The 2019 Tai Po District Council election was held on 24 November 2019 to elect all 19 elected members to the 21-member Tai Po District Council.[1]
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19 (of the 21) seats to Tai Po District Council 11 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 72.0% 27.1% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Colours on map indicate winning party for each constituency. |
The pro-democrats achieved a historic landslide victory by sweeping all the elected seats in the council amid the massive pro-democracy protests. The pro-Beijing camp was completely wiped out except for the two ex officio members who were also the rural committee chairmen.
Overall election results
editBefore election: Change in composition:
6 | 15 |
Pro-democracy | Pro-Beijing |
Change in composition:
19 | 2 |
Pro-democracy | PB |
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Independent | 6 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 31.6 | 33.8 | 45,381 | ||
Neo Democrats | 4 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 21.1 | 16.2 | 21,790 | +0.3 | |
DAB | 0 | 0 | 5 | −5 | 0.0 | 14.0 | 18,832 | −14.4 | |
Community Alliance | 4 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 21.1 | 12.4 | 16,692 | ||
TPDA | 4 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 21.1 | 9.8 | 13,185 | ||
BPA | 0 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 0.0 | 6.5 | 8,709 | −0.9 | |
Civic Passion | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5.3 | 4.1 | 5,541 | ||
NPP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 2,310 | ||
FTU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1,962 | −0.3 |
References
edit- ^ "Election Results - Overall Results". Electoral Affairs Commission.