Ping Shek (constituency)
Ping Shek is one of the 35 constituencies of the Kwun Tong District Council. The seat elects one member of the council every four years. It was first created in Hong Kong district board elections, 1994 deprived from the Ping Shek & Kai Yip (constituency). The seat was notably held by legislator Chan Kam-lam between 1999 and 2007 and Bernard Chan Pak-li of the DAB from 2007 onward before Chan resigned.[2] The constituency boundary is loosely based on the Ping Shek Estate with estimated population of 13,160.[3]
Chan Chun-kit, son of Chan Kam-lam defeated League of Social Democrats legislator Leung Kwok-hung in the by-election on 26 May 2013.[4]
Councillors represented
Election results
2010s
Ping Shek by-election 2013[4] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
DAB |
Chan Chun-kit |
2,258 |
65.3 |
-11.9 |
|
LSD |
Leung Kwok-hung |
1,198 |
34.7 |
+11.9 |
|
DAB hold |
Swing |
-11.9 |
|
Kwun Tong District Council Election, 2011: Ping Shek[5] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
DAB |
Bernard Chan Pak-li |
2,759 |
77.2 |
+15.7 |
|
LSD |
Lam Sum-shing |
817 |
22.8 |
|
|
DAB hold |
Swing |
|
|
2000s
Kwun Tong District Council Election, 2007: Ping Shek[5] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
DAB |
Bernard Chan Pak-li |
2,647 |
62.9 |
+12.6 |
|
Civic |
Yu Kwun-wai |
1,386 |
32.9 |
|
|
Independent |
Lau Wing-tat |
114 |
2.7 |
|
|
Independent |
Cheung Wai-hung |
60 |
1.4 |
|
|
DAB hold |
Swing |
|
|
Kwun Tong District Council Election, 2003: Ping Shek[5] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
DAB |
Chan Kam-lam |
2,284 |
50.3 |
-0.1 |
|
Frontier |
Lam Sum-shing |
2,259 |
49.7 |
+0.4 |
|
DAB hold |
Swing |
-0.3 |
|
1990s
Kwun Tong District Council Election, 1999: Ping Shek[5] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
DAB |
Chan Kam-lam |
2,128 |
50.4 |
|
|
Democratic |
Lam Sum-shing |
2,028 |
49.3 |
-3.1 |
|
DAB gain from Democratic |
Swing |
|
|
Kuwn Tong District Board Election, 1994: Ping Shek[5] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Democratic |
Lam Sum-shing |
2,028 |
54.4 |
|
|
KTRA |
Wong Wai-man |
1,680 |
45.1 |
|
|
Democratic win (new seat) |
Citations
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