2019 Yuen Long District Council election
24 November 2019
39 (of the 45) seats to Yuen Long District Council
23 seats needed for a majority
Turnout69.9% Increase26.5%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Democratic TSW Connection Team Chu
Last election 2 seats, 7.5% New party New party
Seats before 2 0 0
Seats won 7 4 4
Seat change Increase5 Increase4 Increase4
Popular vote 26,809 15,998 15,757
Percentage 11.0% 6.6% 6.5%
Swing Increase3.5% N/A N/A
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Action 18 Democratic Alliance Civic Passion
Last election New party 1 seat, 3.6% Did not contest
Seats before 0 1 0
Seats won 2 2 1
Seat change Increase2 Increase1 Increase1
Popular vote 9,006 6,369 4,454
Percentage 3.7% 2.7% 1.8%
Swing N/A Decrease1.9% N/A
  Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party
 
Party NWSC DAB FTU
Last election Did not contest 6 seats, 20.4% 4 seats, 8.3%
Seats before 0 5 4
Seats won 1 0 0
Seat change Increase1 Decrease5 Decrease4
Popular vote 3,513 28,087 13,291
Percentage 1.4% 11.5% 5.5%
Swing N/A Decrease8.9% Decrease2.8%
Colours on map indicate winning party for each constituency.

The 2019 Yuen Long District Council election was held on 24 November 2019 to elect all 39 elected members to the 45-member Yuen Long District Council.[1]

The pro-Beijing and rural domination was turned over in the historic landslide victory where the pro-democrats took over all the urban constituencies and a few rural constituencies amid the massive pro-democracy protests. As a results, the pro-democrats took 33 of the 39 elected seats and seized control of the 45-member council for the first time.

Overall election results

Before election:

↓
5 36
Pro-dem Pro-Beijing

Change in composition:

↓
33 12
Pro-democracy Pro-Beijing
Yuen Long District Council election result 2019
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Independent 17 13 15 −2 37.8 43.8 106,481
  DAB 0 0 5 −5 0.0 11.5 28,087 −8.9
  Democratic 7 2 0 +5 17.9 11.0 26,809 +3.5
  TSW Connection 4 4 0 +4 10.3 6.6 15,998
  Team Chu 4 4 0 +4 10.3 6.5 15,757
  FTU 0 0 4 −4 0.0 5.5 13,291 −2.8
  Action 18 2 2 0 +2 5.1 3.7 9,006
  Democratic Alliance 2 1 0 +1 5.1 2.7 6,469 –1.9
  BPA 0 0 1 −1 0.0 2.3 5,492
  Civic Passion 1 1 0 +1 2.6 1.8 4,454
  Roundtable 0 0 1 −1 0.0 1.7 4,025
  PfD 1 1 0 +1 2.6 1.6 3,929
  NWSC 1 1 0 +1 2.6 1.4 3,513
  BPA 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 362

References

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