These are the
Kowloon West results of the
2016 Hong Kong Legislative Council election
Sixteen or 16 may refer to:
*16 (number), the natural number following 15 and preceding 17
*one of the years 16 BC, AD 16, 1916, 2016
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. The election was held on 4 September 2016 and all 6 seats in Kowloon West where consisted of
Yau Tsim Mong District,
Sham Shui Po District and
Kowloon City District were contested, one extra than the previous election due to the increase of the population. Four of the five incumbents were returned to the legislature with radical democrat
Wong Yuk-man lost to the newcomer
Yau Wai-ching of radical
localist group Youngspiration, who beat Wong by 424 votes. The extra seat was won by college lecturer
Lau Siu-lai
Lau Siu-lai (; born 3 August 1976) is a Hong Kong educator, academic, activist, and politician. She is a sociology lecturer at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University's Hong Kong Community College and the founder of Democracy Groundwork and Age o ...
who advocated for "self-determination". All six winners were women.
Overall results
Before election:
Change in composition:
Candidates list
Opinion polling
See also
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Legislative Council of Hong Kong
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Hong Kong legislative elections
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2016 Hong Kong legislative election
Sixteen or 16 may refer to:
*16 (number), the natural number following 15 and preceding 17
*one of the years 16 BC, AD 16, 1916, 2016
Films
* '' Pathinaaru'' or ''Sixteen'', a 2010 Tamil film
* ''Sixteen'' (1943 film), a 1943 Argentine film ...
References
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