2015 Yuen Long District Council election

The 2015 Yuen Long District Council election was held on 22 November 2015 to elect all 35 elected members to the 41-member Yuen Long District Council.[1]

2015 Yuen Long District Council election
22 November 2015
35 (of the 41) seats to Yuen Long District Council
22 seats needed for a majority
Turnout43.4%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party DAB FTU NPP
Last election 7 seats, 15.7% 2 seats, 4.9% 1 seat, 1.4%
Seats before 5 4 2
Seats won 6 4 3
Seat change Increase1 Steady Increase1
Popular vote 19,668 7,991 8,431
Percentage 20.4% 8.3% 8.8%
Swing Increase4.7% Increase3.4% Increase7.4%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Democratic Democratic Alliance Liberal
Last election 2 seats, 11.2% 1 seat, 6.0% 2 seats, 5.2%
Seats before 2 1 1
Seats won 2 1 1
Seat change Steady Steady Steady
Popular vote 7,212 4,449 1,941
Percentage 7.5% 4.6% 2.0%
Swing Decrease3.7% Decrease1.2% Decrease3.2%
  Seventh party
 
Party NTAS
Last election 1 seat, 2.9%
Seats before 1
Seats won 1
Seat change Steady
Popular vote Uncontested
Percentage N/A
Swing N/A
Colours on map indicate winning party for each constituency.

Overall election results

Before election:

↓
4 27
PD Pro-Beijing

Change in composition:

↓
5 30
PD Pro-Beijing
Yuen Long District Council election result 2015
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Independent 18 4 3 +1 48.6 43.7 42,145
  DAB 6 1 0 +1 17.1 20.4 19,668 +4.7
  NPP 3 1 0 +1 8.6 8.8 8,431 +7.4
  FTU 4 4 0 0 11.4 8.3 7,991 +3.4
  Democratic 2 0 0 0 5.7 7.5 7,212 –3.7
  Democratic Alliance 1 0 0 0 2.9 4.6 4,449 –1.4
  NTAS 1 1 0 +1 3.2 2.9 2,187
  Liberal 1 0 0 0 5.7 2.0 1,941 −3.2
  Land Justice League 0 0 0 0 0 1.5 1,482 –0.9
  Labour 0 0 0 0 0 1.4 1,339
  TSWNF 0 0 0 0 0 1.4 1,317
  BPA 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 362

References
  1. "Election Results - Overall Results". Electoral Affairs Commission.
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