Election Name: | 2019 Kwai Tsing District Council election |
Country: | Hong Kong |
Type: | Parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Party Colour: | yes |
Previous Election: | 2015 Kwai Tsing District Council election |
Previous Year: | 2015 |
Next Election: | 2023 Kwai Tsing District Council election |
Next Year: | 2023 |
Seats For Election: | 31 (of the 32) seats to Kwai Tsing District Council |
Majority Seats: | 17 |
Election Date: | 24 November 2019 |
Turnout: | 70.9% 22.3% |
Party1: | Democratic Party (Hong Kong) |
Last Election1: | 4 seats, 25.0% |
Seats Before1: | 4 |
Seats1: | 12 |
Seat Change1: | 8 |
Popular Vote1: | 46,503 |
Percentage1: | 21.3% |
Swing1: | 3.7% |
Party2: | Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong |
Last Election2: | 8 seats, 24.7% |
Seats Before2: | 8 |
Seats2: | 3 |
Seat Change2: | 5 |
Popular Vote2: | 45,309 |
Percentage2: | 20.8% |
Swing2: | 3.9% |
Party3: | Civic Party |
Last Election3: | Did not contest |
Seats Before3: | 0 |
Seats3: | 3 |
Seat Change3: | 3 |
Popular Vote3: | 14,449 |
Percentage3: | 6.6% |
Swing3: | N/A |
Party4: | Neighbourhood and Workers Service Centre |
Last Election4: | 5 seats, 13.8% |
Seats Before4: | 2 |
Seats4: | 3 |
Seat Change4: | 1 |
Popular Vote4: | 12,663 |
Percentage4: | 5.8% |
Swing4: | 8.0% |
Party5: | Roundtable (Hong Kong) |
Last Election5: | New party |
Seats Before5: | 2 |
Seats5: | 1 |
Seat Change5: | 2 |
Popular Vote5: | 6,758 |
Percentage5: | 3.1 |
Swing5: | N/A |
Party6: | Tsing Yi People |
Last Election6: | New party |
Seats Before6: | 0 |
Seats6: | 1 |
Seat Change6: | 1 |
Popular Vote6: | 4,727 |
Percentage6: | 2.2% |
Swing6: | N/A |
Party7: | Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions |
Last Election7: | 3 seats, 8.5% |
Seats Before7: | 3 |
Seats7: | 0 |
Seat Change7: | 3 |
Popular Vote7: | 15,738 |
Percentage7: | 7.2% |
Swing7: | 1.3% |
Party8: | BPAHK |
Last Election8: | 3 seats, 7.7% |
Seats Before8: | 3 |
Seats8: | 0 |
Seat Change8: | 3 |
Popular Vote8: | 9,990 |
Percentage8: | 4.6% |
Swing8: | 3.1% |
Map Size: | 300px |
The 2019 Kwai Tsing District Council election was held on 24 November 2019 to elect all 31 elected members to the 32-member Kwai Tsing District Council.[1]
The pro-democrats scored a landslide victory in the 2019 election and regained the control of the council by taking 27 of the 31 elected seats. Notable defeated incumbent included legislator Alice Mak of FTU in Wai Ying.
Before election:
9 | 20 | |
Pro-democracy | Pro-Beijing |
27 | 5 | |
Pro-democracy | Pro-Beijing |