Ping Shek (constituency)

Ping Shek is one of the 37 constituencies of the Kwun Tong District Council. The seat elects one member of the council every four years. It was first created in Hong Kong district board elections, 1994 derived from Ping Shek & Kai Yip. The constituency boundary is loosely based on the Ping Shek Estate with estimated population of 16,446.[3]

Ping Shek
Elected Constituency
for the Kwun Tong District Council
Boundary of Ping Shek in Kwun Tong District
DistrictKwun Tong
Legislative Council constituencyKowloon East
Population16,446 (2019)[1]
Electorate8,280 (2019)[2]
Current constituency
Created1994
Number of membersOne
Member(s)Lai Po-kwai (Democratic)

Councillors represented
ElectionMemberParty
1994 Lam Sum-shing Democratic
1999 Chan Kam-lam DAB
2007 Bernard Chan Pak-li DAB
2013 by-election Chan Chun-kit DAB
2019 Lai Po-kwai Democratic

Election results

2010s
Kwun Tong District Council Election, 2019: Ping Shek
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Democratic Lai Po-kwai 2,982 51.14
DAB Chan Chun-kit 2,849 48.86
Majority 133 2.28
Turnout 5,859 70.82
Democratic gain from DAB Swing
Kwun Tong District Council Election, 2015: Ping Shek[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
DAB Chan Chun-kit Uncontested
DAB hold Swing
Ping Shek by-election 2013[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
DAB Chan Chun-kit 2,258 65.3 -11.9
LSD Leung Kwok-hung 1,198 34.7 +11.9
Majority 1,060 30.6
Turnout 3,483 44.8
DAB hold Swing -11.9
Kwun Tong District Council Election, 2011: Ping Shek[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
DAB Bernard Chan Pak-li 2,759 77.2 +15.7
LSD Lam Sum-shing 817 22.8
DAB hold Swing

2000s
Kwun Tong District Council Election, 2007: Ping Shek[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
DAB Bernard Chan Pak-li 2,647 62.9 +12.6
Civic Yu Kwun-wai 1,386 32.9
Independent Lau Wing-tat 114 2.7
Independent Cheung Wai-hung 60 1.4
DAB hold Swing
Kwun Tong District Council Election, 2003: Ping Shek[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
DAB Chan Kam-lam 2,284 50.3 -0.1
Frontier Lam Sum-shing 2,259 49.7 +0.4
DAB hold Swing -0.3

1990s
Kwun Tong District Council Election, 1999: Ping Shek[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
DAB Chan Kam-lam 2,128 50.4
Democratic Lam Sum-shing 2,028 49.3 -3.1
DAB gain from Democratic Swing
Kuwn Tong District Board Election, 1994: Ping Shek[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Democratic Lam Sum-shing 2,028 54.4
KTMCFPA Wong Wai-man 1,680 45.1
Democratic win (new seat)

Citations
  1. "Recommended District Council Constituency Areas" (PDF). Electoral Affairs Commission.
  2. "Age and Sex profile of registered electors by 452 District Council Constituency Areas in 2019" (PDF). Registration and Electoral Office.
  3. "2011 District Councils Election – Summary of the District Council Constituency Areas". Hong Kong Government. 5 September 2011. Retrieved 24 March 2011.
  4. 李彭廣 (2004). "香港選舉資料庫". 嶺南大學公共管治研究部. Archived from the original on 6 November 2003. Retrieved 9 March 2013.
  5. "Results of Kwun Tong District Council Ping Shek Constituency by-election". Hong Kong Government. 27 May 2013. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
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