Fo Tan (constituency)

Fo Tan
Elected constituency for the Sha Tin District Council
Boundary of Fo Tan in Sha Tin District
District	Sha Tin
Legislative Council constituency	New Territories North East
Population	20,520 (2019)[1]
Electorate	8,719 (2019)[2]
Current constituency
Created	1982 (first time) 1991 (second time)
Number of members	One
Member(s)	Vacant

Fo Tan is one of the 36 constituencies in the Sha Tin District in Hong Kong.

The constituency returns one district councillor to the Sha Tin District Council, with an election every four years. The seat has been currently held by independent Scarlett Pong.

Fo Tan constituency is loosely based on area of Fo Tan with an estimated population of 16,982.^[3]

Councillors represented

1982 to 1985

Election	Member		Party	Member		Party
1982		Lam Hung-chiu	Independent		Hung Yuk-fai	Independent
1985		Constituency abolished

1991 to present

Election		Member	Party
	1991	Thomas Pang Cheung-wai	Independent
	1994		DAB
	1999	Porinda Liu Huan-yee	Civil Force
	2003	Richard Tsoi Yiu-cheong	CTU
	2007	Scarlett Pong Oi-lan	Independent (NCF)
	2012		Civil Force (NCF)
	201?		Independent (NCF)
	2019	Lui Kai-wing→Vacant	Civic→Independent

Election results

2010s

Sha Tin District Council Election, 2019: Fo Tan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Civic	Lui Kai-wing	3,550	56.65	+18.45
	Nonpartisan	Scarlett Pong Oi-lan	2,716	43.35	−18.45
Majority			834	13.30
Turnout			6,282	72.06
	Civic gain from Nonpartisan		Swing

Sha Tin District Council Election, 2015: Fo Tan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Scarlett Pong Oi-lan	1,905	61.8	–4.9
	Civic	Chan Man-fai	1,250	38.2
Majority			655	23.6
Turnout			3,192	42.4
	Independent hold		Swing

Sha Tin District Council Election, 2011: Fo Tan^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Scarlett Pong Oi-lan	1,640	66.7	+17.3
	Citizens' Radio	Chan Tak-cheung	522	21.2
	Independent	Porinda Liu Huan-yee	295	12.0
	Independent hold		Swing

2000s

Sha Tin District Council Election, 2007: Fo Tan^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Scarlett Pong Oi-lan	1,346	49.4
	Independent	Richard Tsoi Yiu-cheong	1,160	42.6	−24.7
	Independent	Wong Mei-ngan	216	7.9
	Independent gain from Independent		Swing

Sha Tin District Council Election, 2003: Fo Tan^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CTU	Richard Tsoi Yiu-cheong	1,280	67.3
	Independent	Porinda Liu Huan-yee	622	32.7	−17.8
	CTU gain from Independent		Swing

1990s

Sha Tin District Council Election, 1999: Fo Tan^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Civil Force	Porinda Liu Huan-yee	753	50.5
	Independent	Lee Ho-fai	727	48.7
	Civil Force gain from DAB		Swing

Sha Tin District Council Election, 1994: Fo Tan^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Thomas Pang Cheung-wai	uncontested
	Independent hold		Swing

Sha Tin District Board Election, 1991: Fo Tan^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Thomas Pang Cheung-wai	1,866	54.9
	United Democrats	Cheung Wing-fai	1,517	44.6
	Independent win (new seat)

1980s

Sha Tin District Board Election, 1982: Fo Tan^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Lam Hung-chiu	1,489	48.2
	Independent	Hung Yuk-fai	1,445	46.8
	Independent	Sit Hoi	1,178	38.1
	Independent	Wai Kwok-hung	661	21.3
	Independent win (new seat)

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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 May 2020. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
3. "2011 District Councils Election - Summary of the District Council Constituency Areas". Hong Kong Government. 5 September 2011. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
4. Li, Pang-kwong. "香港選舉資料庫". 嶺南大學公共管治研究部. Archived from the original on 6 November 2003. Retrieved 22 April 2013.