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Lower Shing Mun (constituency)

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Lower Shing Mun
Elected constituency
for the Sha Tin District Council
Outline mapBoundary of Lower Shing Mun in Sha Tin District
DistrictSha Tin
Legislative Council constituencyNew Territories North East
Population19,554 (2019)
Electorate10,129 (2019)
Current constituency
Created1994
Number of membersOne
Member(s)Vacant
Created fromMei Tin
Replaced byChung Tin

Lower Shing Mun is one of the 41 constituencies of the Sha Tin District Council. The seat elects one member of the council every four years. Since its creation in 1994, the seat has continuously been held by the Civil Force until 2019, and is now held by Community Sha Tin's Ken Wong Ho-fung.

Councillors represented

Election Member Party
1994 Yu King-yeung Nonpartisan
1999 Tang Wing-cheong Civil Force
2003 Constituency abolished
2007 Ho Hau-cheung Civil Force
2011 Civil ForceNPP/CF
2015 Tong Hok-leung NPP/CF
2019 Ken Wong Ho-fung→Vacant Community Sha TinIndependent

Election results

2010s

Sha Tin District Council Election, 2019: Lower Shing Mun
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Community Sha Tin Ken Wong Ho-fung 3,894 55.49
Civil Force (NPP) Tong Hok-leung 3,124 44.51 +8.46
Majority 770 10.98
Turnout 7,034 69.52
Community Sha Tin gain from Civil Force Swing
Sha Tin District Council Election, 2015: Lower Shing Mun
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
NPP (Civil Force) Tong Hok-leung 1,209 35.9
Nonpartisan Sherman Chong Yiu-kan 1,175 34.6
Nonpartisan Lee Yuen-kam 987 29.3
Majority 34 1.3
Turnout 3,427 43.9
NPP hold Swing
Sha Tin District Council Election, 2011: Lower Shing Mun
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Civil Force Ho Hau-cheung uncontested N/A
Civil Force hold Swing
Sha Tin District Council Election, 2007: Lower Shing Mun
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Civil Force Ho Hau-cheung 1,864 72.14
Democratic Coalition Yan Wing-lok 720 27.86
Majority 1,114 44.28
Civil Force win (new seat)
Sha Tin District Council Election, 1999: Lower Shing Mun
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Civil Force Tang Wing-cheong 1,330 75.10
Independent Luen Kwok-fai 441 24.90
Majority 889 50.2
Civil Force gain from Nonpartisan Swing
Sha Tin District Board Election, 1994: Lower Shing Mun
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nonpartisan Yu King-yeung 718
Nonpartisan Mak Wai-hung 597
Nonpartisan Cheng Chun-wai 584
Nonpartisan Lee Yuen-kam 396
Nonpartisan win (new seat)

References

  1. "Recommended District Council Constituency Areas" (PDF). Electoral Affairs Commission.
  2. "Age and Sex profile of registered electors by 452 District Council Constituency Areas in 2019" (PDF). Registration and Electoral Office.

Sha Tin District Council (42)
CST (11)
Civic (6)
Democratic (6)
DAB (1)Di Yee
Labour (1)
ND (1)
LSD (1)
Independent (13)
Ex-officio member: BPA (1) (Sha Tin Rural Committee)
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