Kam Ping (constituency)

Kam Ping (Chinese: 錦屏) is one of the 35 constituencies in the Eastern District, Hong Kong. The constituency returns one district councillor to the Eastern District Council, with an election every four years.

Kam Ping
Elected constituency for the Eastern District Council
Boundary of Kam Ping in Eastern District
District	Eastern
Legislative Council constituency	Hong Kong Island East
Population	16,085 (2019)[1]
Electorate	9,304 (2019)[2]
Current constituency
Created	1994
Number of members	One
Member(s)	Vacant
Created from	North Point East North Point South

Kam Ping
Traditional Chinese	錦屏
Simplified Chinese	锦屏
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Jǐnpíng Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Gám bíng Jyutping Gam2 bing2

Kam Ping constituency is loosely based on the area in North Point nearby the Kam Ping Street with large presence of Hokkien population of an estimated population of 16,085.^[3]

Councillors represented

Election		Member	Party	%
	1994	Keung Yuk-deoil	Independent	69.29
	1996 by-election	Tsang On-kei	Independent	51.44
	1999	Choy So-yuk	Progressive Alliance→DAB	N/A
	2003		DAB	44.53
	2007			75.20
	2011			N/A
	2015			N/A
	2019	Lee Yue-shun	Civic→Independent	50.70

Election results

2010s

Eastern District Council Election, 2019: Kam Ping

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Civic	Lee Yue-shun	3,113	50.70
	DAB	Hung Chi-kit	3,027	49.30
Majority			86	1.40
Turnout			6,179	66.42
	Civic gain from DAB		Swing

Eastern District Council Election, 2015: Kam Ping

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DAB	Choy So-yuk	Uncontested
	DAB hold		Swing

Eastern District Council Election, 2011: Kam Ping^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DAB	Choy So-yuk	Uncontested
	DAB hold		Swing

2000s

Eastern District Council Election, 2007: Kam Ping^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DAB	Choy So-yuk	1,804	75.2	+30.7
	Independent	Chiang Yu-tui	595	24.8
	DAB hold		Swing

Eastern District Council Election, 2003: Kam Ping^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DAB	Choy So-yuk	1,433	44.5
	April Fifth Action	Leung Kwok-hung	1,149	35.7
	Independent	Wong Sing-kwong	636	19.8
	DAB hold		Swing

1990s

Eastern District Council Election, 1999: Kam Ping^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	HKPA	Choy So-yuk	Uncontested
	HKPA gain from Independent		Swing

Kam Ping by-election 1996^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Tsang On-kei	1,431	51.1
	Democratic	Leung Suk-ching	778	27.8
	Liberal	Shek Kwei-chun	573	20.5	−9.7
	Independent gain from Independent		Swing

Eastern District Board Election, 1994: Kam Ping^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Keung Yuk-deoil	1,805	68.2
	Liberal	Shek Kwei-chun	800	30.2
	Independent win (new seat)