Choi Yuen (constituency)

Choi Yuen
Elected Constituency for the North District Council
Boundary of Choi Yuen in North District
Region	North District
Electorate	11,920[1]
Current constituency
Created	1988
Number of members	One
Member(s)	So Sai-chi (DAB)

Choi Yuen is one of the 17 constituencies in the North District, Hong Kong.

The constituency returns one district councillor to the North District Council, with an election every four years. The seat has been currently held by So Sai-chi of the DAB.

Choi Yuen constituency is loosely based on Choi Yuen Estate and Choi Po Court in Sheung Shui with estimated population of 18,724.^[2]

Councillors represented

1988-94

Election	Member		Party	Member		Party
1988		Tik Chi-yuen	Meeting Point		Anthony Yuen Tak-tim	Independent
1991					Wong Sing-chi	Meeting Point
1994			Democratic			Democratic

1994 to present

Election		Member	Party
	1994	So Sai-chi	Independent
	199?		DAB

Election results

2010s

North District Council Election, 2015: Choi Yuen
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DAB	So Sai-chi	2,481	55.7	–2.1
	NDPICG	Clarence Ronald Leung Kam-shing	1,975	44.3
Majority			506	11.4
Turnout			4,512	41.0
	DAB hold		Swing

North District Council Election, 2011: Choi Yuen[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DAB	So Sai-chi	2,773	57.8	+5.3
	Democratic	Wong Sing-chi	1,673	34.9	-12.6
	People Power (Frontier)	Au Wai-kong	349	7.3
	DAB hold		Swing

2000s

North District Council Election, 2007: Choi Yuen[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DAB	So Sai-chi	2,309	52.5	+1.2
	Democratic	Hung Ming-lun	2,086	47.5	-1.2
	DAB hold		Swing

North District Council Election, 2003: Choi Yuen[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DAB	So Sai-chi	1,986	51.3	-0.1
	Democratic	Wong Sing-chi	1,886	48.7	+0.8
	DAB hold		Swing

1990s

North District Council Election, 1999: Choi Yuen[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DAB	So Sai-chi	1,580	51.4	-0.6
	Democratic	Wong Ching-han	1,471	47.9	+0.4
	DAB hold		Swing

North District Board Election, 1994: Choi Yuen[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	So Sai-chi	1,409	52.0	+31.2
	Democratic	Wong Sing-chi	1,286	47.5	+14.4
	Independent gain from Democratic		Swing

North District Board Election, 1991: Choi Yuen[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Meeting Point	Tik Chi-yuen	2,550	54.8	-14.5
	Meeting Point	Wong Sing-chi	1,539	33.1
	Independent	Chan Yau-ming	1,034	22.9	-5.1
	Independent	Leung Kui-tang	974	20.9
	LDF	So Sai-chi	967	20.8
	LDF	Tang Hin-kwong	529	11.4
	Independent	Leung Ho-ming	509	10.9
	Meeting Point hold		Swing
	Meeting Point gain from Independent		Swing

1980s

North District Board Election, 1988: Choi Yuen[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Meeting Point	Tik Chi-yuen	2,501	69.3
	Independent	Anthony Yuen Tak-tim	1,086	30.1
	Independent	Chan Yau-ming	1,010	28.0
	Independent	Yeung Chi-wing	632	17.5
	Independent	Simon Mok Fu-wah	371	10.3
	Independent	Cheung To-sang	234	6.5
	Meeting Point win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

References

1. "2011 District Councils Election - Election Brief". Hong Kong Government. 20 September 2011. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
2. "2011 District Councils Election - Summary of the District Council Constituency Areas". Hong Kong Government. 5 September 2011. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
3. Li, Pang-kwong. "香港選舉資料庫". 嶺南大學公共管治研究部. Retrieved 20 April 2013.