2015 Sha Tin District Council election

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2015 Sha Tin District Council election
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38 (of the 39) seats to Sha Tin District Council
20 seats needed for a majority
Turnout47.9%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party NPP/CF DAB Democratic
Last election 12 seats, 21.5% 9 seats, 24.0% 5 seats, 19.2%
Seats before 13 8 4
Seats won 8 7 7
Seat change Decrease5 Decrease1 Increase3
Popular vote 26,572 27,899 23,311
Percentage 17.1% 18.0% 15.0%
Swing Decrease4.4% Decrease6.0% Decrease4.2%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Neo Democrats Labour Sha Tin Community Network
Last election 2 seats, 6.3% New party New party
Seats before 1 0 0
Seats won 5 1 1
Seat change Increase4 Increase1 Increase1
Popular vote 13,188 5,887 3,718
Percentage 8.5% 3.8% 2.4%
Swing Increase2.2% N/A N/A
Sha Tin District Council 2015.svg
Colours on map indicate winning party for each constituency.

The 2015 Sha Tin District Council election was held on 22 November 2015 to elect all 38 elected members to the 39-member Sha Tin District Council.[1]

The pan-democrats and the pro-Beijing camp both won 19 seats but the pro-Beijing camp was still able to control the council with 1 ex officio member.

Overall election results[]

Before election:

↓
8 28
Pro-democracy Pro-Beijing

Change in composition:

↓
19 19
Pro-democracy Pro-Beijing
Sha Tin District Council election result 2015
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Independent 7 2 2 0 18.4 21.8 33,980
  DAB 7 0 1 –1 15.8 18.0 28,023 –6.0
  NPP/CF 8 0 5 −5 21.1 17.1 26,572 −4.4
  Democratic 7 3 0 +3 18.4 15.0 23,311 +4.2
  Neo Democrats 5 4 0 +4 13.2 8.5 13,188 +2.2
  Labour 1 +1 0 +1 2.6 3.8 5,887
  FTU 0 0 0 0 0 2.7 4,194 +1.6
  PfD 1 0 0 0 2.6 2.5 3,938
  Sha Tin Community Network 1 1 0 +1 2.6 2.4 3,718
  Civic 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 3,234 –1.9
  People Power 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 1,602 –0.4
  LSD 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 1,406 +0.5
  BPA 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 541

References[]

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

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