Pokfulam (constituency)
Constituency of the Southern District Council of Hong Kong
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Pokfulam was one of the constituencies of the Southern District Council of Hong Kong between 1982 and 2019. In 1985 and since 1994 the seat elected one member of the council. Since 1999 elections were held every four years. It was last held by Independent Paulus Johannes Zimmerman, since the 2010 by-election until 2023.
DistrictSouthern
Legislative Council constituencyHong Kong West (1991 to 1995); Hong Kong Island (1998 to 2016); Hong Kong Island West (2021)
Population20,748 (2019)[1]
Electorate6,450 (2019)[2]
| Pokfulam | |
|---|---|
| Former elected constituency for the Southern District Council | |
Boundary of Pokfulam in Southern District | |
| District | Southern |
| Legislative Council constituency | Hong Kong West (1991 to 1995); Hong Kong Island (1998 to 2016); Hong Kong Island West (2021) |
| Population | 20,748 (2019)[1] |
| Electorate | 6,450 (2019)[2] |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | 1982 |
| Abolished | 2023 |
| Number of members | One (1982, 1994 to 2019); Two (1985 to 1991) |
| Member | Paulus Johannes Zimmerman (Independent) |
In 1994 Chi Fu Fa Yuen and Pokfulam Gardens became a separate constituency. The Pokfulam constituency, one of the seventeen constituencies in the Southern District Council since 1994, loosely covered the Pok Fu Lam area, with an estimated population of 21,476 in 2011.[3] In the 2023 election it was subsumed into the Southern District Northwest geographical constituency.
Councillors represented
1982 to 1985
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Kwok Wai-ming | Independent | |
1985 to 1994
| Election | Member | Party | Member | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Kwok Wai-ming | Civic Association | Ko Tam-kan | Civic Association | ||
| 1988 | Lee Man-ho | HKAS | ||||
| 1991 | Lai Hok-lim | United Democrats | Independent | |||
1994 to present
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Ko Tam-kan | Independent | |
| 2007 | Ronald Chan Ngok-pang | Independent[clarification needed] | |
| 2010 by-election | Paulus Johannes Zimmerman | Civic | |
| 2012 | Independent democrat | ||
Election results
2010s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ind. democrat | Paulus Johannes Zimmerman | 2,547 | 55.97 | −7.03 | |
| DAB | Siu Wai-chung | 1,840 | 40.43 | ||
| Nonpartisan | Maxine Yao Jie-ning | 164 | 3.60 | ||
| Majority | 707 | 15.54 | |||
| Turnout | 4,557 | 70.65 | |||
| Ind. democrat hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ind. democrat | Paulus Johannes Zimmerman | 1,952 | 63.0 | –1.2 | |
| Liberal | Jeremy Young Chit-on | 1,144 | 37.0 | ||
| Majority | 808 | 16.0 | |||
| Turnout | 3,112 | 53.9 | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Civic | Paulus Johannes Zimmerman | 1,445 | 64.2 | +4.3 | |
| Independent | Yim Kin-ping | 805 | 35.8 | ||
| Majority | 640 | 28.4 | |||
| Civic hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Civic | Paulus Johannes Zimmerman | 1,183 | 59.9 | ||
| Independent | Ellis Lau | 792 | 40.1 | ||
| Majority | 491 | 19.8 | |||
| Civic gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
2000s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Ronald Chan Ngok-pang | 1,067 | 63.8 | ||
| Independent | Kenith Poon Kin-ming | 605 | 36.2 | ||
| Majority | 462 | 27.6 | N/A | ||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Ko Tam-kan | Unopposed | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
1990s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Ko Tam-kan | Unopposed | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Ko Tam-kan | Unopposed | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Democrats | Lai Hok-lim | 1,928 | 54.5 | ||
| Independent | Ko Tam-kan | 1,611 | 45.6 | −5.6 | |
| LDF | Kwok Wai-ming | 1,417 | 40.1 | −9.8 | |
| United Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
1980s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Kwok Wai-ming | 1,454 | 41.1 | ||
| Independent | Ko Tam-kan | 714 | 20.2 | ||
| Independent | Wong Man-kit | 551 | 15.6 | ||
| Independent | Leung Wai-sum | 410 | 11.6 | ||
| Civic | Wong Chi-hung | 296 | 8.4 | ||
| Independent | Choi Cheung-man | 100 | 2.8 | ||
| Independent win (new seat) | |||||