2015 Sha Tin District Council election
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The 2015 Sha Tin District Council election was held on 22 November 2015 to elect all 38 elected members to the 39-member Sha Tin District Council.[1]
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22 November 2015
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38 (of the 39) seats to Sha Tin District Council 20 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 47.9% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Colours on map indicate winning party for each constituency. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The pan-democrats and the pro-Beijing camp both won 19 seats but the pro-Beijing camp was still able to control the council with 1 ex officio member.
Overall election results
Before election:
| 8 | 28 |
| Pro-democracy | Pro-Beijing |
Change in composition:
| 19 | 19 |
| Pro-democracy | Pro-Beijing |
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 18.4 | 21.8 | 33,980 | ||
| DAB | 7 | 0 | 1 | –1 | 15.8 | 18.0 | 28,023 | –6.0 | |
| NPP/CF | 8 | 0 | 5 | −5 | 21.1 | 17.1 | 26,572 | −4.4 | |
| Democratic | 7 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 18.4 | 15.0 | 23,311 | +4.2 | |
| Neo Democrats | 5 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 13.2 | 8.5 | 13,188 | +2.2 | |
| Labour | 1 | +1 | 0 | +1 | 2.6 | 3.8 | 5,887 | ||
| FTU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.7 | 4,194 | +1.6 | |
| PfD | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 3,938 | ||
| Sha Tin Community Network | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 3,718 | ||
| Civic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.1 | 3,234 | –1.9 | |
| People Power | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1,602 | –0.4 | |
| LSD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.9 | 1,406 | +0.5 | |
| BPA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 541 | ||