Lei Muk Shue East (constituency)

Lei Muk Shue East is one of the 17 constituencies of the Tsuen Wan District Council. It covers the east part of Lei Muk Shue Estate and the rural villages at the west of Wo Yee Hop Road. The seat elects one member of the council every four years. Prior to its creation in 1999, the seat has continuously been held by Sumly Chan Yuen-sum of Civic Party since 1985.

Lei Muk Shue East
Elected constituency for the Tsuen Wan District Council
Boundary of Lei Muk Shue East in Tsuen Wan District
District	Tsuen Wan
Legislative Council constituency	New Territories South West
Population	17,322 (2019)[1]
Electorate	10,857 (2019)[2]
Current constituency
Created	1999
Number of members	One
Member(s)	Sumly Chan (Independent)
Created from	Lei Shue

Councillors represented

Election		Member	Party
	1999	Sumly Chan Yuen-sum	Independent
	2003		Independent→Democratic→Civic
	2007		Civic
	2011
	2015
	2019		Civic→Independent

Election results

2010s

Tsuen Wan District Council Election, 2019: Lei Muk Shue East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Civic	Sumly Chan Yuen-sum	5,214	68.11	+4.01
	DAB (FTU)	Lam Hin-fai	2,441	31.89	−4.01
Majority			2,773	36.22
Turnout			7,681	70.79
	Civic hold		Swing

Tsuen Wan District Council Election, 2015: Lei Muk Shue East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Civic	Sumly Chan Yuen-sum	3,169	64.1	+5.1
	DAB	Lui Dik-ming	1,773	35.9	–3.4
Majority			1,396	28.2	+8.5
Turnout			4,962	54.9
	Civic hold		Swing	+4.3

Tsuen Wan District Council Election, 2011: Lei Muk Shue East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Civic	Sumly Chan Yuen-sum	2,761	59.03	−12.03
	DAB	Lui Dik-ming	1,839	39.32
	Nonpartisan	Chau Wai-yee	77	1.65
Majority			922	19.71
	Civic hold		Swing

2000s

Tsuen Wan District Council Election, 2007: Lei Muk Shue East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Civic	Sumly Chan Yuen-sum	1,994	71.09
	Independent	Lam Kam-wing	811	28.91
Majority
	Civic hold		Swing

Tsuen Wan District Council Election, 2003: Lei Muk Shue East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Sumly Chan Yuen-sum	1,945	75.33
	Nonpartisan	Lee Chun-po	637	24.67
Majority
	Independent hold		Swing

1990s

Tsuen Wan District Council Election, 1999: Lei Muk Shue East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Sumly Chan Yuen-sum	1,404	67.50
	Nonpartisan	Hui Po-chun	676	32.50
	Independent win (new seat)