2019 Sha Tin District Council election

The 2019 Sha Tin District Council election was held on 24 November 2019 to elect all 41 elected members to the 42-member Sha Tin District Council.[1]

2019 Sha Tin District Council election
24 November 2019
41 (of the 42) seats to Sha Tin District Council
22 seats needed for a majority
Turnout73.3% 25.4%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Civic Democratic Community Sha Tin
Last election 0 seat, 2.1% 7 seats, 15.0% New party
Seats before 2 3 4
Seats won 7 6 5
Seat change 5 3 1
Popular vote 29,914 30,444 25,509
Percentage 9.8% 9.9% 8.3%
Swing 7.7% 5.1% N/A
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party DAB STCV Labour
Last election 7 seats, 18.0% New party 1 seat, 1.5%
Seats before 7 0 1
Seats won 1 1 1
Seat change 6 1
Popular vote 46,759 4,691 4,665
Percentage 15.3% 1.5% 1.5%
Swing 2.7% N/A 2.3%
  Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party
 
Party Neo Democrats LSD NPP
Last election 5 seats, 8.5% 0 seat, 0.9% 8 seats, 17.1%
Seats before 0 0 7
Seats won 1 1 0
Seat change 1 1 7
Popular vote 3,869 3,283 36,732
Percentage 1.3% 1.1% 12.0%
Swing 7.2% 0.2% 5.1%
Colours on map indicate winning party for each constituency.

In the historic landslide victory in 2019, the pro-democrats took control of the council by sweeping 40 of the 41 elected seats. Only new constituency Di Yee was won by pro-Beijing DAB as two pro-democrat candidates split the votes which gave the DAB the victory.

Overall election results

Before election:

↓
19 20
Pro-democracy Pro-Beijing

Change in composition:

↓
40 2
Pro-democracy PB
Sha Tin District Council election result 2019
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Independent 11 8 4 +4 26.8 32.0 98,085
  DAB 1 1 7 −6 2.4 15.3 46,759 −2.7
  NPP 0 0 7 −7 0.0 12.0 36,732 −4.4
  Democratic 6 0 3 +3 14.6 9.9 30,444 −5.1
  Civic 7 5 0 +5 17.1 9.8 29,914 +7.7
  Community Sha Tin 5 1 0 +1 12.2 8.3 25,509
  PfD 2 2 0 +2 4.9 2.4 7,315
  Civil Force 0 0 2 −2 0.0 2.3 7,164
  FTU 0 0 0 0 0.0 2.2 6,707 −0.5
  STCV 1 1 0 +1 2.4 1.5 4,691
  Labour 1 0 0 0 2.4 1.5 4,665 −2.3
  Neo Democrats 1 1 0 +1 2.4 1.3 3,869 −7.2
  LSD 1 1 0 +1 2.4 1.1 3,283 +0.2
  Liberal 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.4 1,211
  ASEA 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 54
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References
  1. "Election Results - Overall Results". Electoral Affairs Commission.
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