Central and Western District Council election, 2011

Central and Western District Council election, 2011

6 November 2011

15 (of the 18) seats to Central and Western District Council 10 seats needed for a majority Turnout 40.0%   First party Second party Third party   Party DAB Democratic Liberal Last election 3 seats, 25.5% 6 seats, 27.8% 1 seat, 1.9% Seats before 3 6 0 Seats won 5 4 1 Seat change 2 2 1 Popular vote 10,383 12,624 1,505 Percentage 24.7% 30.1% 3.6% Swing 0.8% 2.3% 1.7%

Colours on map indicate winning party for each constituency.

The 2011 Central and Western District Council election was held on 6 November 2011 to elect all 15 elected members to the 18-member District Council.^[1]

The pro-Beijing Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong took over the Democratic Party as the largest party in the council, with the Democrats losing two seats by narrow margin in Belcher and Tung Wah. Civic Party's Tanya Chan the incumbent Legislative Councillor also lost her seat in Peak to Liberal Party's Joseph Chan Ho-lim.

Overall election results

Before election:

↓

7	8
Pro-democracy	Pro-Beijing

Change in composition:

↓

4	11
Pro-dem	Pro-Beijing

Central and Western District Council election result 2011
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Independent	5	1	1	0	33.3	31.1	13,046
	Democratic	4	0	2	−2	26.7	30.1	12,624	+2.3
	DAB	5	2	0	+2	33.3	24.7	10,383	+0.8
	Liberal	1	1	0	+1	6.7	3.6	1,505	+1.7
	LSD	0	0	0	0	0	3.6	1,503
	Land Justice League	0	0	0	0	0	2.9	1,199
	People Power	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	881
	Civic	0	0	1	−1	0	2.0	820	−0.2

Results by constituency

Belcher

Belcher

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Malcolm Lam Wai-wing	1,968	48.0	N/A
	Democratic	Victor Yeung Sui-yin	1,935	47.1	-5.6
	People Power	William Wong Ka-lok	201	4.9	N/A
Majority			33	0.9
	Independent gain from Democratic		Swing

Castle Road

Castle Road

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Cheng Lai-king	1,291	59.4	-12.5
	Independent	Pak Fu-hung	881	40.6	N/A
Majority			410	18.8	-25.0
	Democratic hold		Swing

Centre Street

Centre Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Sidney Lee Chi-hang	1,739	59.2	-5.8
	Land Justice League	Wong Ho-yin	1,199	40.8	N/A
Majority			540	18.4	-11.6
	Independent hold		Swing

Chung Wan

Chung Wan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Hui Chi-fung	951	51.5	-10.1
	Independent	Wai Pui-shuen	800	43.3	N/A
	People Power (PV)	So Ho	96	5.2	N/A
Majority			151	8.2	-14.5
	Democratic hold		Swing	N/A

Kennedy Town & Mount Davis

Kennedy Town & Mount Davis

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	DAB	Chan Hok-fung	1,721	54.0	+5.0
	Democratic	Bonnie Ng Hoi-yan	1,468	46.0	N/A
Majority			253	8.0	+1.1
	DAB hold		Swing

Kwun Lung

Kwun Lung

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	DAB	Ip Kwok-him	2,723	73.7	-10.3
	LSD	Leung Kwok-hung	973	26.3	N/A
Majority			1,800	47.4	-28.1
	DAB hold		Swing	N/A

Middle Levels East

Mid Levels East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Jackie Cheung Yick-hung	1,432	58.0	+2.5
	Democratic	Wilhelm Tang Wai-chung	927	37.6	N/A
	Independent	Chan Pui-yi	108	4.4	N/A
Majority			505	20.4	+10.4
	Independent hold		Swing	N/A

Peak

Peak

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Joseph Chan Ho-lim	1,505	64.7	+23.8
	Civic	Tanya Chan	820	35.3	-12.6
Majority			685	29.4	+22.4
	Liberal gain from Civic		Swing	+18.2

Sai Wan

Sai Wan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	DAB	Cheung Kwok-kwan	1,655	50.4	N/A
	Democratic	Winfield Chong Wing-fai	1,631	49.6	N/A
Majority			24	0.8	N/A
	DAB gain from Independent		Swing

Sai Ying Pun

Sai Ying Pun

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	DAB	Lo Yee-hang	1,875	67.6	+6.3
	Democratic	Yong Chak-cheong	711	25.6	N/A
	People Power	Yuen Man-ho	189	6.8	N/A
Majority			1,164	42.0	+15.4
	DAB hold		Swing	N/A

Shek Tong Tsui

Shek Tong Tsui

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Chan Choi-hi	1,871	72.6	-2.6
	Independent	Ching Ming-tat	705	27.4
Majority			1,166	45.2	-1.5
	Independent hold		Swing

Sheung Wan

Sheung Wan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Kam Nai-wai	1,450	55.1	-14.2
	Independent	Chan Yin-ho	910	34.6	N/A
	People Power	Yim Tat-ming	270	10.3	N/A
Majority			540	20.5	-18.1
	Democratic hold		Swing	N/A

Tung Wah

Tung Wah

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	DAB	Siu Ka-yi	1,168	53.1	+13.1
	Democratic	Frederick Ho Chun-ki	907	41.2	-18.8
	People Power	Lee Siu-cheong	125	5.7	N/A
Majority			261	11.9
	DAB gain from Democratic		Swing	+16.0

University

University

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Stephen Chan Chit-kwai	2,169	80.4	+26.5
	LSD	Tsui Kit-sang	530	19.6	N/A
Majority			1,639	60.8	+36.9
	Independent hold		Swing

Water Street

Water Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Wong Kin-shing	1,353	44.3	-13.7
	DAB	Yeung Hok-ming	1,241	40.6	N/A
	Independent	Lesilie Spencer Tai Cheuk-yin	443	15.2	N/A
Majority			112	3.7	-19.0
	Democratic hold		Swing

References

1. "Election Results - Overall Results". Electoral Affairs Commission.