "2015 District Councils Election - Summary of the District Council Constituency Areas". Hong Kong Government. 25 September 2015. Retrieved 7 October 2015.