Wah Lai (constituency)

Wah Lai (Chinese: 華麗) is one of the 31 constituencies of the Kwai Tsing District, returning one member to the Kwai Tsing District Council every four years. It was first created in 2007.

Wah Lai
Elected constituency for the Kwai Tsing District Council
Boundary of Wah Lai in Kwai Tsing District
District	Kwai Tsing
Legislative Council constituency	New Territories South West
Population	16,580 (2019)[1]
Electorate	9,687 (2019)[2]
Current constituency
Created	2007
Number of members	One
Member(s)	vacant

Loosely based on Lai Yiu Estate, Wah Yuen Chuen and Wonderland Villas in Lai King, the constituency has an estimated population of 16,580 as of 2019.^[3]

Councillors represented

Election		Member	Party
	2007	Wong Yiu-chung	Independent
	2012		BPA
	2019	Sin Chung-kai→vacant	Democratic

Election results

2010s

Kwai Tsing District Council Election, 2019: Wah Lai

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Sin Chung-kai	3,469	51.93
	BPA	Wong Yiu-chung	2,998	44.88	−23.83
	Nonpartisan	Tam Yam-chi	152	2.28
	Nonpartisan	Yuen Kowk-ki	44	0.66
	Nonpartisan	Christabel Donna Tai Pui-shan	17	0.25
Majority			471	7.05
Turnout			6,706	69.26
	Democratic gain from BPA		Swing

Kwai Tsing District Council Election, 2015: Wah Lai

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BPA	Wong Yiu-chung	2,130	68.71
	Independent	Yuen Kowk-ki	707	22.81
	Independent	Christabel Donna Tai Pui-shan	263	8.48
Majority			1,423	45.90
Turnout			3,100	34.32
	BPA hold		Swing

Kwai Tsing District Council Election, 2011: Wah Lai

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Wong Yiu-chung	uncontested
	Independent hold		Swing

2000s

Kwai Tsing District Council Election, 2007: Wah Lai

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Wong Yiu-chung	1,776	76.98
	Independent	Yuen Kwok-li	304	13.18
	LYECA	Carl Ching Lok-suen	277	12.01
Majority			1,472	63.80
	Nonpartisan win (new seat)

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. Retrieved 31 October 2015.

• 2011 District Council Election Results (Kwai Tsing)
• 2007 District Council Election Results (Kwai Tsing)
• 2003 District Council Election Results (Kwai Tsing)