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Yuet Wah
Elected constituency
for the Kwun Tong District Council
Outline map
Boundary of Yuet Wah in Kwun Tong District
DistrictKwun Tong
Legislative Council constituencyKowloon East
Population13,320 (2019)[1]
Electorate7,719 (2019)[2]
Current constituency
Created1994
Number of membersOne
Member(s)Vacant
Yuet Wah
Traditional Chinese月華
Transcriptions
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationYuht wàah
JyutpingJyut6 waa4

Yuet Wah is one of the 40 constituencies in the Kwun Tong District of Hong Kong which was created in 1994.

The constituency has an estimated population of 13,320.[3]

Councillors represented

Election Member Party
style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" | 1994 Lai Wing-nin Independent
style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" | 2007 Tsui Hoi-shan Independent
style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" | 2019 Jannelle Rosalynne Leung→Vacant [a] Independent

Election results

2010s

Kwun Tong District Council Election, 2019: Yuet Wah
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nonpartisan Jannelle Rosalynne Leung 2,969 53.73
Independent Hsu Hoi-shan 2,557 46.27
Majority 412 7.46
Turnout 5,540 71.79
Nonpartisan gain from Independent Swing

Notes

  1. ^ Resigned on 9 July 2021 over new oath-taking law.

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. 25 September 2015. Retrieved 7 October 2015.