Whampoa East (constituency)

Whampoa East is one of the 22 constituencies of the Kowloon City District Council. The seat elects one member of the council every four years. The boundary is loosely based on the eastern area of Whampoa Garden.

Whampoa East
Elected constituency for the Kowloon City District Council
Boundary of Whampoa East in Kowloon City District
District	Kowloon City
Legislative Council constituency	Kowloon Central
Population	17,582 (2019)[1]
Electorate	10,345 (2019)[2]
Current constituency
Created	1994
Number of members	One
Member(s)	Vacant
Created from	Whampoa

Councillors represented

Election		Member	Party	%
	1994	Wong Chi-keung	LDF	51.60
	1999	Chan Ka-wai	Democratic	47.18
	2003			60.62
	2007	Priscilla Leung Mei-fun	Nonpartisan	58.15
	2011		Nonpartisan→BPA/KWND	54.27
	2015		BPA/KWND	47.07
	2019	Kwan Ka-lun→Vacant[a]	Nonpartisan	57.66

Election results

2010s

Kowloon City District Council Election, 2019: Whampoa East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Kwan Ka-lun	4,595	57.66
	BPA	Lee Chiu-yu	3,374	42.34	−4.76
Majority			1,221	15.32
Turnout			7,994	77.29
	Nonpartisan gain from BPA		Swing

Kowloon City District Council Election, 2015: Whampoa East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	KWND (BPA)	Leung Mei-fun	2,345	47.1	–7.2
	Youngspiration	Yau Wai-ching	2,041	41.0
	Nonpartisan	Law Shek-ming	596	12.0
Majority			304	6.1	–11.5
Turnout			5,031	55.2
	KWND hold		Swing

Kowloon City District Council Election, 2011: Whampoa East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan (KWND)	Leung Mei-fun	2,236	54.3	−3.9
	Democratic	Wong Pik-wan	1,513	36.7	−5.1
	People Power (Power Voters)	Jeff Au Yeung Ying-kit	371	9.0
Majority			723	17.6
	Nonpartisan hold		Swing

2000s

Kowloon City District Council Election, 2007: Whampoa East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Leung Mei-fun	1,726	58.2
	Democratic	Chan Ka-wai	1,242	41.8
	Nonpartisan gain from Democratic		Swing

Kowloon City District Council Election, 2003: Whampoa East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Chan Ka-wai	1,847	60.6	+13.8
	Nonpartisan	Cheung Yan-hong	1,200	39.4
	Democratic hold		Swing

1990s

Kowloon City District Council Election, 1999: Whampoa East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Chan Ka-wai	1,063	46.8	−1.2
	DAB	Tsui Hung-ying	908	39.9
	Liberal	Law Siu-hung	282	12.4
	Democratic gain from HKPA		Swing

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Kowloon City District Board Election, 1994: Whampoa East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDF	Wong Chi-keung	1,051	51.1
	Democratic	Tse Kwong-wang	986	48.0
	LDF win (new seat)

Notes

1. Resigned on 7 July 2021.