2015 Eastern District Council election
The 2015 Eastern District Council election was held on 22 November 2015 to elect all 35 members to the Eastern District Council.[1]
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All 35 seats to Eastern District Council 18 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 49.8% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Colours on map indicate winning party for each constituency. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The most surprising result was Chui Chi-kin, an "umbrella soldier" inspired by the 2014 Hong Kong protests almost unknown to the public before he was elected, beat DAB legislator Christopher Chung Shu-kun with 2,017 votes against Chung's 1,829 votes in Yue Wan.
Overall election results
Before election:
| 5 | 1 | 31 |
| PD | I. | Pro-Beijing |
Change in composition:
| 10 | 25 |
| Pro-democracy | Pro-Beijing |
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | 10 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 28.6 | 36.8 | 40,224 | ||
| DAB | 10 | 0 | 3 | –3 | 28.6 | 15.3 | 16,722 | −2.0 | |
| FTU | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.1 | 10.2 | 11,190 | +7.1 | |
| Civic | 4 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 11.4 | 10.1 | 11,007 | +1.9 | |
| Democratic | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.7 | 8.3 | 9,106 | −4.2 | |
| NPP | 0 | 0 | 2 | –2 | 0 | 6.3 | 6,844 | +1.7 | |
| Labour | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 2.9 | 6.1 | 6,642 | ||
| Liberal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.7 | 4.0 | 4,390 | +2.4 | |
| LSD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.8 | 1,969 | –6.8 | |
| People Power | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 1,229 | ||
References
- "Election Results - Overall Results". Electoral Affairs Commission.
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