The 2015 Hong Kong District Council elections were held on 22 November 2015. Elections were held to all 18 District Councils with returning 431 members from directly elected constituencies after all appointed seats had been abolished. A record-breaking 1.4 million voters, or 47 per cent of the registered voters, went to cast their votes. The

pro-Beijing camp The pro-Beijing camp, pro-establishment camp, pro-government camp or pro-China camp refers to a political alignment in Hong Kong which generally supports the policies of the Beijing central government and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) ...

retained its control of all 18 councils with the Beijing-loyalist party

Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong The Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB) is a pro-Beijing conservative political party in Hong Kong. Chaired by Starry Lee and holding 13 Legislative Council seats, it is currently the largest party in the ...

(DAB) maintained the largest party far ahead of other parties. The

pan-democrats The pro-democracy camp, also known as the pan-democracy camp, is a political alignment in Hong Kong that supports increased democracy, namely the universal suffrage of the Chief Executive and the Legislative Council as given by the Basic L ...

failed to seize control of the

Kwai Tsing District Council The Kwai Tsing District Council () is the district council for the Kwai Tsing District in Hong Kong. It is one of 18 such councils. It currently consists of 32 members of which 31 are directly elected from the 31 constituencies of the district, ...

, a traditional stronghold of the pan-democrats. Both sides lost their heavyweight incumbent Legislative Councillors.

Albert Ho Albert Ho Chun-yan (; born 1 December 1951) is a solicitor and politician in Hong Kong. He is the former chairman (2014–2019) and vice-chair (2019–2021) of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, and ...

of the Democratic Party and

Frederick Fung Frederick Fung Kin-kee, SBS, JP (; born 17 March 1953) is a former member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong from 1991 to 1997 and from 2000 to 2016 and the former chairman of the pro-democracy Hong Kong Association for Democracy and Pe ...

of the Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood (ADPL) who were both elected through

District Council (Second) The District Council (Second) functional constituency () was a functional constituency in the elections for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong which was created in the 2012 constitutional reform package. It was the largest functional constitu ...

constituency lost their seats while

Civic Party The Civic Party (CP) is a pro-democracy liberal political party in Hong Kong. It is currently chaired by barrister Alan Leong. The party was formed in 2006 on the basis of the Basic Law Article 45 Concern Group, which was derived from the ...

's Kenneth Chan failed to take a seat in the Southern District. DAB's incumbent legislators

Christopher Chung Christopher Chung Shu-kun, SBS, JP (; born 31 March 1957, commonly known as "Tree Gun") was elected to the Legislative Council of Hong Kong in 2012, representing the Hong Kong Island constituency. He is also former chairman of Eastern Distr ...

and

Elizabeth Quat Elizabeth Quat Pei-fan, BBS, JP (, born 23 December 1966) is a Hong Kong politician associated with the pro-Beijing Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong. She is a co-founder of the Internet Professional Association ...

both lost their seats to pro-democracy newcomers in which Chung lost his long hold seat to a relatively unknown "umbrella soldier"

Chui Chi-kin Andy Chui Chi-kin () is a member of the Eastern District Council, representing Yue Wan constituency in Hong Kong. Chui is a trader by occupation and participated in the 79-day Occupy sit-ins in 2014. Inspired by the Occupy movement, he formed ...

. Activists in the 2014 Occupy protests, who are dubbed the "umbrella soldiers", had better-than-expected results with eight of them winning a seat by beating some incumbents. The pan-democrat

Neo Democrats The Neo Democrats was a pro-democracy, localist political group in Hong Kong composed mainly of former and disenchanted members of the Democratic Party New Territories East branch after the 2012 constitutional reform proposals. It had held ...

became the best performers in the election, winning 15 out of their 16 bids and doubled their seats from 7 to 15 seats.

Boundary changes

As proposed in the Democratic Party's modified electoral reform package passed in 2010, all appointed seats were abolished in this election. After a review on the number of elected seats for each District Council having regard to the population forecast in mid-2015, the

Electoral Affairs Commission The Electoral Affairs Commission (EAC) is the body, established under the Electoral Affairs Commission Ordinance, that oversees electoral matters in Hong Kong. Its main functions include considering or reviewing the boundaries of Legisla ...

proposed to increase 19 elected seats in 9 District Councils: # 1 new seat for in each

Tsuen Wan Tsuen Wan (formerly also spelled Tsun Wan) is a town built on a bay in the western New Territories of Hong Kong, opposite of Tsing Yi Island across Rambler Channel. The market town of Tsuen Wan emerged from the surrounding villages and fl ...

and

North North is one of the four compass points or cardinal directions. It is the opposite of south and is perpendicular to east and west. ''North'' is a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating direction or geography. Etymology The word ''north ...

District Councils; # 2 new seats for each

Sham Shui Po Sham Shui Po is an area of Kowloon, Hong Kong, situated in the northwestern part of the Kowloon Peninsula, north of Tai Kok Tsui, east of Cheung Sha Wan and south of Shek Kip Mei (). It is located in and is the namesake of the Sham Shui ...

Kowloon City Kowloon City is an area in New Kowloon, Hong Kong. It is part of Kowloon City District. Compared with the council area of Kowloon City District, the Kowloon City area is History As early as in the Qin dynasty (221 BCE – 206 BCE), ...

Kwun Tong Kwun Tong is an area in the Kwun Tong District of Hong Kong, situated at the eastern part of the Kowloon Peninsula, and its boundary stretches from Lion Rock in the north to Lei Yue Mun in the south, and from the winding paths of Kowl ...

Yau Tsim Mong Yau Tsim Mong District is one of 18 districts of Hong Kong, located on the western part of Kowloon Peninsula. It is the core urban area of Kowloon. The district has the second highest population density of all districts, at . The 2016 ...

and

Sha Tin Sha Tin, also spelt Shatin, is a neighbourhood along Shing Mun River in the eastern New Territories, Hong Kong. Administratively, it is part of the Sha Tin District. Sha Tin is one of the neighbourhoods of the Sha Tin New Town project. The ...

District Councils; # 3 new seats for the

Sai Kung District Council The Sai Kung District Council () is the district council for the Sai Kung District in Hong Kong. It is one of 18 such councils. The Sai Kung District Council currently consists of 31 members, of which the district is divided into 29 constituenc ...

; and # 4 new seats for the

Yuen Long District Council The Yuen Long District Council () is the district council for the Yuen Long District in Hong Kong. It is one of 18 such councils. The Yuen Long District currently consists of 45 members, of which the district is divided into 39 constituencies, ...

. The total number of elected seats for the 2015 elections was increased by 19 from 412 to 431. Additionally, the boundaries of the

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and

Wan Chai Wan Chai is situated at the western part of the Wan Chai District on the northern shore of Hong Kong Island, in Hong Kong. Its other boundaries are Canal Road to the east, Arsenal Street to the west and Bowen Road to the south. The area n ...

Districts were adjusted by transferring the

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and Victoria Park district council constituency areas from the Eastern District to the Wan Chai District.

Pre-election events

Umbrella movement

The

2014 Hong Kong protests A series of sit-in street protests, often called the Umbrella Revolution and sometimes used interchangeably with Umbrella Movement, or Occupy Movement, occurred in Hong Kong from 26 September to 15 December 2014. The protests began after t ...

sparked a fierce tussle between the

and

as the democrats hailed a "civic awakening" while the pro-Beijing camp mobilised supporters to condemn the 79-day street blockade as an affront to the rule of law. The November District Council election was to be seen as the first big electoral test of the post-Occupy era. Both camps said events to come would have a bigger effect on voters, while the extent to which a political awakening among the city's youth would lead them to turn out to vote remains unclear. The pan-democrats encouraged young people who participated in the Occupy movement to register and vote in the district council poll.

Lead-in-water scandal

The lead-in-water scandal began in June 2015 when the Democratic Party legislator, Helena Wong Pik-wan announced that testing of drinking water at

Kai Ching Estate Kai Ching Estate () is a public housing estate in a brownfield development area in Hong Kong of the disused Kai Tak Airport. It consists of six residential buildings completed in 2013. It houses around 5,200 flats for 13,300 residents and shar ...

Kowloon Kowloon () is an urban area in Hong Kong comprising the Kowloon Peninsula and New Kowloon. With a population of 2,019,533 and a population density of in 2006, it is the most populous area in Hong Kong, compared with Hong Kong Island and ...

revealed lead contamination. The

Hong Kong Housing Authority The Hong Kong Housing Authority (HA) is the main provider of public housing in Hong Kong. It was established in April 1973 under the Housing Ordinance and is an agency of the Government of Hong Kong. In the same year, the Resettlement Departm ...

subsequently confirmed that the levels of lead exceeded the standard established by the

World Health Organization The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health. The WHO Constitution states its main objective as "the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level o ...

. Since the initial discovery at Kai Tak, lead contamination of drinking water has been found at numerous other housing estates, schools, and public buildings across Hong Kong. The lead contamination scandal caused widespread concern among the public in which the Democratic Party made a major comeback by being the first to reveal the scandal while the pro-Beijing camp was told to downplay the issue.

HKU pro-vice-chancellor selection controversy

An alleged political interference behind the

University of Hong Kong The University of Hong Kong (HKU) (Chinese: 香港大學) is a public research university in Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (abbr. Hon ...

governing council's rejection of Johannes Chan's recommended appointment to the post of pro-vice-chancellor in charge of staffing and resources. Chan, dean of the

Faculty of Law A faculty is a division within a university or college comprising one subject area or a group of related subject areas, possibly also delimited by level (e.g. undergraduate). In American usage such divisions are generally referred to as colleges ...

sparked its climax in October 2015. The decision has received international condemnation, and is being viewed as part of a Beijing-backed curtailing of

academic freedom Academic freedom is a moral and legal concept expressing the conviction that the freedom of inquiry by faculty members is essential to the mission of the academy as well as the principles of academia, and that scholars should have freedom to teach ...

s that will damage Hong Kong's academic reputation.

Polling irregularities

Following the last election in 2011, pan-democrats have complained of irregularities in voter registration records, and a number of candidates who lost in marginal seats made allegations of electoral fraud to the police. The government was criticised for failing to address the issue back in 2006 after alleged instances where multiple voters had registered under a same address surfaced. Before the last day for voters to check and update their particulars in order to vote in November, and for the public to report suspicious cases, the pan-democratic parties lodged a flood of complaints to the Registration and Electoral Office on 24 August 2015 about the records of over 550 voters with suspicious or false residential addresses on the eve of the election, and warning they could be "the tip of the iceberg".

Catholic bishop's anti-gay pastoral letter

On 5 November 2015, the Catholic bishop of Hong Kong

John Tong John Tong Hon (born 31 July 1939) is a Chinese prelate of the Catholic Church. A cardinal since 2012, he was auxiliary bishop of Hong Kong from 1996 to 2008, then coadjutor bishop of the diocese for a year, and Bishop of Hong Kong from 20 ...

urged his flock to consider candidates' views on gay rights when voting in the district council elections in a pastoral letter, as certain social movements "are challenging and twisting" the city's core values on marriage and family. "In the upcoming district council election and future polls, I urge all believers … to consider candidates' and their parties' stance on family and marriage issues, as well as their position on" a law to ban discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation, Tong wrote The pan-democratic parties - who have often found common cause with the Catholic Church on matters of democracy and human rights - criticised Tong's remarks.

People Power "People Power" is a political term denoting the populist driving force of any social movement which invokes the authority of grassroots opinion and willpower, usually in opposition to that of conventionally organised corporate or political for ...

legislator Raymond Chan Chi-chuen, who is openly gay, criticised Tong's message and said it reflected a backward view of social movements and possibly deviated from the Vatican's line. A spokesman for the Labour Party said Tong's view was "obviously different" from the remarks of

Pope Francis Pope Francis ( la, Franciscus; it, Francesco; es, link=, Francisco; born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, 17 December 1936) is the head of the Catholic Church. He has been the bishop of Rome and sovereign of the Vatican City State since 13 March 2013 ...

, who in 2013 said: "If omosexualsaccept the Lord and have goodwill, who am I to judge them? They shouldn't be marginalised. The omosexualtendency is not the problem."

Contesting parties and candidates

Parties

In the

, the flagship party

(DAB) filled a total of 171 candidates in the contest, followed by the

Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions The Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions (HKFTU) is a pro-Beijing labour and political group established in 1948 in Hong Kong. It is the oldest and largest labour group in Hong Kong with over 420,000 members in 253 affiliates and associated ...

with a total of 51 candidates of which 3 of them were also DAB members. The two relatively new pro-Beijing parties, the middle-class-oriented New People's Party (NPP) and the

Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong The Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong (BPA) is a pro-business pro-Beijing political party in Hong Kong. Chaired by Lo Wai-kwok, the party is currently the second-largest party in the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, holding e ...

(BPA) developed their forces at district level since their creations in 2011 and 2012 respectively. The New People's Party got 4 of the 12 candidates elected in 2011 and at least eight incumbent councillors had since joined the party, while a merger with

Civil Force Civil Force () is a district-based pro-Beijing political party in Hong Kong. Since 2014, the Civil Force has entered an alliance with the New People's Party of Regina Ip. Headed by chairman Pun Kwok-shan, it had its stronghold in the Sha Tin a ...

, a local political group with strongholds in the New Territories East, brought the number up to 30. The NPP had a total of 42 contestants while the BPA had 16, slightly fewer than another pro-business party, the

Liberal Party The Liberal Party is any of many political parties around the world. The meaning of ''liberal'' varies around the world, ranging from liberal conservatism on the right to social liberalism on the left. __TOC__ Active liberal parties This is a li ...

's 20 which four of the Liberal candidates failed to avoid direct competition with other pro-Beijing parties and would have to fight a fellow pro-Beijing candidate. The largest pro-democratic party Democratic Party filled 95 candidates, a sharp decline from the 2011 election's 132. The Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood (ADPL) came after the Democrats with 26 candidates, followed by the

's 25,

's 16, Labour Party's 12,

's 9,

Neighbourhood and Workers Service Centre The Neighbourhood and Worker's Service Centre (NWSC) is a pro-democracy political group in Hong Kong, holding one seat in the Legislative Council from 1995 to 1997, and since 1998. It was founded in 1985, with its roots in the New Youth Study S ...

's 6 and

League of Social Democrats The League of Social Democrats (LSD) is a social democratic party in Hong Kong. Chaired by Chan Po-ying, wife of Leung Kwok-hung, it positions itself as the radical wing of the pro-democracy camp and stresses on "street actions" and "parliame ...

's 5. Many new pro-democracy groups formed by young people after the Occupy movement, including the

Youngspiration Youngspiration is a localist political party in Hong Kong founded in 2015. It emerged after the 2014 Hong Kong protests (often dubbed as the "Umbrella Revolution") with an agenda of protection of Hong Kong people's interests and culture agains ...

, the

Tsz Wan Shan Constructive Power Tsz Wan Shan Constructive Power () was a local political group based in Tsz Wan Shan of Wong Tai Sin District founded in January 2015 by a group of HKGolden netizens. Inspired by the Umbrella Revolution, the group contested in the 2015 Distric ...

, which aimed at Wong Tai Sin District Council, the North of the Rings, which worked in

Sheung Shui Sheung Shui (, literally "Above-water") is an area in the New Territories, Hong Kong. Sheung Shui Town, a part of this area, is part of the Fanling–Sheung Shui New Town in the North District of Hong Kong. Fanling Town is to its southeast ...

and

Fanling Fanling ( zh, t=粉嶺; also spelled Fan Ling or Fan Leng) is a town in the New Territories East of Hong Kong. Administratively, it is part of the North District. Fanling Town is the main settlement of the Fanling area. The name Fanling is ...

in North District, the

Kowloon East Community Kowloon East Community is a localist political group formed in late 2014 in Hong Kong by a group of netizens on the online forum Hong Kong Golden Forum who were inspired by 2014 Occupy protests. It focuses on livelihood issues in Kwun Tong D ...

which had its eyes on

Kwun Tong District Council The Kwun Tong District Council () is the district council for the Kwun Tong District in Hong Kong. It is one of 18 such councils. The Kwun Tong District Council consists of 40 members since January 2020, of which the district is divided into 40 ...

, and some other groups. More than 40 activists were running in the district council elections and some of them were with the "nativist" agenda. While most Umbrella candidates have joined a co-ordination mechanism run by pan-democratic parties to avoid clashes between allies, six of them refused to do so and are running against the Democratic Party in areas where the party has had a close fight with the pro-establishment camp in previous elections.

Candidates

A record-high 951 nominations were received for which six nominees withdrew their candidatures before the deadline. A total of 66 seats were uncontested, 10 fewer than in 2011, in which almost all of them went to the pro-Beijing camp. The Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong claimed 20 unclaimed seats, followed by New People's Party with seven and the

(FTU) with six seats, while the

took two. Two Legislative Council members

Alice Mak Mei-kuen Alice Mak Mei-kuen (; born 1 November 1971) is a Hong Kong politician, currently serving as Secretary for Home and Youth Affairs. She was formerly a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong for the Election Committee, representing the ...

and

Kwok Wai-keung Aron Kwok Wai-keung () is a current member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, representing the Labour, which he was elected to in the 2012 LegCo election and 2021 LegCo election. Kwok is a member of the Hong Kong Federation of Trade U ...

of the FTU in

Kwai Tsing Kwai Tsing is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. It consists of two parts - Kwai Chung and Tsing Yi Island. Kwai Tsing is part of the New Territories. It had a population of 520,572 in 2016. The district has the third least educated resi ...

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and Eastern District's Provident retained their seats without contest. The Legislative Council members elected through

constituency in 2012, the former chairman of the Democratic Party

and former chairman of the Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood (ADPL)

faced fierce challenges in their

Tuen Mun Tuen Mun or Castle Peak is an area near the mouth of Tuen Mun River and Castle Peak Bay in the New Territories, Hong Kong. It was one of the earliest settlements in what is now Hong Kong and can be dated to the Neolithic period. In the more ...

's Lok Tsui and

's Lai Kok constituencies. Ho faced 5 rivals including former president of the

Law Society of Hong Kong The Law Society of Hong Kong is the professional association and law society for solicitors in Hong Kong, established in 1907. The Hong Kong Bar Association is the equivalent association for barristers in Hong Kong. The Law Society is currentl ...

Junius Ho Kwan-yiu Junius Ho Kwan-yiu (; born 4 June 1962) is a Hong Kong lawyer and politician who currently serves as a member in the Hong Kong Legislative Council. a prominent pro Beijing figure in Hong Kong’s political landscape, he formerly served as pre ...

, radical localist group

Civic Passion Civic Passion was a radical, populist, localist, and nativist political party in Hong Kong. Founded by Wong Yeung-tat as an activist group in 2012, it held strong localist views and opposed the involvement of the Chinese government in the ...

's Cheng Chung-tai and three other independent candidates. Fung faced his former party member Eric Wong Chung-ki and FTU's Chan Wing-yan. Ho and Fung eventually lost their District Council seat and will have to adopt a new constituency for LegCo elections. Another District Council (Second) legislator, FTU's

Chan Yuen-han Chan Yuen-han, SBS, JP (; born 16 November 1946 in Baoan, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China) is a former member of Hong Kong Legislative Council and a noted Hong Kong female trade unionist. She is the vice-chairperson of the Hong Kong Federation ...

and

District Council (First) The District Council (First) functional constituency (), formerly called District Council until 2012, was a functional constituency in the elections for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong. Its electorate consists of all 431 directly elected mem ...

legislator, DAB's Ip Kwok-him are stepping down from

Wong Tai Sin Wong Tai Sin or Huang Daxian () is a Chinese Taoist Deity popular in Jinhua, Zhejiang, and Hong Kong with the power of healing. The name, meaning the "Great Immortal Wong (Huang)", is the divine form of Huang Chuping or Wong Cho Ping (; c. 32 ...

's Lung Sheung and

Central and Western District The Central and Western District () located on northwestern part of Hong Kong Island is one of the 18 administrative districts of Hong Kong. It had a population of 243,266 in 2016. The district has the most educated residents with the secon ...

's Kwun Lung, meaning that they will retire from their constituencies in next year's Legislative Council election.

Results

, - ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" colspan=3 , Political Affiliation ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" , Popular vote ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" , % ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" , % ± ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" , Standing ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" , Elected ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" , ± , - , width=1px style="background-color:pink;border-bottom-style:hidden;" rowspan="11" , , width=1px style="background-color: " , , style="text-align:left;" ,

, 309,262 , , 21.39 , , 2.50 , , 171 , , 119 , , 0 , - , style="background-color: ", , style="text-align:left;" ,

, 88,292 , , 6.11 , , 3.01 , , 48 , , 27 , , 2 , - , width=1px style="background-color: " , , style="text-align:left;" , New People's Party , 75,793 , , 5.24 , , 0.94 , , 42 , , 26 , , 1 , - , style="background-color: ", , style="text-align:left;" ,

, 27,452 , , 1.90 , , - , , 16 , , 10 , , 4 , - , width=1px style="background-color: " , , style="text-align:left;" ,

, 25,157 , , 1.74 , , 0.24 , , 20 , , 9 , , 1 , - , style="background-color: ", , style="text-align:left;" ,

Kowloon West New Dynamic Kowloon West New Dynamic is a district-based pro-Beijing political group in Hong Kong. It was founded by a group of local politicians in the western part of Kowloon on 16 March 2008. The main focus of party is to improve quality of life in ...

, 11,647 , , 0.81 , , - , , 5 , , 3 , , 1 , - , style="background-color: ", , style="text-align:left;" ,

New Territories Association of Societies The New Territories Association of Societies (, NTAS) is a pro-Beijing umbrella political group which consists of hundreds of the New Territories community organisations. The founding president of the Association was Lee Lin-sang, who served a ...

, 2,356 , , 0.16 , , 0.03 , , 2 , , 2 , , 0 , - , style="background-color:#5A3D1B", , style="text-align:left;" ,

Federation of Public Housing Estates The Federation of Public Housing Estates () is a pro-Beijing camp, pro-Beijing organisation formed in 1985 by 11 community associations. It focuses on public housing in Hong Kong, public housing policies and caters to the interests of the resi ...

, 3,457 , , 0.24 , , - , , 1 , , 1 , , 1 , - , style="background-color: ", , style="text-align:left;" ,

Federation of Hong Kong and Kowloon Labour Unions The Federation of Hong Kong and Kowloon Labour Unions (HKFLU), established in 1984, is the second largest trade union in Hong Kong after the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions, having 82 trade unions and more than 60,000 members in total. The ...

, 3,168 , , 0.22 , , 0.06 , , 2 , , 1 , , 0 , - , style="background-color: ", , style="text-align:left;" ,

New Century Forum New Century Forum is a pro-Beijing middle-class oriented political group in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China. The group comprises professionals, businessmen and academics, and aims to represent the ...

, 1,717 , , 0.12 , , - , , 1 , , 0 , , 1 , - , width=1px style="background-color: " , , style="text-align:left;" , Pro-Beijing Independents , 241,088 , , 16.68 , , - , , 178 , , 100 , , , - style="background-color:Pink" , colspan=3 style="text-align:left;" , Total for pro-Beijing camp, , 788,389 , , 54.61 , , 0.81 , , 486 , , 298 , , 6 , - , style="background-color:lightgreen;border-bottom-style:hidden;" rowspan="23", , width=1px style="background-color: " , , style="text-align:left;" , Democratic Party , 196,068 , , 13.56 , , 3.86 , , 95 , , 43 , , 1 , - , width=1px style="background-color: " , , style="text-align:left;" , Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood , 55,275 , , 3.82 , , 0.03 , , , 26 , , 18 , , 2 , - , style="background-color: ", , style="text-align:left;" ,

, 42,148 , , 2.92 , , 0.77 , , 16 , , 15 , , 8 , - , width=1px style="background-color: " , , style="text-align:left;" ,

, 52,346 , , 3.62 , , 0.41 , , 25 , , 10 , , 3 , - , width=1px style="background-color: " , , style="text-align:left;" ,

Neighbourhood and Worker's Service Centre The Neighbourhood and Worker's Service Centre (NWSC) is a pro-democracy political group in Hong Kong, holding one seat in the Legislative Council from 1995 to 1997, and since 1998. It was founded in 1985, with its roots in the New Youth Study S ...

, 16,105 , , 1.11 , , 0.11 , , 6 , , 5 , , 0 , - , width=1px style="background-color: " , , style="text-align:left;" , Labour Party , 23,029 , , 1.59 , , - , , 12 , , 3 , , 2 , - , width=1px style="background-color: " , , style="text-align:left;" ,

Power for Democracy Power for Democracy (; PfD) was a pro-democracy political group in Hong Kong established by a group of pro-democracy activists in 2002. It worked mainly as a mediating platform for electoral coordination between the pro-democratic parties. It ...

, 3,938 , , 0.27 , , 0.05 , , 1 , , 1 , , 0 , - , width=1px style="background-color: " , , style="text-align:left;" ,

Sha Tin Community Network The Shatin Community Network ( zh, t=沙田社區網絡) is a localist political group in Hong Kong. It was formed by a group of Sha Tin residents and former member of the Chinese University of Hong Kong Local Society was inspired by 2014 O ...

, 3,718 , , 0.26 , , - , , 2 , , 1 , , 1 , - , width=1px style="background-color: " , , style="text-align:left;" ,

, 6,526 , , 0.45 , , 1.40 , , 5 , , 0 , , 0 , - , width=1px style="background-color: " , , style="text-align:left;" , Individuals , 52,612 , , 3.64 , , - , , 38 , , 9 , , , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9;" , colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" , Total for

Democratic Coalition for DC Election The Democratic Coalition for DC Election (, formerly ) is an electoral co-ordination mechanism run by pro-democratic parties to avoid clashes between allies in the District Council elections. History It was first created for the 2007 Distri ...

, , 451,765, , 31.25 , , 0.04, , 226 , , 105 , , 21 , - , width=1px style="background-color: " , , style="text-align:left;" ,

, 12,520 , , 0.87 , , - , , 9 , , 1 , , 1 , - , width=1px style="background-color: " , , style="text-align:left;" , Democratic Alliance , 5,313 , , 0.37 , , - , , 4 , , 1 , , 0 , - , width=1px style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

, 3,922 , , 0.27 , , - , , 3 , , 1 , , 1 , - , width=1px style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , The Frontier , 2,974 , , 0.21 , , - , , 1 , , 1 , , 0 , - , width=1px style="background-color: " , , style="text-align:left;" ,

, 11,503 , , 0.80 , , 1.19 , , 9 , , 0 , , 0 , - , width=1px style="background-color:#149DA8" , , style="text-align:left;" , Tuen Mun Community , 5,196 , , 0.36 , , - , , 4 , , 0 , , 0 , - , width=1px style="background-color: " , , style="text-align:left;" ,

, 3,006 , , 0.21 , , - , , 6 , , 0 , , 0 , - , width=1px style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

, 3,633 , , 0.25 , , - , , 2 , , 0 , , 0 , - , width=1px style="background-color:#44C4DD" , , style="text-align:left;" , North of the Rings , 1,710 , , 0.12 , , - , , 1 , , 0 , , 0 , - , width=1px style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Land Justice League , 1,482 , , 0.10 , , 0.16 , , 1 , , 0 , , 0 , - , width=1px style="background-color:#FDB623" , , style="text-align:left;" , Tsuen Wan Dynamic for the People , 1,500 , , 0.10 , , - , , 1 , , 0 , , 0 , - , width=1px style="background-color: " , , style="text-align:left;" , Independent democrats and others , 77,767 , , 5.38 , , - , , 66 , , 17 , , , - style="background-color:LightGreen" , colspan=3 style="text-align:left;" , Total for pro-democracy camp, , 581,058 , , 40.20 , , 1.00 , , 335 , , 126 , , 25 , - style="background-color:#DDDDDD;" , colspan=3 style="text-align:left;" , Independent and others , 75,079 , , 5.19 , , 0.19 , , 114 , , 7 , , 4 , - , style="text-align:left;background-color:#E9E9E9" colspan="3", Total valid votes , width="75" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", 1,445,526 , width="30" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", 100.0 , style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", - , style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", 935 , style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", 431 , style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", 19 , - , style="text-align:left;background-color:#E9E9E9" colspan="3", Invalid votes , width="75" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", 21,703 , width="30" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9" rowspan=2 colspan=5 , , - , style="text-align:left;background-color:#E9E9E9" colspan="3", Total (turnout 47.01%) , width="75" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", 1,467,229

Results by district

Vote summary

Seat summary

Outcome

HK District Council 2015 in honeycomb grids

A historic turnout rate of 47 percent turnout rate was recorded in the election, of which ten constituencies with the highest turnout rates were all middle-class residential districts. The

remained control of all 18 District Councils with the

(DAB) the largest party far ahead of the others with 119 seats. The pan-democracy camp failed to reclaim control of the

which they won majority of the elected seats but was balanced by the appointed seats in the last election. Both pan-democrats and pro-Beijing camp won 19 seats in the

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but pro-Beijing retained control with the ''ex officio'' seat of the Sha Tin Rural Committee Chairman. Two pro-democracy

"super seat" legislative councillors

and

were unseated by newcomers, while another pro-democracy figure James To kept his seat in

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and became the only one of the three pro-democracy super seat lawmakers to be able to seek a re-election in the same constituency in the next year's Legislative Council election . In Lai Kok, Fung won 2,432 votes, 99 short of won by his challenger, 25-year-old Chan Wing-yan supported by both the DAB and the

(FTU), while Fung’s former ally Eric Wong Chung-ki, who also stood against him in the same constituency, won 215 votes. In Lok Tsui, Albert Ho won 1,617 votes, 125 fewer than former

president

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, while radical democrat

's Cheng Chung-tai took 391 votes. At least eight candidates inspired by the 2014 Occupy protests scored unexpected success, with

, almost unknown to the public before he was elected, beat DAB legislator

with 2,017 votes against Chung's 1,829 votes in Yue Wan. Another DAB legislator

also lost her seat in Chung On to pro-democracy Labour Party Yip Wing. Wong Chi-ken, another of the dozens of 'Umbrella soldiers' ran under the banner of

, won 1,729 votes against incumbent Fung Kam-yuen in Lok Wah North, who scored 1,246 votes.

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, who ran in

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constituency, won 1,398 votes, 250 more votes than Gigi Wong Ching-chi of the New People's Party (NPP). In Whampoa East,

(BPA) legislator

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, who won 2,314 votes and beat 24-year-old

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, another “Umbrella soldier” of

, by fewer than 300 votes. Another Youngspiration candidate Kwong Po-yin defeated incumbent

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chairman Lau Wai-wing by 39 votes in Whampoa West. The

, a breakaway group of the Democratic Party, fared especially well, winning 15 of 16 district seats they contested which made their total seats jumped from 8 to 15. The

won 10 seats in total, although legislator Kenneth Chan failed in his bid to run in South Horizons East and to secure an entry ticket to a super seat next year. The Democratic Party won one more seat and scored 43 in total. Several second-tier figures, including vice-chairman Lo Kin-hei and chief executive

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, scored victories in Lei Tung II and

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respectively, while others like vice-chairman

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lost in

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. The FTU, which its district councillors had dropped their dual membership of DAB and FTU to rally behind

in the District Council (Second) "super seat" in the 2012 Legislative Council election, won 27 seats in total under the FTU banner solely and secured a qualification to nominate a candidate for the "super seat" in next year's election. The New People's Party, although having formed an alliance with the

, suffered unexpected defeats in Sha Tin as many veteran Civil Force district councillors were defeated by pro-democratic new faces. In Hong Kong Island, chairwoman

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's Legislative Council constituency, the NPP also lost a few seats such as Tai Hang and Tai Koo Shing East. A total of eight victors were employees of state-owned enterprises. The local subsidiary of

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announced on its website after the election that six of their employees had won seats. The CTS staff association praised “the ‘love the country love Hong Kong’ and society-serving spirit of the CTS staff ... nd their.. substantial contributions to the group’s involvement in Hong Kong’s social affairs”. There were two others in addition to the six from CTS, and some had stood for election previously. None had disclosed their relationships with the state-owned firms in their official election platforms.

Aftermath

Cheng Wing-kin case

Cheng Wing-kin, an online radio host, was revealed and He offered localist groups more than HK$850,000 for each of them to take on pan-democrat contenders in specified constituencies, including the offers of between HK$150,000 and HK$200,000 to five individuals, including

Baggio Leung Chung-hang Sixtus "Baggio" Leung Chung-hang (; born 7 August 1986) is a Hong Kong activist and politician. He is the convenor of Youngspiration, a localism in Hong Kong, localist political group in Hong Kong that leans towards Hong Kong independence, an ...

, upon the instructions of a Putonghua-speaking “Boss Li”, whom was allegedly from Beijing’s United Front Work Department. Leung declined and publicised the offer, in eventually led to Cheng being convicted for engaging in corrupt conduct at the election.

References

External links

Official website

2015 District Council Election official website

Manifestos and platforms

參選宣言
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''"Serving You with Sincerity and Dedication"''
* Democratic Party
區議會選舉 2015 十二大政綱 Election Platform
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反對操弄，雨傘起動
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