1999 Central and Western District Council election

1999 Central and Western District Council election
15 (of the 19) seats to Central and Western District Council; 10 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	30.7%
	Colours on map indicate winning party for each constituency.

The 1999 Central and Western District Council election was held on 28 November 1999 to elect all 15 elected members to the 19-member Central and Western District Council,^[1] the first election of the Council since the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

Overall election results edit

Before election:

↓
8	6
Pro-democracy	Pro-Beijing

Change in composition:

↓
8	7
Pro-democracy	Pro-Beijing

Central and Western District Council election result 1999
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Democratic	5	1	2	–1	33.3	40.9	10,744	–5.5
DAB	3	1	0	+1	20.0	33.4	8,768	+14.3
Independent	5	0	1	–1	33.4	15.4	4,043
123DA	1	1	0	+1	6.7	4.2	1,096	+1.4
HKPA	0	0	0	0	0	3.2	851	+0.1
Liberal	1	1	0	+1	6.7	2.9	774	–5.9

Results by constituency edit

Belcher edit

Belcher
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DAB	Wong Chit-man	1,262	52.2	N/A
	Democratic	Lam Kee-shing	1,157	47.8	N/A
Majority			105	4.4	N/A
	DAB gain from Democratic		Swing

Castle Road edit

Castle Road
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Cheng Lai-king	1,014	71.6	+5.1
	DAB	So Lai-sin	402	28.4	N/A
Majority			612	43.2	+10.2
	Democratic hold		Swing

Centre Street edit

Centre Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Henry Leung Yiu-cho	1,063	59.0	N/A
	DAB	Tong Wai-yuen	739	41.0	N/A
Majority			324	18.0	(new)
	Democratic win (new seat)

Chung Wan edit

Chung Wan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Yuen Bun-keung	1,179	68.0	+3.5
	DAB	Li Man-kuen	546	31.5	N/A
Majority			633	36.5	+6.7
	Democratic hold		Swing

Kennedy Town & Mount Davis edit

Kennedy Town & Mount Davis
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DAB	Yeung Wai-foon	1,217	53.0	+1.6
	Democratic	Chan Kwok-leung	1,079	47.0	-1.6
Majority			138	6.0	+3.2
	DAB hold		Swing	+1.6

Kwun Lung edit

Kwun Lung
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DAB	Ip Kwok-him	1,552	57.6	+4.8
	Democratic	Rosa Mok Pui-han	1,141	42.4	-4.8
Majority			411	15.2	+10.1
	DAB hold		Swing	+5.0

Middle Levels East edit

Mid Levels East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Kwok Ka-ki	1,074	55.8	-3.6
	Independent	Marianne Wong Man-yin	851	44.2	N/A
Majority			223	11.6	-7.2
	Independent hold		Swing	-1.8

Peak edit

Peak
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Tien Pei-chun	774	65.3	+34.3
	Independent	Louis Leung Wing-on	412	34.7	-18.5
Majority			362	30.6	+8.4
	Liberal gain from Independent		Swing	+7.9

Sai Wan edit

Sai Wan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Chan Tak-chor	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Independent hold		Swing	N/A

Sai Ying Pun edit

Sai Ying Pun
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Lai Kwok-hung	1,248	50.1	+2.2
	DAB	Chan Yiu-keung	1,243	49.9	+24.6
Majority			5	0.2	-21.0
	Independent hold		Swing

Shek Tong Tsui edit

Shek Tong Tsui
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Chan Choi-hi	1,309	48.4
	Democratic	Vincent Wong Chak-lai	762	28.2
	DAB	Li Yueh-chin	632	23.4
Majority			547	20.2	-33.8
	Independent hold		Swing

Sheung Wan edit

Sheung Wan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Kam Nai-wai	1,468	68.1	-2.7
	DAB	Yuen Chiu-hing	688	31.9	+2.7
Majority			780	36.2	-5.4
	Democratic hold		Swing

Tung Wah edit

Tung Wah
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Frederick Ho Chun-ki	898	64.8	-5.2
	DAB	Cheng Chi-keung	546	35.2	+5.2
Majority			352	29.6	-11.4
	Democratic hold		Swing

University edit

University
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Stephen Chan Chit-kwai	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Independent hold		Swing

Water Street edit

Water Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	123DA	Lesilie Spencer Tai Cheuk-yin	1,096	52.7	+16.7
	Democratic	Robin Wan Joe-yiu	983	47.3	+1.3
Majority			113	5.4
	123DA gain from Democratic		Swing

References edit

^ "Election Results - Overall Results". Electoral Affairs Commission.^{[permanent dead link]}

[1] "Election Results - Overall Results". Electoral Affairs Commission.^{[permanent dead link]}

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