The 2019 Eastern District Council election was held on 24 November 2019 to elect all 35 members to the Eastern District Council of Hong Kong.^[1]

This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (December 2019)

Quick Facts All 35 seats to Eastern District Council 18 seats needed for a majority, Turnout ...

2019 Eastern District Council election

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All 35 seats to Eastern District Council 18 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	72.1% 22.3%
First party Second party Third party   Party Civic Democratic Labour Last election 4 seats, 10.1% 2 seats, 8.3% 1 seat, 6.1% Seats before 4 2 1 Seats won 5 4 2 Seat change 1 2 1 Popular vote 18,505 16,797 8,094 Percentage 8.0% 7.2% 3.5% Swing 2.1% 1.1% 2.6%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party DAB FTU Liberal Last election 10 seats, 15.3% 6 seats, 10.2% 2 seats, 4.0% Seats before 11 6 2 Seats won 1 1 1 Seat change 10 5 1 Popular vote 40,151 17,478 8,622 Percentage 17.3% 7.5% 3.7% Swing 2.0% 2.7% 0.3%   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   Party HTTHECG SKWEF LSD Last election New party New party 0 seat, 1.8% Seats before 0 0 0 Seats won 1 1 1 Seat change 1 1 1 Popular vote 5,389 4,204 3,563 Percentage 2.3% 1.8% 1.5% Swing N/A N/A 0.3%
Colours on map indicate winning party for each constituency.

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The pro-democrats achieved the majority of the council for the first time in a historic landslide victory amid the pro-democracy protests, taking 32 of the 35 seats in the council, with many of the pro-Beijing strongholds in North Point falling into the hands of pro-democracy independents.

Before election:

Change in composition: