Kam Ping (constituency)
Constituency in the Eastern District, Hong Kong
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Kam Ping (Chinese: 錦屏) is one of the 35 constituencies in the Eastern District, Hong Kong. The constituency returns one district councillor to the Eastern District Council, with an election every four years.
DistrictEastern
Legislative Council constituencyHong Kong Island East
Population16,085 (2019)[1]
Electorate9,304 (2019)[2]
| Kam Ping | |
|---|---|
| Elected constituency for the Eastern District Council | |
Boundary of Kam Ping in Eastern District | |
| District | Eastern |
| Legislative Council constituency | Hong Kong Island East |
| Population | 16,085 (2019)[1] |
| Electorate | 9,304 (2019)[2] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1994 |
| Number of members | One |
| Member | Vacant |
| Created from | North Point East North Point South |
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| Traditional Chinese | 錦屏 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 锦屏 | ||||||||||||
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Kam Ping constituency is loosely based on the area in North Point nearby the Kam Ping Street with large presence of Hokkien population of an estimated population of 16,085.[3]
Councillors represented
| Election | Member | Party | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Keung Yuk-deoil | Independent | 69.29 | |
| 1996 by-election | Tsang On-kei | Independent | 51.44 | |
| 1999 | Choy So-yuk | Progressive Alliance→DAB | N/A | |
| 2003 | DAB | 44.53 | ||
| 2007 | 75.20 | |||
| 2011 | N/A | |||
| 2015 | N/A | |||
| 2019 | Lee Yue-shun | Civic→Independent | 50.70 | |
Election results
2010s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAB | Choy So-yuk | Uncontested | |||
| DAB hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAB | Choy So-yuk | Uncontested | |||
| DAB hold | Swing | ||||
2000s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAB | Choy So-yuk | 1,804 | 75.2 | +30.7 | |
| Independent | Chiang Yu-tui | 595 | 24.8 | ||
| DAB hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAB | Choy So-yuk | 1,433 | 44.5 | ||
| April Fifth Action | Leung Kwok-hung | 1,149 | 35.7 | ||
| Independent | Wong Sing-kwong | 636 | 19.8 | ||
| DAB hold | Swing | ||||
1990s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HKPA | Choy So-yuk | Uncontested | |||
| HKPA gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Tsang On-kei | 1,431 | 51.1 | ||
| Democratic | Leung Suk-ching | 778 | 27.8 | ||
| Liberal | Shek Kwei-chun | 573 | 20.5 | −9.7 | |
| Independent gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Keung Yuk-deoil | 1,805 | 68.2 | ||
| Liberal | Shek Kwei-chun | 800 | 30.2 | ||
| Independent win (new seat) | |||||