Election Name: | 2019 Islands District Council election |
Country: | Hong Kong |
Type: | Parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Party Colour: | yes |
Previous Election: | 2015 Islands District Council election |
Previous Year: | 2015 |
Next Election: | 2023 Islands District Council election |
Next Year: | 2023 |
Seats For Election: | 10 (of the 18) seats to Islands District Council |
Majority Seats: | 10 |
Election Date: | 24 November 2019 |
Turnout: | 67.5% 22.2% |
Party1: | Civic Party |
Last Election1: | 1 seats, 11.3% |
Seats Before1: | 1 |
Seats1: | 2 |
Seat Change1: | 1 |
Popular Vote1: | 4,780 |
Percentage1: | 8.4% |
Swing1: | 2.9% |
Party2: | Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong |
Last Election2: | 3 seats, 21.5% |
Seats Before2: | 3 |
Seats2: | 1 |
Seat Change2: | 2 |
Popular Vote2: | 15,095 |
Percentage2: | 26.7% |
Swing2: | 5.2% |
Party4: | DPHK |
Last Election4: | 1 seat, 9.1% |
Seats Before4: | 0 |
Seats4: | 1 |
Seat Change4: | 1 |
Popular Vote4: | 1,332 |
Percentage4: | 2.4% |
Swing4: | 6.7% |
Party5: | New People's Party (Hong Kong) |
Last Election5: | 1 seat, 4.2% |
Seats Before5: | 1 |
Seats5: | 0 |
Seat Change5: | 1 |
Popular Vote5: | 2,359 |
Percentage5: | 4.2% |
Swing5: | 2.9% |
Map Size: | 300px |
The 2019 Islands District Council election was held on 24 November 2019 to elect all 10 elected members to the 18-member Islands District Council.[1]
In the historic landslide victory, Islands District Council became the only council where pro-democrats gained the majority of the elected seats but failed to take control of the council due to the 8 ex-officio seats. However, the pro-democrats 7 of the 10 elected seats and ousted DAB legislator Holden Chow from his seat.
Before election:
2 | 16 | |
PD | Pro-Beijing |
7 | 11 | |
Pro-democracy | Pro-Beijing |