Election Name: | 2015 Wan Chai District Council election |
Country: | Hong Kong |
Type: | Parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Party Colour: | yes |
Previous Election: | 2011 Wan Chai District Council election |
Previous Year: | 2011 |
Next Election: | 2019 Wan Chai District Council election |
Next Year: | 2019 |
Seats For Election: | All 13 seats to Wan Chai District Council |
Majority Seats: | 7 |
Election Date: | 22 November 2015 |
Turnout: | 42.7% |
Party1: | Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong |
Last Election1: | 3 seats, 16.4% |
Seats Before1: | 3 |
Seats1: | 4 |
Seat Change1: | 1 |
Popular Vote1: | 3,890 |
Percentage1: | 15.3% |
Swing1: | 1.1% |
Party2: | New People's Party (Hong Kong) |
Last Election2: | 1 seat, 6.2% |
Seats Before2: | 1 |
Seats2: | 1 |
Popular Vote2: | 3,384 |
Percentage2: | 13.3% |
Swing2: | 7.1% |
Party3: | Liberal Party (Hong Kong) |
Last Election3: | 0 seat, 3.1% |
Seats Before3: | 0 |
Seats3: | 1 |
Seat Change3: | 1 |
Popular Vote3: | 1,479 |
Percentage3: | 5.8% |
Swing3: | 2.7% |
The 2015 Wan Chai District Council election was held on 22 November 2015 to elect all 15 members to the Wan Chai District Council.[1]
The pro-Beijing camp remained control of the council with the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong retained the largest party status with three seats. In Tai Hang, "Umbrella soldier" Claris Yeung Suet-ying who, inspired by the 2014 Hong Kong protests, took a seat from New People's Party.
Before election:
2 | 9 | |
PD | Pro-Beijing |
2 | 11 | |
PD | Pro-Beijing |