The 2019 Southern District Council election was held in Hong Kong on 24 November 2019 to elect all 17 members to the Southern District Council.[1]
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All 17 seats to Southern District Council 9 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 71.0% ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() Colours on map indicate winning party for each constituency. |
The pro-democrats achieved the majority in the council in a historic landslide victory brought by the pro-democracy protests. Kelvin Lam Ho-por, a substitute for Joshua Wong who was disqualified from running, defeated Judy Chan Ka-pui of the New People's Party in South Horizons West.
Overall election results
editBefore election:
5 | 12 |
Pro-democracy | Pro-Beijing |
Change in composition:
15 | 2 |
Pro-democracy | PB |
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Independent | 9 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 52.9 | 44.1 | 47,367 | ||
Democratic | 7 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 41.2 | 28.1 | 30,187 | +1.7 | |
DAB | 0 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 0.0 | 19.6 | 21,068 | −2.9 | |
Civic | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 5.9 | 3.5 | 3,750 | –2.6 | |
NPP | 0 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3,236 | −2.2 | |
Liberal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.9 | 1.8 | 1,882 | −2.6 |
References
edit- ^ "Election Results - Overall Results". Electoral Affairs Commission.