South Horizons West (constituency)

South Horizons East
Elected Constituency for the Southern District Council
Boundary of South Horizons East in Southern District
Region	Southern District
Electorate	7,597[1]
Current constituency
Created	1999
Number of members	One
Member(s)	Judy Chan (NPP)

South Horizons West is one of the 17 constituencies in the Southern District, Hong Kong.

The constituency returns one district councillor to the Southern District Council, with an election every four years. Split from the South Horizons constituency in the 1999 election, the seat was last held by independent Andrew Fung Wai-kwong, who resigned in December 2013 ^[2] due to his appointment as the Information Coordinator of the Office of the Chief Executive. Registrations for the resulting by-election began in February 2014,^[3] and Judy Kapui Chan of the New People's Party won a by-election on 23 March 2014.

South Horizons East constituency is loosely based on the western part of the South Horizons in Ap Lei Chau with estimated population of 15,088.^[4]

Councillors represented

Election		Member	Party
	1999	So Bay-hung	Independent
	2003	Law Kam-hung	Independent
	2007	Andrew Fung Wai-kwong	Democratic
	2012		Independent
	2013 by-election	Judy Kapui Chan	NPP

Election results

2010s

Election banners in the 2015 election.

Southern District Council Election, 2015: South Horizons West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NPP	Judy Kapui Chan	2,945	56.7	+6.5
	People Power	Erica Yuen Mi-ming	2,245	43.3	+16.4
Majority			700	13.4	–9.9
Turnout			5,277	63.9	+10.2
	NPP hold		Swing	+11.5

South Horizons West by-election, 2014[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NPP	Judy Kapui Chan	2,023	50.2	+3.1
	People Power	Erica Yuen Mi-ming	1,083	26.9	+22.4
	Democratic	Sin Chung-kai	920	22.9	-24.5
Majority			940	23.3	+20.0
Turnout			4,059	53.7
	NPP gain from Independent		Swing

Southern District Council Election, 2011: South Horizons West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Andrew Fung Wai-kwong	1,906	47.4	-4.8
	NPP	Sze Chun-fai	1,894	47.1	N/A
	People Power (PV)	Anthony Lam Yue-yeung	182	4.5	N/A
	Independent	Kwai Sze-kit	42	1.0	N/A
Majority			12	0.3	-10.1
	Democratic hold		Swing

2000s

Southern District Council Election, 2007: South Horizons West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Andrew Fung Wai-kwong	1,747	55.2
	Independent	Law Kam-hung	1,419	44.8
Majority			328	10.4
	Democratic gain from Independent		Swing

Southern District Council Election, 2003: South Horizons West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Law Kam-hung	1,172	42.9
	Independent	Ganni Mok Chung-ping	1,120	40.9
	Independent	Warren Man Siu-hung	442	16.2
Majority			52	2.0
	Independent hold		Swing

1990s

Southern District Council Election, 1999: South Horizons West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	So Bay-hung	uncontested
	Independent win (new seat)

Citations

1. "2011 District Councils Election - Election Brief". Hong Kong Government. 20 September 2011. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
2. "Southern District Council vacancy gazetted". News.gov.hk. 2013-12-20. Retrieved 2014-02-12.
3. "袁彌明戰補選 等緊單仲偕". Ming Pao. 2014-02-12. Retrieved 2014-02-12.
4. "2011 District Councils Election - Summary of the District Council Constituency Areas". Hong Kong Government. 5 September 2011. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
5. "2014 Southern District Council South Horizons West By-election". Electoral Affairs Commission.

References

• 2011 District Council Election Results (Southern)
• 2007 District Council Election Results (Southern)
• 2003 District Council Election Results (Southern)
• 1999 District Council Election Results (Southern)