2015 Tuen Mun District Council election explained

Election Name:2015 Tuen Mun District Council election
Country:Hong Kong
Type:Parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Party Colour:yes
Previous Election:2011 Tuen Mun District Council election
Previous Year:2011
Next Election:2019 Tuen Mun District Council election
Next Year:2019
Seats For Election:29 (of the 30) seats to Tuen Mun District Council
Majority Seats:16
Election Date:22 November 2015
Turnout:41.7%
Party1:Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong
Last Election1:12 seats, 34.6%
Seats Before1:8
Seats1:8
Popular Vote1:24,077
Percentage1:24.4%
Swing1:10.2%
Party2:Democratic Party (Hong Kong)
Last Election2:7 seats, 29.8%
Seats Before2:7
Seats2:4
Seat Change2:3
Popular Vote2:18,343
Percentage2:18.6%
Swing2:11.2%
Party3:Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions
Last Election3:Did not run
Seats Before3:4
Seats3:4
Popular Vote3:10,007
Percentage3:10.1%
Swing3:N/A
Party4:New People's Party (Hong Kong)
Last Election4:0 seat, 0.5%
Seats Before4:3
Seats4:4
Seat Change4:1
Popular Vote4:6,846
Percentage4:6.9%
Swing4:6.4%
Party5:Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood
Last Election5:2 seats, 4.8%
Seats Before5:2
Seats5:3
Seat Change5:1
Popular Vote5:6,909
Percentage5:7.0%
Swing5:2.2%
Party6:Labour Party (Hong Kong)
Last Election6:New party
Seats Before6:0
Seats6:1
Seat Change6:1
Popular Vote6:1,731
Percentage6:1.8%
Swing6:N/A

The 2015 Tuen Mun District Council election was held on 22 November 2015 to elect all 29 elected members to the 30-member Tuen Mun District Council.[1]

In Lok Tsui, veteran Albert Ho Chun-yan lost his seat to former Law Society of Hong Kong president Junius Ho Kwan-yiu, while radical democrat Civic Passion's Cheng Chung-tai took 391 votes, winning 1,617 votes, 125 fewer than Junius Ho.

Overall election results

Before election:

920
Pro-democracyPro-Beijing
Change in composition:
821
Pro-democracyPro-Beijing

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Election Results - Overall Results. Electoral Affairs Commission.