Pokfulam (constituency)

Pokfulam
Elected constituency
for the Southern District Council

Outline map

Boundary of Pokfulam in Southern District
Region Southern District, Hong Kong
Electorate 5,097[1]
Current constituency
Created 1982
Number of members One
Member(s) Paulus Johannes Zimmerman (Independent)

Pokfulam is one of the 17 constituencies of the Southern District Council of Hong Kong. The seat elects one member of the council every four years. It has been held by Independent Paulus Johannes Zimmerman since the 2010-byelection.

The constituency loosely covers Pokfulam with estimated population of 21,476.[2]

Councillors represented

1982

ElectionMemberParty
1982 Kwok Wai-ming Independent

1985-94

ElectionMemberPartyMemberParty
1985 Kwok Wai-ming Civic Association Ko Tam-kan Civic Association
1988 Lee Man-ho HKAS
1991 Lai Hok-lim United Democrats Independent

1994 to present

ElectionMemberParty
1994 Ko Tam-kan Independent
2007 Ronald Chan Ngok-pang Independent
2010 by-election Paulus Johannes Zimmerman Civic Party
2012 Independent

Election results

2010s

Southern Council Election, 2011: Pokfulam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Civic Paulus Johannes Zimmerman 1,445 64.2 +4.3
Independent Yim Kin-ping 805 35.8
Majority 640 28.4
Civic hold Swing
Pokfulam by-election, 2010
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Civic Paulus Johannes Zimmerman 1,183 59.9
Independent Ellis Lau 792 40.1
Majority 491 19.8
Civic gain from Independent Swing

2000s

Southern Council Election, 2007: Pokfulam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Ronald Chan Ngok-pang 1,067 63.8
Independent Kenith Poon Kin-ming 605 36.2
Majority 462 27.6 N/A
Independent hold Swing
Southern Council Election, 2003: Pokfulam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Ko Tam-kan Unopposed
Independent hold Swing

1990s

Southern Council Election, 1999: Pokfulam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Ko Tam-kan Unopposed
Independent hold Swing
Southern Council Election, 1994: Pokfulam[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Ko Tam-kan Unopposed
Independent hold Swing
Southern Council Election, 1991: Pokfulam[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Democrats Lai Hok-lim 1,928 54.5
Independent Ko Tam-kan 1,611 45.6 -5.6
LDF Kwok Wai-ming 1,417 40.1 -9.8
United Democrats hold Swing
Independent hold Swing

1980s

Southern Council Election, 1988: Pokfulam[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
HKAS Lee Man-ho 1,940 64.8
Civic Ko Tam-kan 1,534 51.2
Civic Kwok Wai-ming 1,495 49.9
HKAS gain from Civic Swing
Civic hold Swing
Southern Council Election, 1985: Pokfulam[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Civic Kwok Wai-ming Unopposed
Civic Ko Tam-kan Unoppposed
Civic hold Swing
Civic win (new seat)
Southern Council Election, 1982: Pokfulam[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Kwok Wai-ming 1,454 41.1
Independent Ko Tam-kan 714 20.2
Independent Wong Man-kit 551 15.6
Independent Leung Wai-sum 410 11.6
Civic Wong Chi-hung 296 8.4
Independent Choi Cheung-man 100 2.8
Independent win (new seat)

Citations

  1. ↑ "2011 District Councils Election - Election Brief". Hong Kong Government. 20 September 2011. Retrieved 24 March 2011.
  2. ↑ "2011 District Councils Election - Summary of the District Council Constituency Areas". Hong Kong Government. 5 September 2011. Retrieved 24 March 2011.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 李彭廣 (2004). "香港選舉資料庫". 嶺南大學公共管治研究部. Retrieved 9 March 2013.

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