The 2019 Yau Tsim Mong District Council election was held on 24 November 2019 to elect all 20 members to the Yau Tsim Mong District Council.[1]
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All 20 seats to Yau Tsim Mong District Council 11 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 69.0% 23.5% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Colours on map indicate winning party for each constituency. |
The pro-Beijing parties suffered major setbacks in the election amid the massive pro-democracy protests, while a pro-democracy local political group Community March emerged as the largest party in the council with the pro-democrats controlling the council for the first time.
Overall election results
editBefore election:
3 | 16 |
Pro-dem | Pro-Beijing |
Change in composition:
17 | 3 |
Pro-democracy | Pro-Beijing |
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Independent | 7 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 25.0 | 30.2 | 26,776 | ||
DAB | 1 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 5.0 | 19.6 | 17,352 | –11.0 | |
Democratic | 4 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 20.0 | 15.1 | 13,397 | –0.3 | |
Community March | 5 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 25.0 | 13.6 | 12,100 | ||
BPA | 0 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 0.0 | 9.2 | 8,176 | +1.2 | |
Civic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 7.6 | 6,762 | –1.9 | |
PfD | 2 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 10.0 | 4.6 | 4,120 |
References
edit- ^ "Election Results - Overall Results". Electoral Affairs Commission.