Yat Chak (constituency)

Yat Chak (Chinese: 逸澤) 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.

Yat Chak
Elected constituency for the Yuen Long District Council
Boundary of Yat Chak in Yuen Long District
District	Yuen Long
Legislative Council constituency	New Territories North
Population	20,392 (2019)[1]
Electorate	11,627 (2019)[2]
Current constituency
Created	2003
Number of members	One
Member(s)	Vacant

Yat Chak constituency is loosely based on Tin Chak Estate and part of Tin Yat Estate in Tin Shui Wai with estimated population of 20,392.^[3]

Councillors represented

Election		Member	Party
	2003	Wong Yu-choi	Nonpartisan
	2011	Kwok Hing-ping	Democratic
	2014		Nonpartisan
	2019	Wong Wing-sze→Vacant	Civic Passion

Election results

2010s

Yuen Long District Council Election, 2019: Yat Chak

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Civic Passion	Wong Wing-sze	4,454	58.14
	Independent	Kwok Hing-ping	2,607	34.03	−19.78
	Nonpartisan	Regine Fan Hui-yu	600	7.83
Majority			1,847	24.11
Turnout			7,687	66.15
	Civic Passion gain from Nonpartisan		Swing

Yuen Long District Council Election, 2015: Yat Chak

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Kwok Hing-ping	2,288	53.81	+1.17
	Nonpartisan	Wong Yu-choi	1,468	34.53	−12.83
	Nonpartisan	Wong Yuen-fai	496	11.67
Majority			820	19.28
Turnout			4,252	41.63
	Nonpartisan hold		Swing

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Kwok Hing-ping	1,735	52.64	+20.70
	Nonpartisan	Wong Yu-choi	1,561	47.36	−6.01
Majority			174	5.28
Turnout			3,296	37.49
	Democratic gain from Nonpartisan		Swing

2000s

Yuen Long District Council Election, 2007: Yat Chak^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Wong Yu-choi	1,489	53.37	+10.24
	Democratic	Kwok Hing-ping	891	31.94
	Nonpartisan	Cheung Wah-yau	193	6.92
	Nonpartisan	Luk Wing-chuen	142	4.17
	Nonpartisan	Ng Chun-choi	43	1.54
Majority			598	21.43
	Independent win (new seat)

Yuen Long District Council Election, 2003: Yat Chak^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Wong Yu-choi	1,123	43.13
	DAB	Francisco Yung Doi-wah	781	29.99
	Democratic Alliance	Wong Siu-han	700	26.88
Majority			342	13.14
	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.
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.