2019 Sai Kung District Council election

The 2019 Sai Kung District Council election was held on 24 November 2019 to elect all 29 elected members to the 31-member Sai Kung District Council.[1]

2019 Sai Kung District Council election
24 November 2019
29 (of the 31) seats to Sai Kung District Council
16 seats needed for a majority
Turnout72.9% 26.2%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Neo Democrats Sai Kung Commons TKO Pioneers
Last election 6 seats, 12.6% New party New party
Seats before 6 0 0
Seats won 9 3 2
Seat change 3 3 2
Popular vote 37,529 7,482 8,989
Percentage 18.8% 3.8% 4.5%
Swing 6.2% N/A N/A
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party TKO Shining DAB FTU
Last election New party 8 seats, 18.7% 1 seat, 6.8%
Seats before 0 8 1
Seats won 1 0 0
Seat change 1 8 1
Popular vote 3,089 25,538 11,739
Percentage 1.6% 12.8% 5.9%
Swing N/A 5.9% 0.9%
Colours on map indicate winning party for each constituency.

The pro-democrats scored a landslide victory by taking 26 of the 29 seats in the council, with Neo Democrats becoming the largest party. The pro-Beijing camp was almost completely wiped out from the council, except for the two ex-officio rural committee chairmen and the moderate councillors led by Christine Fong.

Overall election results

Before election:

↓
9 20
Pro-democracy Pro-Beijing

Change in composition:

↓
26 5
Pro-democracy Pro-Beijing
Sai Kung District Council election result 2019
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Independent 14 8 4 +4 48.3 45.4 90,355
  Neo Democrats 9 6 0 +6 31.0 18.8 37,529 +6.2
  DAB 0 0 8 −8 0.0 12.8 25,538 −5.9
  FTU 0 0 1 −1 3.4 5.9 11,739 −0.9
  NPP 0 0 2 −2 0.0 4.9 9,742 −4.2
  TKO Pioneers 0 1 0 +1 3.4 4.5 8,989
  Sai Kung Commons 0 3 0 +3 10.3 3.8 7,482
  TKO Shining 0 1 0 +1 3.4 1.6 3,089
  CGPLTKO 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.0 2,063
  Democratic 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.9 1,741 −9.6
  Community Alliance 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 943
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References
  1. "Election Results - Overall Results". Electoral Affairs Commission.
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