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Lai King (constituency)

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Lai King
Elected constituency
for the Kwai Tsing District Council
Outline map
Boundary of Lai King in Kwai Tsing District
DistrictKwai Tsing
Legislative Council constituencyNew Territories South West
Population13,858 (2019)[1]
Electorate8,405 (2019)[2]
Current constituency
Created1991
Number of membersOne
Member(s)Wong Tin-yan (Independent)

Lai King (Chinese: 荔景) is one of the 31 constituencies of the Kwai Tsing District Council in Hong Kong. The seat elects one member of the council every four years. It was first created in the 1994 elections. Its boundary is loosely based on part of Lai King Estate, Yin Lai Court and Yuet Lai Court in Lai King with estimated population of 13,858.

Councillors represented

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Election Member Party
1991 Chow Yick-hay United Democrats
1994 Democratic
2015 Nonpartisan
2019 Wong Tin-yan→vacant Nonpartisan

Election results

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2010s

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Kwai Tsing District Council Election, 2019: Lai King
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nonpartisan Wong Tin-yan 2,836 51.51
Nonpartisan Chow Yick-hay 2,670 48.49
Majority 166 3.02
Turnout 5,521 65.70
Nonpartisan gain from Nonpartisan Swing

References

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  1. ^ "Recommended District Council Constituency Areas" (PDF). Electoral Affairs Commission.
  2. ^ "Age and Sex profile of registered electors by 452 District Council Constituency Areas in 2019" (PDF). Registration and Electoral Office. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-05-10. Retrieved 2019-10-13.