Tin Sum (constituency)

Tin Sum is one of the 36 constituencies of the Sha Tin District Council. The seat elects one member of the council every four years. It was first created in 1985 Hong Kong district boards election. The constituency boundary is loosely based on the Tin Sum village and Lung Hang Estate.

Tin Sum
Elected constituency for the Sha Tin District Council
Boundary of Tin Sum in Sha Tin District
District	Sha Tin
Legislative Council constituency	New Territories North East
Population	14,327 (2019)[1]
Electorate	9,202 (2019)[2]
Current constituency
Created	1985
Number of members	One
Member(s)	Tsang Kit (Nonpartisan)

Councillors represented

1985 to 1988

Election		Member	Party
	1985	Choy Kan-pui	Nonpartisan
	198?		HKAS

1988 to 1991

Election	First Member		First Party	Second Member		Second Party
1988		Choy Kan-pui	HKAS		Fung Chi-wood	Nonpartisan
1990			United Democrat			United Democrat

1991 to present

Election		Member	Party
	1991	Choy Kan-pui	United Democrat
	1991		Independent
	1993		Civil Force
	1996		Progressive Alliance/Civil Force
	2003	Pun Kwok-shan	Civil Force
	2011	Lau Kong-wah	DAB/Civil Force
	2013 by-election	Pun Kwok-shan	Civil Force
	2014		NPP/CF
	2019	Tsang Kit	Nonpartisan

Election results

2010s

Sha Tin District District Council Election, 2019: Tin Sum

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Tsang Kit	3,399	52.48
	NPP (Civil Force)	Pun Kwok-shan	3,078	47.52
Majority			321	4.96
Turnout			6,491	70.56
	Nonpartisan gain from NPP		Swing

Sha Tin District District Council Election, 2015: Tin Sum

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NPP (Civil Force)	Pun Kwok-shan	Uncontested
	NPP hold		Swing

Tin Sum by-election, 2013^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Civil Force	Pun Kwok-shan	2,432	66.4	−9.2
	Democratic	Ting Tsz-yuen	675	18.4
	People Power (The Frontier (2010-))	Lam Hong-ching	531	14.5
	Nonpartisan	So Pui-lam	23	0.6
Majority			1,757	47.9
Turnout			3,673	45.4	+21.9
	Civil Force hold		Swing

Sha Tin District Council Election, 2011: Tin Sum

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DAB (Civil Force)	Lau Kong-wah	1,612	75.6
	Nonpartisan	Sun Chan-pui	521	24.4
Majority			1,091	51.2	N/A
	Civil Force hold		Swing

2000s

Sha Tin District Council Election, 2007: Tin Sum

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Civil Force	Pun Kwok-shan	Uncontested
	Civil Force hold		Swing

Sha Tin District Council Election, 2003: Tin Sum

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Civil Force	Pun Kwok-shan	1,804	57.8
	Nonpartisan	Chu Mun-shing	1,037	33.2
	Independent	Ng Ping-tong	281	9.0
Majority			767	24.6
	Civil Force hold		Swing

1990s

Sha Tin District Council Election, 1999: Tin Sum

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	HKPA	Choy Kan-pui	Uncontested
	HKPA hold		Swing

Sha Tin District Board Election, 1994: Tin Sum

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Civil Force	Choy Kan-pui	Uncontested
	Civil Force hold		Swing

Sha Tin District Board Election, 1991: Tin Sum

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Democrats	Choy Kan-pui	Uncontested
	United Democrats hold		Swing

1980s

^[4]

Sha Tin District Board Election, 1988: Tin Sum

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	HKAS	Choy Kan-pui	3,339	71.9	+1.8
	Nonpartisan	Fung Chi-wood	2,038	43.9
	Nonpartisan	Ho Wing-chuen	1,566	33.7
	Nonpartisan	Ho Wai	659	14.2
	Nonpartisan	Leung Sai-on	207	4.5
	HKAS hold		Swing
	Nonpartisan win (new seat)

^[4]

Sha Tin District Board Election, 1985: Tin Sum

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Choy Kan-pui	2,269	70.1
	Reform	Lee Wai-man	956	29.5
	Nonpartisan win (new seat)

Citations

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. "Results of Sha Tin District Council Tin Sum Constituency by-election". Hong Kong Government.
4. 李彭廣 (2004). "香港選舉資料庫". 嶺南大學公共管治研究部. Archived from the original on 6 November 2003. Retrieved 9 March 2013.

References

• 2011 District Council Election Results (Sha Tin)
• 2007 District Council Election Results (Sha Tin)
• 2003 District Council Election Results (Sha Tin)