Lantau (constituency)

Lantau (Chinese: 大嶼山) is one of the 10 constituencies in the Islands District in Hong Kong. It covers the largest part of Lantau Island and nearby outlying islands apart from other constituencies in Tung Chung and Discovery Bay.

Lantau
Elected Constituency
for the Islands District Council
Boundary of Lantau in Islands District
DistrictIslands
Legislative Council constituencyNew Territories West
Population24,685 (2019)[1]
Electorate8,336 (2019)[2]
Current constituency
Created1994
Number of membersOne
Member(s)Randy Yu Hon-kwan (Independent)

The constituency returns one district councillor to the Islands District Council, with an election every four years.[3]

Lantau constituency has an estimated population of 24,685.[4]

Councillors represented

ElectionMemberParty
1994 Chau Chuen-heung DAB
1999 Wendy Chui Pui-man Nonpartisan
2003 Wong Fuk-kan Nonpartisan
2015 Randy Yu Hon-kwan Nonpartisan

Election results

2010s

Islands District Council Election, 2019: Lantau
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nonpartisan Randy Yu Hon-kwan 2,873 51.98
PfD Fung Siu-tin 2,633 48.02
Nonpartisan Ho Yan-ching 21 0.38
Majority 240 3.96
Turnout 5,547 66.57
Nonpartisan hold Swing

References

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