Castle Road (constituency)

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Castle Road
Elected Constituency
for the Central & Western District Council
Outline map
Boundary of Castle Road in Central & Western District
DistrictCentral & Western
Legislative Council constituencyHong Kong Island West
Population20,397 (2019)[1]
Electorate7,560 (2019)[2]
Current constituency
Created1994
Number of membersOne
Member(s)(Vacant)
Created fromMid Levels East

Castle Road (Chinese: 衛城) is one of the 15 constituencies of the Central and Western District Council. The seat elects one member of the council every four years. The seat was held by Cheng Lai-king of the Democratic Party of Hong Kong from 1994 to 2021.

The boundary loosely covers the Mid-levels area with estimated population of 20,397.[3]

Councillors represented[]

Election Member Party %
1994 Cheng Lai-king→Vacant[a] Democratic 66.54
1999 71.61
2003 73.56
2007 71.88
2011 59.45
2015 52.64
2019 51.05

Election results[]

2010s[]

Central & Western Council Election, 2019: Castle Road
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Cheng Lai-king 2,669 51.05 −1.65
Liberal Karl Fung Kar-leung 2,559 48.95 +1.65
Majority 110 1.10
Turnout 5,250 69.45
Democratic hold Swing
Central & Western Council Election, 2015: Castle Road
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Cheng Lai-king 1,457 52.6 –6.8
Liberal Ng lung-fei 1,311 47.4
Majority 146 5.2 –13.6
Turnout 2,805 41.0
Democratic hold Swing
Central & Western Council Election, 2011: Castle Road
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Cheng Lai-king 1,291 59.4 -12.5
Independent Pak Fu-hung 881 40.6 N/A
Majority 410 18.8 -25.0
Democratic hold Swing

2000s[]

Central & Western Council Election, 2007: Castle Road
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Cheng Lai-king 1,388 71.9 -1.7
New Forum Welson Wu Wing-kuen 543 28.1 N/A
Majority 845 43.8 -3.4
Democratic hold Swing
Central & Western Council Election, 2003: Castle Road
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Cheng Lai-king 1,625 73.6 +2.0
Independent Chong Wai-por 584 26.4 N/A
Majority 1,041 47.2 +4.0
Democratic hold Swing

1990s[]

Central & Western Council Election, 1999: Castle Road
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Cheng Lai-king 1,014 71.6 +5.1
DAB So Lai-sin 402 28.4 N/A
Majority 612 43.2 +10.2
Democratic hold Swing
Central & Western Council Election, 1994: Castle Road
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Cheng Lai-king 1,058 66.5 N/A
DAB So Lai-sin 532 33.5 N/A
Majority 526 30.0 N/A
Democratic win (new seat)

Notes[]

  1. ^ Resigned on 8 July 2021 over new oath-taking law.

Citations[]

  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). Register.
  3. ^ "2011 District Councils Election – Summary of the District Council Constituency Areas". Hong Kong Government. 5 September 2011. Retrieved 24 March 2011.

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