2019 Islands District Council election

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2019 Islands District Council election

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10 (of the 18) seats to Islands District Council
10 seats needed for a majority
Turnout67.5% Increase22.2%
  First party Second party
 
Party Civic DAB
Last election 1 seats, 11.3% 3 seats, 21.5%
Seats before 1 3
Seats won 2 1
Seat change Increase1 Decrease2
Popular vote 4,780 15,095
Percentage 8.4% 26.7%
Swing Decrease2.9% Increase5.2%

  Third party Fourth party
 
Party
Democratic
NPP
Last election 1 seat, 9.1% 1 seat, 4.2%
Seats before 0 1
Seats won 1 0
Seat change Increase1 Decrease1
Popular vote 1,332 2,359
Percentage 2.4% 4.2%
Swing Decrease6.7% Decrease2.9%

Colours on map indicate winning party for each constituency.

The 2019 Islands District Council election was held on 24 November 2019 to elect all 10 elected members to the 18-member Islands District Council.[1]

In the historic landslide victory, Islands District Council became the only council where pro-democrats gained the majority of the elected seats but failed to take control of the council due to the 8 ex-officio seats. However, the pro-democrats 7 of the 10 elected seats and ousted DAB legislator Holden Chow from his seat.

Overall election results

Before election:

2 16
PD Pro-Beijing

Change in composition:

7 11
Pro-democracy Pro-Beijing
Islands District Council election result 2019
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
 
Independent
5 2 1 +1 50.0 40.8 23,076
 
DAB
1 0 3 −3 10.0 26.7 15,095
  PfD 1 1 0 +1 10.0 15.9 8,981
  Civic 2 1 0 +1 20.0 8.4 4,780 −2.9
  NPP 0 0 1 −1 0.0 4.2 2,359 −2.9
 
Democratic
1 1 0 +1 10.0 2.4 1,332 −6.7
  Roundtable 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.7 990

References

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

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