Central and Western District Council election, 2003

Central and Western District Council election, 2003

23 November 2003

15 (of the 19) seats to Central and Western District Council 10 seats needed for a majority Turnout 43.5%   First party Second party Third party   Party Democratic CWDP Liberal Last election 5 seats, 40.9% New party 1 seat, 2.9% Seats before 5 2 2 Seats won 6 2 2 Seat change 1 Popular vote 9,840 5,748 672 Percentage 28.7% 16.7% 2.0% Swing 12.2% N/A 0.9%   Fourth party Fifth party   Party DAB Frontier Last election 3 seats, 33.4% Did not run Seats before 3 0 Seats won 1 1 Seat change 2 1 Popular vote 8,649 3,123 Percentage 25.2% 9.1% Swing 8.2% N/A

The 2003 Central and Western District Council election was held on 23 November 2003 to elect all 15 elected members to the 19-member District Council.^[1] The pro-democracy camp won a majority of the seats where The Frontier/Civic Act-up legislator Cyd Ho Sau-lan defeated the incumbent Ip Kwok-him of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong, who was also a legislator, in Kwun Lung. The majority of the pro-democrats was balanced by 4 appointed members selected by the Chief Executive.

Overall election results

Before election:

↓

7	8
Pro-democracy	Pro-Beijing

Change in composition:

↓

9	6
Pro-democracy	Pro-Beijing

Central and Western District Council election result 2003
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Democratic	6	1	0	+1	40.0	28.7	9,840	–12.2
	DAB	1	0	–2	–2	6.7	25.2	8,649	–8.2
	Independent	3	0	0	0	20.0	18.4	6,307
	CWDP	2	0	0	0	13.3	16.7	5,748
	Frontier	1	1	0	+1	6.7	9.1	3,123
	Liberal	2	0	0	0	6.7	2.0	672	–0.9

Results by constituency

Belcher

Belcher
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Victor Yeung Sui-yin	1,937	45.3
	DAB	Wong Chit-man	1,497	35.0	-17.2
	Independent	Lam Kee-shing	841	19.7	-28.1
Majority			440	10.3	+5.9
	Democratic gain from DAB		Swing	+5.2

Castle Road

Castle Road
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Cheng Lai-king	1,625	73.6	+2.0
	Independent	Chong Wai-por	584	26.4	N/A
Majority			1,041	47.2	+4.0
	Democratic hold		Swing

Centre Street

Centre Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Henry Leung Yiu-cho	1,693	66.0	+7.0
	DAB	Lau Yeung-fun	750	29.2	-11.8
	Independent	So Lai-yung	124	24.8
Majority			943	36.8	+18.8
	Democratic hold		Swing

Chung Wan

Chung Wan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Yuen Bun-keung	1,481	69.5	+1.2
	DAB	Lee Wai-keung	650	30.5	-1.2
Majority			831	39	+3.3
	Democratic hold		Swing

Kennedy Town & Mount Davis

Kennedy Town & Mount Davis
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DAB	Yeung Wai-foon	1,241	50.1	-2.9
	Independent	Winfield Chong Wing-fai	1,234	49.9	+2.9
Majority			7	0.2	-5.8
	DAB hold		Swing	-2.9

Kwun Lung

Kwun Lung
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Frontier (Civic Act-up)	Cyd Ho Sau-lan	1,869	50.9	N/A
	DAB	Ip Kwok-him	1,805	49.1	-8.5
Majority			64	0.8	-14.4
	Frontier gain from DAB		Swing

Middle Levels East

Mid Levels East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CWDP	Kwok Ka-ki	1,624	57.8	+2.0
	Independent	Jackie Cheung Yick-hung	1,186	42.2	N/A
Majority			438	15.6	+4.0
	CWDP hold		Swing	+2.0

Peak

Peak
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Mark Lin	672	54.1	-11.2
	Independent	Louis Leung Wing-on	569	45.9	+11.2
Majority			103	8.2	-22.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	-5.6

Sai Wan

Sai Wan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Chan Tak-chor	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

Sai Ying Pun

Sai Ying Pun
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent (CWDP)	Lai Kwok-hung	1,744	53.3	+3.2
	DAB	Chan Yiu-keung	1,529	46.7	-3.2
Majority			215	6.6	+6.4
	Independent hold		Swing

Shek Tong Tsui

Shek Tong Tsui
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Chan Choi-hi	1,676	59.4	+11.0
	CWDP	Michael Lai Wing-kuen	1,146	40.6	N/A
Majority			530	18.8	-1.4
	Independent hold		Swing

Sheung Wan

Sheung Wan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Kam Nai-wai	1,756	70.7	+2.6
	DAB	Chiu Wah-kuen	729	29.3	-2.6
Majority			1,027	41.4	+5.2
	Democratic hold		Swing

Tung Wah

Tung Wah
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Frederick Ho Chun-ki	1,348	75.1	+10.3
	DAB	Lee Wing-fai	448	24.9	-10.3
Majority			900	50.2	+20.6
	Democratic hold		Swing

University

University
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Stephen Chan Chit-kwai	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Independent hold		Swing

Water Street

Water Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Lesilie Spencer Tai Cheuk-yin	1,327	51.4	-1.3
	Frontier	Robin Wan Joe-yiu	1,254	48.6
Majority			67	2.8	-2.6
	Independent hold		Swing

References

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