Sam Shing (constituency)
| Sam Shing | |
|---|---|
| 三聖 | |
| Elected constituency for the Tuen Mun District Council | |
 Boundary of Sam Shing in Tuen Mun District | |
| District | Tuen Mun |
| Legislative Council constituency | New Territories North West |
| Population | 17,237 (2019)[1] |
| Electorate | 7,338 (2019)[2] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1994 |
| Number of members | One |
| Member(s) | Michael Mo Kwan-tai (Independent) |
Sam Shing (Chinese: 三聖) is one of the 31 constituencies in the Tuen Mun District.
Created for the 1994 District Board elections, the constituency returns one district councillor to the Tuen Mun District Council, with an election every four years.
Sam Shing loosely covers areas surrounding Sam Shing Estate and Hong Kong Gold Coast in Tuen Mun with an estimated population of 21,287. It also covers Siu Lam San Tsuen, Tai Lam Chung, Tsz Kan Chau and the Brothers.[3][4]
Councillors represented
[edit]| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | So Shiu-shing | Independent | |
| 2014 | NPP | ||
| 2019 | Michael Mo Kwan-tai→Vacant | Independent | |
Election results
[edit]2010s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Michael Mo Kwan-tai | 2,834 | 56.32 | ||
| NPP | So Shiu-shing | 2,198 | 43.68 | ||
| Majority | 636 | 12.64 | |||
| Turnout | 3,105 | 74.28 | |||
| Independent gain from NPP | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NPP | So Shiu-shing | 1,837 | 67.31 | +4.68 | |
| Independent | Lee Kam-tim | 892 | 32.69 | ||
| Majority | 945 | 4.62 | |||
| Turnout | 2,729 | 35.48 | |||
| NPP hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | So Shiu-shing | 1,416 | 62.63 | +1.66 | |
| Independent | Yung Sai-ming | 845 | 37.37 | ||
| Majority | 571 | 5.26 | |||
| Turnout | 2,261 | 30.00 | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
2000s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | So Shiu-shing | 1,389 | 60.97 | −4.77 | |
| Civic | Wendy Wong Hiu-fung | 889 | 39.03 | ||
| Majority | 500 | 11.94 | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | So Shiu-shing | 1,447 | 65.74 | ||
| Independent | Kenny Choi Tin-man | 754 | 34.26 | ||
| Majority | 693 | 11.48 | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
1990s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | So Shiu-shing | Uncontested | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | So Shiu-shing | 935 | 53.16 | ||
| Independent | Choi Wah-tong | 824 | 46.84 | ||
| Majority | 111 | 6.32 | |||
| Independent 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.
- ^ https://www.eac.hk/pdf/distco/2019dc/final/dc2019l.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ https://www.eac.hk/pdf/distco/2019dc/final/en/L_descriptions(Eng).pdf https://www.elections.gov.hk/dc2019/eng/summary.html