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The 2015 Hong Kong District Council elections will be held in November 2015. Elections are to be held to all 18 District Councils of Hong Kong, returning 431 members from directly elected constituencies after all appointed seats will be abolished.

Background

Boundary changes

As proposed in the Democratic Party's modified electoral reform package passed in 2010, all appointed seats will be 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 proposed to increase 19 elected seats in 9 District Councils:^[1]

1 new seat for in each Tsuen Wan and North District Councils;
2 new seats for each Sham Shui Po, Kowloon City, Kwun Tong, Yau Tsim Mong and Sha Tin District Councils;
3 new seats for the Sai Kung District Council; and
4 new seats for the Yuen Long District Council.

The total number of elected seats for the 2015 elections was increased by 19 from 412 to 431. Additionally, the boundaries of the Eastern and Wan Chai Districts was adjusted by transferring the Tin Hau and Victoria Park district council constituency areas from the Eastern District to the Wan Chai District.

Umbrella movement

The 2014 Hong Kong protests sparked a fierce tussle between the pan-democrats and pro-Beijing camp as the democrats hailed a "civic awakening" while pro-Beijing camp mobilised supporters to condemn the 79-day street blockade as an affront to the rule of law. The Novemeber District Council elections is to seen as the first big electoral test of the post-Occupy era. Both camps say events to come will have a bigger effect on voters, while the extent to which a political awakening among the city's youth will lead them to turn out to vote remains unclear. The pan-democrats encourage young people who participated in the Occupy movement to register and vote in the district council poll.^[2]

The pro-Beijing camp dominates all 18 district councils, holding about half of the 412 directly elected seats while the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB) outnumbers any other party by having 132 seats, in which 121 of them are directly elected. More than 80 are in the hands of pan-democrats in which 44 of them belong the Democratic Party. Independents hold the rest, while the councils also contain 95 ex officio or appointed members. While councils have little formal power, they will play a key role in the 2016 Legislative Council election, at which six seats go to district councillors including five so-called super seats in the District Council (Second) consituency, elected in a citywide ballot of three million voters while one through the District Council (First) elected by all District Councillors.^[2]

Current composition

As of 2 January 2020:

	Council/ Party	CW	WC	E	S	YTM	SSP	KC	WTS	KT	TW	TM	YL	N	TP	SK	ST	KWT	I	TOTAL
	Democratic	7		4	7	4	2	10	6	9	3	7	7	5			6	12	1	90
	Civic			5	1	1	4		2	4	3						7	3	2	32
	ND										2			3	4	9	1			19
	ADPL						11		3			5								19
	CST																8			8
	TCHD										1	2	4							7
	Labour			2							1	2				1	1			7
	CGPLTKO															6				6
	CM					5														5
	CA														4	1				5
	TMCN											4								4
	NWSC												1					3		4
	TSWC												4							4
	TPDA														3					3
	VSA	2	1																	3
	Civ Passion												1		1					2
	DA												2							2
	DTW										2									2
	TKOP															2				2
	LSD			1													1			2
	SKC															2				2
	TKOS															2				2
	PP								1											1
	EHK											1								1
	TYP																	1		1
	LMCG											1								1
	CSWWF						1													1
	CKWEF			1																1
	TWCN										1									1
	KEC									1										1
	SK							1												1
	CAP									1										1
	TSWLPU												1							1
	Ind & others	5	8	19	7	7	4	4	13	13	3	6	13	7	7	3	16	8	4	147
Pro-democrats		14	9	32	15	17	22	15	25	28	16	28	33	15	19	26	40	27	7	388
	DAB			1		1	2	4		6		1		1			1	3	1	21
	FTU			1						1	1	1		1						5
	Liberal	1	1	1	1			1												5
	BPA							3				1					1			5
	FPHE									2	1									3
	Roundtable											1						1		2
	Ind & others		3		1	2		2		3	2		12	5	2	5		1	10	48
Pro-Beijing		1	4	3	2	3	2	10	0	12	4	4	12	7	2	5	2	5	11	89
	Others						1				1									2
Vacant
Councillors		15	13	35	17	20	25	25	25	40	21	32	45	22	21	31	42	32	18	479

Overview

Council	Current control	Largest party
Central and Western	Pro-Beijing style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1861AC;" data-sort-value="DABHK" \|	DAB
Wan Chai	Pro-Beijing style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1861AC;" data-sort-value="DABHK" \|	DAB
Eastern	Pro-Beijing style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1861AC;" data-sort-value="DABHK" \|	DAB
Southern	Pro-Beijing style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #5FB04A;" data-sort-value="DPHK" \|	Democratic
Yau Tsim Mong	Pro-Beijing style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1861AC;" data-sort-value="DABHK" \|	DAB
Sham Shui Po	Pro-Beijing style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #faf400;" data-sort-value="HKADPL" \|	ADPL
Kowloon City	Pro-Beijing style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1861AC;" data-sort-value="DABHK" \|	DAB
Wong Tai Sin	Pro-Beijing style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1861AC;" data-sort-value="DABHK" \|	DAB
Kwun Tong	Pro-Beijing style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1861AC;" data-sort-value="DABHK" \|	DAB
Tsuen Wan	Pro-Beijing style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #2181FA;" data-sort-value="New Territories Association of Societies" \|	NTAS
Tuen Mun	Pro-Beijing style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1861AC;" data-sort-value="DABHK" \|	DAB
Yuen Long	Pro-Beijing style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #2181FA;" data-sort-value="New Territories Association of Societies" \|	NTAS
North	Pro-Beijing style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1861AC;" data-sort-value="DABHK" \|	DAB
Tai Po	Pro-Beijing style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1861AC;" data-sort-value="DABHK" \|	DAB
Sai Kung	Pro-Beijing style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1861AC;" data-sort-value="DABHK" \|	DAB
Sha Tin	Pro-Beijing style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1C8BCD;" data-sort-value="New People's Party (Hong Kong)" \|	NPP–Civil Force
Kwai Tsing	Pro-Beijing style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #5FB04A;" data-sort-value="DPHK" \|	Democratic
Islands	Pro-Beijing style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1861AC;" data-sort-value="DABHK" \|	DAB

References

^ "Report on the Recommended Constituency Boundaries for the 2015 District Council Election" (PDF). Electoral Affairs Commission. 5 November 2014.
^ ^a ^b Cheung, Tony (2 February 2015). "How will Hong Kong pro-democracy protests affect district elections?". South China Morning Post.

[report-1] "Report on the Recommended Constituency Boundaries for the 2015 District Council Election" (PDF). Electoral Affairs Commission. 5 November 2014.

[affect-2] Cheung, Tony (2 February 2015). "How will Hong Kong pro-democracy protests affect district elections?". South China Morning Post.

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 ==Background==
+===Boundary changes===
 As proposed in the [[Democratic Party (Hong Kong)|Democratic Party]]'s [[2010 Hong Kong electoral reform|modified electoral reform package]] passed in 2010, all appointed seats will be 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]] proposed to increase 19 elected seats in 9 District Councils:<ref name="report">{{cite journal|url=http://www.eac.gov.hk/pdf/distco/2015dc/final/en/chapter1_2015.pdf|title=Report on the Recommended Constituency Boundaries for the 2015 District Council Election|work=Electoral Affairs Commission|date=5 November 2014}}</ref>
 # 1 new seat for in each [[Tsuen Wan District Council|Tsuen Wan]] and [[North District Council|North]] District Councils;
@@ Line 48: / Line 49: @@
 The total number of elected seats for the 2015 elections was increased by 19 from 412 to 431. Additionally, the boundaries of the [[Eastern District|Eastern]] and [[Wan Chai District|Wan Chai]] Districts was adjusted by transferring the [[Tin Hau (constituency)|Tin Hau]] and [[Victoria Park (constituency)|Victoria Park]] district council constituency
 areas from the Eastern District to the Wan Chai District.
+===Umbrella movement===
+{{main|2014 Hong Kong protests|Umbrella movement}}
+The [[2014 Hong Kong protests]] sparked a fierce tussle between the [[pan-democrats]] and [[pro-Beijing camp]] as the democrats hailed a "civic awakening" while pro-Beijing camp mobilised supporters to condemn the 79-day street blockade as an affront to the rule of law. The Novemeber District Council elections is to seen as the first big electoral test of the post-Occupy era. Both camps say events to come will have a bigger effect on voters, while the extent to which a political awakening among the city's youth will lead them to turn out to vote remains unclear. The pan-democrats encourage young people who participated in the Occupy movement to register and vote in the district council poll.<ref name="affect">{{cite news|title=How will Hong Kong pro-democracy protests affect district elections?|url=http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1698584/how-will-hong-kong-pro-democracy-protests-affect-district-elections|first=Tony|last=Cheung|newspaper=South China Morning Post|date=2 February 2015}}</ref>
+The pro-Beijing camp dominates all 18 district councils, holding about half of the 412 directly elected seats while the [[Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong]] (DAB) outnumbers any other party by having 132 seats, in which 121 of them are directly elected. More than 80 are in the hands of pan-democrats in which 44 of them belong the Democratic Party. Independents hold the rest, while the councils also contain 95 ex officio or appointed members. While councils have little formal power, they will play a key role in the [[Hong Kong legislative election, 2016|2016 Legislative Council election]], at which six seats go to district councillors including five so-called super seats in the [[District Council (Second)]] consituency, elected in a citywide ballot of three million voters while one through the [[District Council (First)]] elected by all District Councillors.<ref name="affect"/>
 ==Current composition==

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