2019 Kwai Tsing District Council election
24 November 2019
31 (of the 32) seats to Kwai Tsing District Council
17 seats needed for a majority
Turnout70.9% Increase22.3%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Democratic DAB Civic
Last election 4 seats, 25.0% 8 seats, 24.7% Did not contest
Seats before 4 8 0
Seats won 12 3 3
Seat change Increase8 Decrease5 Increase3
Popular vote 46,503 45,309 14,449
Percentage 21.3% 20.8% 6.6%
Swing Decrease3.7% Decrease3.9% N/A
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party NWSC Roundtable Tsing Yi People
Last election 5 seats, 13.8% New party New party
Seats before 2 2 0
Seats won 3 1 1
Seat change Increase1 Decrease2 Increase1
Popular vote 12,663 6,758 4,727
Percentage 5.8% 3.1 2.2%
Swing Decrease8.0% N/A N/A
  Seventh party Eighth party
 
Party FTU BPA
Last election 3 seats, 8.5% 3 seats, 7.7%
Seats before 3 3
Seats won 0 0
Seat change Decrease3 Decrease3
Popular vote 15,738 9,990
Percentage 7.2% 4.6%
Swing Decrease1.3% Decrease3.1%
Colours on map indicate winning party for each constituency.

The 2019 Kwai Tsing District Council election was held on 24 November 2019 to elect all 31 elected members to the 32-member Kwai Tsing District Council.[1]

The pro-democrats scored a landslide victory in the 2019 election and regained the control of the council by taking 27 of the 31 elected seats. Notable defeated incumbent included legislator Alice Mak of FTU in Wai Ying.

Overall election results

Before election:

↓
9 20
Pro-democracy Pro-Beijing

Change in composition:

↓
27 5
Pro-democracy Pro-Beijing
Kwai Tsing District Council election result 2019
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Democratic 12 8 0 +8 38.7 21.3 46,503 −3.7
  DAB 3 0 5 −5 9.7 20.8 45,309 −3.9
  Independent 3 4 4 0 9.7 15.3 33,258
  PfD 5 1 0 +1 16.1 10.1 21,989
  FTU 0 0 3 −3 0.0 7.2 15,738 −1.3
  Civic 3 3 0 +3 9.7 6.6 14,449
  NWSC 3 1 0 +1 9.7 5.8 12,663 −8.0
  BPA 0 0 3 −3 0.0 4.6 9,990 −3.1
  Roundtable 1 0 1 −1 3.2 3.1 6,758
  Tsing Yi People 1 1 0 +1 3.2 2.2 4,727
  Democratic Alliance 0 0 0 0 0 1.6 3,417
  Civic Passion 0 0 0 0 0 1.5 3,270

References

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