Wang Yat (constituency)

Wang Yat (Chinese: 宏逸) is one of the 39 constituencies in the Yuen Long District of Hong Kong. The constituency returns one district councillor to the Yuen Long District Council, with an election every four years.

Wang Yat
Elected constituency for the Yuen Long District Council
Boundary of Wang Yat in Yuen Long District
District	Yuen Long
Legislative Council constituency	New Territories North
Population	18,418 (2019)[1]
Electorate	11,928 (2019)[2]
Current constituency
Created	2011
Number of members	One
Member(s)	Vacant
Created from	Wang King

Wang Yat constituency is loosely based on Grandeur Terrace and part of Tin Yat Estate in Tin Shui Wai with estimated population of 20,242.^[3]

Councillors represented

Election		Member	Party
	2011	Yiu Kwok-wai	FTU
	2019	Mo Kai-hong→Vacant	Nonpartisan

Election results

2010s

Yuen Long District Council Election, 2019: Wang Yat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Mo Kai-hong	5,100	62.16
	FTU	Yiu Kwok-wai	2,849	34.73
	Nonpartisan	Cho Kin-for	204	2.49
	Nonpartisan	Kwan Ka-lai	51	0.62
Majority			2,251	27.43
Turnout			8,217	68.95
	Nonpartisan gain from FTU		Swing

Yuen Long District Council Election, 2015: Wang Yat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	FTU	Yiu Kwok-wai	Unopposed
	FTU hold		Swing

Yuen Long District Council Election, 2011: Wang Yat^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	FTU (DAB)	Yiu Kwok-wai	2,274	66.82
	Democratic	Ng Yuk-ying	987	29.00
	Nonpartisan	Ho Ka-hong	142	4.17
Majority			1,287	37.82
Turnout			3,403	37.72
	FTU 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.
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 6 November 2003. Retrieved 20 April 2013.