Lok Wah North (constituency)

Lok Wah North is one of the 37 constituencies in the Kwun Tong District of Hong Kong which was created in 1991.

Lok Wah North
Elected constituency
for the Kwun Tong District Council
Outline map
Boundary of Lok Wah North in Kwun Tong District
DistrictKwun Tong
Legislative Council constituencyKowloon East
Population12,479 (2019)[1]
Electorate8,356 (2019)[2]
Current constituency
Created1991
Number of membersOne
Member(s)Wong Chi-ken (KEC)
Lok Wah North
Traditional Chinese樂華北
Transcriptions
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationLohk wàah bāk
JyutpingLok6 waa4 bak1

The constituency loosely covers part of Lok Wah Estate with the estimated population of 12,479.[3]

Councillors represented

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Election Member Party
1991 Szeto Chak Nonpartisan
1994 Steven Hung Chung-fun Democratic
1999 Fung Kam-yuen Nonpartisan
2015 Wong Chi-ken KEC

Election results

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2010s

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Kwun Tong District Council Election, 2019: Lok Wah North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nonpartisan Wong Chi-ken 3,628 60.73
FTU Liang Li 2,346 39.27
Majority 1,282 21.46
Turnout 5,997 71.82
Nonpartisan hold Swing
Kwun Tong District Council Election, 2015: Lok Wah North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
KEC Wong Chi-ken 1,729 58.1
Nonpartisan Fung Kam-yuen 1,246 41.9 –14.2
Majority 483 16.2 +3.2
Turnout 3,037 40.1
KEC gain from Nonpartisan Swing
Kwun Tong District Council Election, 2011: Lok Wah North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nonpartisan Fung Kam-yuen 1,739 56.1 +14.3
LSD Yeung Kwok-hung 1,363 43.9 +12.7
Majority 376 13.0 +2.4
Nonpartisan hold Swing

2000s

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Kwun Tong District Council Election, 2007: Lok Wah North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nonpartisan Fung Kam-yuen 1,352 41.8 –14.3
LSD Yeung Kwok-hung 1,011 31.2
Nonpartisan Law Lai-kuen 875 27.0
Majority 341 10.6 –13.2
Nonpartisan hold Swing
Kwun Tong District Council Election, 2003: Lok Wah North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nonpartisan Fung Kam-yuen 1,950 56.1 –4.9
Nonpartisan Michelle Li Pui-ying 1,124 32.3
Nonpartisan Yau Koon-nin 275 7.9
Nonpartisan Chau Kin-ping 129 3.7
Majority 826 23.8 +0.8
Nonpartisan hold Swing

1990s

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Kwun Tong District Council Election, 1999: Lok Wah North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nonpartisan Fung Kam-yuen 2,058 61.0
Nonpartisan Chan Hing-cheong 1,282 38.0
Majority 776 23.0 –7.5
Nonpartisan hold Swing
Kwun Tong District Board Election, 1994: Lok Wah North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Steven Hung Chung-fun 1,870 65.0
Nonpartisan Yuen Mei-kuen 994 34.5
Majority 876 30.5
Democratic gain from Nonpartisan Swing
Kwun Tong District Board Election, 1991: Lok Wah North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nonpartisan Szeto Chak Uncontested
Nonpartisan win (new seat)

References

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  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. ^ "2015 District Councils Election - Summary of the District Council Constituency Areas". Hong Kong Government. 25 September 2015. Retrieved 7 October 2015.