Yau Ma Tei North (Chinese: 油麻地北) is one of the 19 constituencies in the Yau Tsim Mong District of Hong Kong which was first created in 1982 and recreated in 2015.
| Yau Ma Tei North | |
|---|---|
| Elected constituency for the Yau Tsim Mong District Council | |
 Boundary of Yau Ma Tei North in Yau Tsim Mong District | |
| District | Yau Tsim (1982–1994) Yau Tsim Mong (1994–present) |
| Legislative Council constituency | Kowloon West |
| Population | 12,823 (2019)[1] |
| Electorate | 5,644 (2019)[2] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1982 (first time) 2015 (second time) |
| Number of members | One |
| Member(s) | Lam Kin-man (Independent) |
| Created from | King's Park Mong Kok West |
The constituency loosely covers Yau Ma Tei with the estimated population of 12,817.[3]
Councillors represented
edit1982–85
edit| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Chan Yam-tong | Civic Association | |
1985–94
edit| Election | First Member | First Party | Second Member | Second Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Kwan Miu-mei | Reform Club | Lai Wing-tak | Nonpartisan | ||
| 1988 | Wong Kwok-tung | Nonpartisan | ||||
| 1991 | Kwan Miu-mei | Nonpartisan | ||||
2015 to present
edit| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Lam Kin-man | ADPL | |
| 2017 | Independent democrat | ||
Election results
edit2010s
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ind. democrat | Lam Kin-man | 2,573 | 67.43 | −3.47 | |
| Independent | Lee Man-kit | 1,243 | 32.57 | ||
| Majority | 1,330 | 34.86 | |||
| Turnout | 3,831 | 67.89 | |||
| Ind. democrat hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADPL | Lam Kin-man | 1,682 | 70.9 | ||
| FTU | Man Yun-wa | 689 | 29.1 | ||
| Majority | 993 | 41.8 | |||
| Turnout | 2,406 | 46.5 | |||
| ADPL win (new seat) | |||||
1990s
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Lai Wing-tak | uncontested | |||
| Nonpartisan | Kwan Miu-mei | uncontested | |||
| Nonpartisan hold | Swing | N/A | |||
| Nonpartisan gain from Nonpartisan | Swing | N/A | |||
1980s
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Wong Kwok-tung | 1,457 | 39.25 | ||
| Nonpartisan | Lai Wing-tak | 1,166 | 31.41 | +2.43 | |
| Reform | Kwan Miu-mei | 1,089 | 29.33 | –12.81 | |
| Nonpartisan gain from Reform | Swing | N/A | |||
| Nonpartisan hold | Swing | N/A | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform | Kwan Miu-mei | 1,507 | 42.14 | ||
| Nonpartisan | Lai Wing-tak | 1,067 | 29.84 | ||
| Civic | Chan Yam-tong | 1,002 | 28.02 | –55.29 | |
| Reform gain from Civic | Swing | N/A | |||
| Nonpartisan win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Civic | Chan Yam-tong | 1,572 | 83.31 | ||
| Nonpartisan | Leung Fun | 315 | 16.69 | ||
| Majority | 1,257 | 66.61 | |||
| Civic win (new seat) | |||||
References
edit- ^ "Recommended District Council Constituency Areas" (PDF). Electoral Affairs Commission.
- ^ "Age and Sex profile of registered electors by 452 District Council Constituency Areas in 2019" (PDF). Registration and Electoral Office.
- ^ "2015 District Councils Election - Summary of the District Council Constituency Areas". Hong Kong Government. 25 September 2015. Retrieved 7 October 2015.