Election Name: | 2015 Kwai Tsing District Council election |
Country: | Hong Kong |
Type: | Parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Party Colour: | yes |
Previous Election: | 2011 Kwai Tsing District Council election |
Previous Year: | 2011 |
Next Election: | 2019 Kwai Tsing District Council election |
Next Year: | 2019 |
Seats For Election: | 29 (of the 30) seats to Kwai Tsing District Council |
Majority Seats: | 16 |
Election Date: | 22 November 2015 |
Turnout: | 48.6% |
Party1: | Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong |
Last Election1: | 5 seats, 17.3% |
Seats Before1: | 5 |
Seats1: | 8 |
Seat Change1: | 3 |
Popular Vote1: | 28,837 |
Percentage1: | 24.7% |
Swing1: | 7.4% |
Party2: | Neighbourhood and Workers Service Centre |
Last Election2: | 5 seats, 13.1% |
Seats Before2: | 5 |
Seats2: | 5 |
Popular Vote2: | 16,105 |
Percentage2: | 13.8% |
Swing2: | 0.7% |
Party3: | Democratic Party (Hong Kong) |
Last Election3: | 9 seats, 28.6% |
Seats Before3: | 8 |
Seats3: | 4 |
Seat Change3: | 4 |
Popular Vote3: | 29,267 |
Percentage3: | 25.0% |
Swing3: | 3.6% |
Party4: | Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions |
Last Election4: | 2 seat, 9.4% |
Seats Before4: | 2 |
Seats4: | 3 |
Seat Change4: | 1 |
Popular Vote4: | 9,968 |
Percentage4: | 8.5% |
Swing4: | 0.9% |
Party5: | BPAHK |
Last Election5: | New party |
Seats Before5: | 4 |
Seats5: | 3 |
Seat Change5: | 1 |
Popular Vote5: | 8,954 |
Percentage5: | 7.7% |
Swing5: | N/A |
Party6: | New People's Party (Hong Kong) |
Last Election6: | Did not run |
Seats Before6: | 1 |
Seats6: | 2 |
Seat Change6: | 1 |
Popular Vote6: | 3,141 |
Percentage6: | 2.7% |
Swing6: | N/A |
The 2015 Kwai Tsing District Council election was held on 22 November 2015 to elect all 29 elected members to the 30-member Kwai Tsing District Council.[1]
The pan-democracy camp failed to secure majority of the elected seats with Democratic Party lost its largest party status to the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB).
Before election:
15 | 14 | |
Pro-democracy | Pro-Beijing |
11 | 1 | 17 | |
Pro-democracy | I. | Pro-Beijing |