Ap Lei Chau North (constituency)

Ap Lei Chau North is one of the 17 constituencies in the Southern District, Hong Kong. The constituency returns one district councillor to the Southern District Council, with an election every four years.

Ap Lei Chau North
Elected constituency for the Southern District Council
Boundary of Ap Lei Chau North in Southern District
District	Southern
Legislative Council constituency	Hong Kong Island West
Population	13,442 (2019)[1]
Electorate	6,688 (2019)[2]
Current constituency
Created	1991
Number of members	One
Member(s)	Vacant

Ap Lei Chau North constituency is loosely based on the northeastern part of Ap Lei Chau including private apartments Marina Habitat and Sham Wan Towers with estimated population of 13,025.^[3]

Councillors represented

Election		Member	Party
	1991	Yeung Tsui-chun	Nonpartisan
	1994	Andrew Cheng Kar-foo	Democratic
	1999	Wong King-cheung	Nonpartisan
	2005 by-election	Cheung Sik-yung	Nonpartisan
	2019	Chan Ping-yeung→Vacant[a]	Democratic

Election results

2010s

Southern District Council Election, 2019: Ap Lei Chau North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Chan Ping-yeung	3,136	61.88
	Independent	Sandy Cheung Sik-yung	1,932	38.12	−29.21
Majority			1.204	23.76
Turnout			5,092	76.36
	Democratic gain from Independent		Swing

Southern District Council Election, 2015: Ap Lei Chau North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Sandy Cheung Sik-yung	1,556	67.33	+2.85
	Nonpartisan	Leung Kwok-keung	755	32.67
Majority			801	34.66
Turnout			2,311	38.26
	Nonpartisan hold		Swing

Southern District Council Election, 2011: Ap Lei Chau North^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Sandy Cheung Sik-yung	1,527	64.48	+17.67
	Nonpartisan	Cheung Wing-ho	841	35.52
Majority			687	28.95
	Liberal hold		Swing

2000s

Southern District Council Election, 2007: Ap Lei Chau North^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Sandy Cheung Sik-yung	1,752	46.81	+15.48
	Nonpartisan	Chiu Kwing-shing	1,341	35.63	+4.30
	Nonpartisan	Kwan Yiu-wing	671	17.83
Majority			411	11.18
	Liberal hold		Swing

Ap Lei Chau North by-election 2005^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Sandy Cheung Sik-yung	702	31.33
	Nonpartisan	Chiu Kwing-shing	702	31.33
	Democratic	Wan Kam-cheung	491	21.91
	Liberal	Ng Ting-kit	321	14.32
	Nonpartisan	Petrus Chan Ting-wing	25	1.12
Majority			0	0.00
	Nonpartisan gain from Nonpartisan		Swing

Southern District Council Election, 2003: Ap Lei Chau North^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Wong King-cheung	2,526	88.76
	DAB	Simon Chow Kam-keung	320	11.24
Majority			2,206	77.52
	Nonpartisan hold		Swing

1990s

Southern District Council Election, 1999: Ap Lei Chau North^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Wong King-cheung	Uncontested
	Nonpartisan gain from Democratic		Swing

Southern District Board Election, 1994: Ap Lei Chau North^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Andrew Cheng Kar-foo	1,630	46.45
	Public Affairs Society	Vivian Chih Wan-wan	1,454	41.44
	DAB	Leung Pak-hung	425	12.11
Majority			176	6.01
	Democratic gain from Nonpartisan		Swing

Southern District Board Election, 1991: Ap Lei Chau North^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Yeung Tsui-chun	2,247	61.36
	LDF	Yuen Sau-hung	1,415	38.64
Majority			832	22.72
	Nonpartisan win (new seat)

Notes

1. Resigned on 9 July 2021.

References

1. "Recommended District Council Constituency Areas" (PDF). Electoral Affairs Commission.
2. "Age and Sex profile of registered electors by 452 District Council Constituency Areas in 2019" (PDF). Registration and Electoral Office.
3. "2015 District Councils Election - Summary of the District Council Constituency Areas". Hong Kong Government. 5 September 2015. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
4. Li, Pang-kwong. "香港選舉資料庫". 嶺南大學公共管治研究部. Archived from the original on 10 February 2013. Retrieved 20 April 2013.