1999 Central and Western District Council election

The 1999 Central and Western District Council election was held on 28 November 1999 to elect all 15 elected members to the 19-member Central and Western District Council,^[1] the first election of the Council since the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

1999 Central and Western District Council election

← 1994 28 November 1999 2003 →
15 (of the 19) seats to Central and Western District Council 10 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	30.7%
First party Second party   Party Democratic DAB Last election 8 seats, 46.4% 2 seats, 19.1% Seats before 6 2 Seats won 5 3 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 10,744 8,768 Percentage 40.9% 33.4% Swing 5.5% 14.3%   Third party Fourth party   Party 123DA Liberal Last election 0 seat, 2.8% 1 seat, 8.8% Seats before 0 0 Seats won 1 1 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 1,096 774 Percentage 4.2% 2.9% Swing 1.4% 5.9%
Colours on map indicate winning party for each constituency.

Overall election results

Before election:

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8	6
Pro-democracy	Pro-Beijing

Change in composition:

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8	7
Pro-democracy	Pro-Beijing

Central and Western District Council election result 1999

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Democratic	5	1	2	–1	33.3	40.9	10,744	–5.5
	DAB	3	1	0	+1	20.0	33.4	8,768	+14.3
	Independent	5	0	1	–1	33.4	15.4	4,043
	123DA	1	1	0	+1	6.7	4.2	1,096	+1.4
	HKPA	0	0	0	0	0	3.2	851	+0.1
	Liberal	1	1	0	+1	6.7	2.9	774	–5.9

Results by constituency

Belcher

Belcher

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DAB	Wong Chit-man	1,262	52.2	N/A
	Democratic	Lam Kee-shing	1,157	47.8	N/A
Majority			105	4.4	N/A
	DAB gain from Democratic		Swing

Castle Road

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

Centre Street

Centre Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Henry Leung Yiu-cho	1,063	59.0	N/A
	DAB	Tong Wai-yuen	739	41.0	N/A
Majority			324	18.0	(new)
	Democratic win (new seat)

Chung Wan

Chung Wan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Yuen Bun-keung	1,179	68.0	+3.5
	DAB	Li Man-kuen	546	31.5	N/A
Majority			633	36.5	+6.7
	Democratic hold		Swing

Kennedy Town & Mount Davis

Kennedy Town & Mount Davis

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DAB	Yeung Wai-foon	1,217	53.0	+1.6
	Democratic	Chan Kwok-leung	1,079	47.0	−1.6
Majority			138	6.0	+3.2
	DAB hold		Swing	+1.6

Kwun Lung

Kwun Lung

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DAB	Ip Kwok-him	1,552	57.6	+4.8
	Democratic	Rosa Mok Pui-han	1,141	42.4	−4.8
Majority			411	15.2	+10.1
	DAB hold		Swing	+5.0

Middle Levels East

Mid Levels East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Kwok Ka-ki	1,074	55.8	−3.6
	Independent	Marianne Wong Man-yin	851	44.2	N/A
Majority			223	11.6	−7.2
	Independent hold		Swing	-1.8

Peak

Peak

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Tien Pei-chun	774	65.3	+34.3
	Independent	Louis Leung Wing-on	412	34.7	−18.5
Majority			362	30.6	+8.4
	Liberal gain from Independent		Swing	+7.9

Sai Wan

Sai Wan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Chan Tak-chor	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Independent hold		Swing	N/A

Sai Ying Pun

Sai Ying Pun

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Lai Kwok-hung	1,248	50.1	+2.2
	DAB	Chan Yiu-keung	1,243	49.9	+24.6
Majority			5	0.2	−21.0
	Independent hold		Swing

Shek Tong Tsui

Shek Tong Tsui

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Chan Choi-hi	1,309	48.4
	Democratic	Vincent Wong Chak-lai	762	28.2
	DAB	Li Yueh-chin	632	23.4
Majority			547	20.2	−33.8
	Independent hold		Swing

Sheung Wan

Sheung Wan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Kam Nai-wai	1,468	68.1	−2.7
	DAB	Yuen Chiu-hing	688	31.9	+2.7
Majority			780	36.2	−5.4
	Democratic hold		Swing

Tung Wah

Tung Wah

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Frederick Ho Chun-ki	898	64.8	−5.2
	DAB	Cheng Chi-keung	546	35.2	+5.2
Majority			352	29.6	−11.4
	Democratic hold		Swing

University

University

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Stephen Chan Chit-kwai	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Independent hold		Swing

Water Street

Water Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	123DA	Lesilie Spencer Tai Cheuk-yin	1,096	52.7	+16.7
	Democratic	Robin Wan Joe-yiu	983	47.3	+1.3
Majority			113	5.4
	123DA gain from Democratic		Swing

References

1. "Election Results - Overall Results". Electoral Affairs Commission.^{[permanent dead link]}