Information Technology (constituency)

Information Technology
資訊科技界
Functional Constituency
for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Electorate 12,091 (2016)[1]
Current constituency
Created 1998
Number of members One
Member(s) Charles Mok (PC)

The Information Technology (Chinese: 資訊科技界) functional constituency is in the elections for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong. Since its creation in 1998, it has been normally held by the pro-democracy camp, with the interruption from 2008 to 2012, where the seat was held by pro-Beijing Samson Tam who defeated pro-democracy candidate Charles Mok by 35 votes with the help of the Internet Professional Association (iProA), a pro-Beijing IT association. In 2012, Mok retook the seat for the pro-democrats from the pro-Beijing camp by defeating Tam.

Composition

The Information Technology constituency is composed of individuals who are members of relevant associations such as the Hong Kong Computer Society, and Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and corporate members of organisations such as the Hong Kong Information Technology Federation, Hong Kong Wireless Technology Industry and Society of Hong Kong External Telecommunications Services Providers who are entitled to vote at general meetings, as well as some other corporations with certain licenses granted by the Telecommunication Authority.[2]

Since 1998, there have been a number of additional associations included in the electorate. In 2006, there were four organisations where individual members were qualified as electorates although they were not allowed to vote in the general meetings, such as the Professional Information Security Association and the Hong Kong and Mainland Software Industry Corporation Association.[2] Since 2003, members of the pro-Beijing Internet Professional Association (iProA) are also eligible to vote in the constituency, which helped its pro-Beijing member Samson Tam to take the seat from pro-democrats' hand in the 2008 Legislative Council election.

In 2006, there were 4,743 individuals (94.9% of the electorate) and 261 registered corporations (4.1% of the electorate).[2] In 2016, it saw an 80% surge in the number of registered voters, from 6,716 in 2012 to 12,046 in 2016, according to provisional voter statistics released by the Registration and Electoral Office. Incumbent legislator Charles Mok questioned whether pro-Beijing forces were getting people to sign up.[3]

Returned members

ElectionMemberParty
1998 Sin Chung-kai Democratic Party
2008 Samson Tam Wai-ho Independent
2012 Charles Peter Mok Professional Commons

Electoral results

2010s

[4]
Hong Kong legislative election, 2016: Information Technology
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Prof Commons Charles Peter Mok 6,253 64.61 +6.79
Nonpartisan Eric Yeung Chuen-sing 3,425 35.39
Majority 2,828 29.22
Total valid votes 9,678 100.00
Rejected ballots 205
Turnout 9,883 81.74 +5.55
Registered electors 12,091
Prof Commons hold Swing
[5]
Hong Kong legislative election, 2012: Information Technology
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent (Prof Commons) Charles Peter Mok 2,828 57.82 +8.26
Independent Tam Wai-ho 2,063 42.18 −8.26
Majority 765 15.64
Total valid votes 4,891 100.00
Rejected ballots 204
Turnout 5,095 76.19
Registered electors 6,687
Independent gain from Nonpartisan Swing

2000s

[6]
Hong Kong legislative election, 2008: Information Technology
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent Tam Wai-ho 2,017 50.44 +7.79
Nonpartisan Charles Peter Mok 1,982 49.56
Majority 35 0.88
Total valid votes 3,999 100.00
Rejected ballots 138
Turnout 4,137 71.96
Registered electors 5,749
Independent gain from Nonpartisan Swing
[7]
Hong Kong legislative election, 2004: Information Technology
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Democratic Sin Chung-kai 1,946 52.59 -21.20
Nonpartisan Tam Wai-ho 1,578 42.65
Independent Leung Mun-yee 176 4.76
Democratic hold Swing
[8]
Hong Kong legislative election, 2000: Information Technology
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Democratic Sin Chung-kai 1,770 73.69 +9.98
Nonpartisan (New Forum) Kan Wing-kei 632 26.31
Democratic hold Swing

1990s

Hong Kong legislative election, 1998: Information Technology
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Democratic Sin Chung-kai 1,543 63.71
Nonpartisan Yung Kai-ling 456 18.83
Nonpartisan Chan Kei-foo 423 17.46
Democratic win (new seat)

References

  1. ↑ http://www.elections.gov.hk/legco2016/eng/turnout/tt_fc_Z.html
  2. 1 2 3 Young, Simon N.M.; Cullen, Richard (2010). Electing Hong Kong's Chief Executivei. Hong Kong University Press. p. 121.
  3. ↑ =Ng, Kang-chung; Cheung, Tony (1 June 2015). "Hong Kong lawmaker fears Beijing behind jump in voters in IT functional constituency". South China Morning Post.
  4. ↑ http://www.elections.gov.hk/legco2016/eng/result/rs_fc_Z.html
  5. ↑ http://www.elections.gov.hk/legco2012/eng/result/rs_fc_Z.html
  6. ↑ http://www.elections.gov.hk/legco2008/eng/result/rs_fc_Z.html
  7. ↑ http://www.elections.gov.hk/elections/legco2004/english/results/rs_fc_overall.html
  8. ↑ http://www.elections.gov.hk/elections/legco2000/update/result/fc_e.htm


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