Kowloon East (constituency)
| Kowloon East | |
|---|---|
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Geographical Constituency for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong | |
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Boundary of Kowloon East in Hong Kong | |
| Region | Kowloon |
| Electorate | 601,566[1] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1998 |
| Number of members | Five |
| Member(s) |
Wong Kwok-kin (FTU) Wu Chi-wai (Democratic) Paul Tse (Independent) Wilson Or (DAB) Jeremy Tam (Civic) |
| Created from |
Kowloon South-east, Kowloon East, Kowloon North-east |
Kowloon East is a Hong Kong geographical constituency in the Legislative Council of Hong Kong.
Boundaries
The constituency loosely corresponds to the today's districts of Wong Tai Sin and Kwun Tong.
History
The constituency was formed since the 1998 legislative election, replacing a number of single-member constituencies in 1995. These were Kowloon East and parts of Kowloon Central in the 1991 election with dual-seat constituency dual vote system and Kowloon Southeast, Kowloon East, and Kowloon Northeast in the 1995 election. From 1985 to 1991, the seats were elected by the electoral colleges composed of the members of the district boards and Urban Council.
| LegCo members for former Kowloon East constituencies, 1985–1997 | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985–1988 | Kwun Tong | Wong Tai Sin | Part of Kowloon City constituency | ||||||||||||||||
| Poon Chi-fai (PHKS) |
Conrad Lam (Independent) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1988–1991 | Michael Cheng (LDF) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1991–1995 | Kowloon East | Kowloon Central | |||||||||||||||||
| Szeto Wah (Democratic) |
Fred Li (Democratic) |
Conrad Lam (Democratic) |
Lau Chin-shek (Democratic) | ||||||||||||||||
| Lee Cheuk-yan (CTU) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1995–1997 | Kowloon East |
Kowloon South-east |
Kowloon North-east |
Kowloon Central | Becoming part of Kowloon South constituency | ||||||||||||||
| Szeto Wah (Democratic) |
Fred Li (Democratic) |
Chan Yuen-han (DAB) |
Bruce Liu (ADPL) | ||||||||||||||||
Return members
Below are all the members since the creation of the Kowloon East constituency. The number of seats allocated to Kowloon East has been increased from 3 to 4 between 1998 and 2008 due to the enlargement.
| LegCo members for Kowloon East, 1998 onwards | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Term | Election | Member | Member | Member | Member | Member | |||||||||||||
| 1st | 1998 | Szeto Wah (Democratic) |
Chan Yuen-han (FTU) |
Fred Li (Democratic) |
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| 2nd | 2000 | Chan Kam-lam (DAB) | |||||||||||||||||
| 3rd | 2004 | Albert Cheng (Independent) |
Alan Leong (Civic) | ||||||||||||||||
| 4th | 2008 | Seat abolished |
Wong Kwok-kin (FTU) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2010 by | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5th | 2012 | Paul Tse (Independent) |
Wu Chi-wai (Democratic) | ||||||||||||||||
| 6th | 2016 | Wilson Or (DAB) |
Jeremy Tam (Civic) | ||||||||||||||||
Summary of seats won
| 1998 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 | 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| DAB | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| FTU | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Civic | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Independent | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Pro-democracy | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| Pro-Beijing | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | |
| Seats | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | |
Vote share summary
| 1998 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 | 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 55.8 | 45.3 | 19.2 | 27.3 | 15.4 | 15.3 | |
| DAB | 41.8 | 47.4 | 18.8 | 22.6 | 16.7 | 15.7 | |
| FTU | 17.9 | 21.3 | 14.3 | 14.4 | |||
| Civic | 16.6 | 14.6 | 13.8 | ||||
| LSD | 12.1 | 9.6 | |||||
| People Power | 12.9 | 9.7 | |||||
| Civic Passion | 10.1 | ||||||
| KEC | 3.9 | ||||||
| Independent and Others | 2.4 | 7.4 | 44.1 | 16.6 | 17.2 | ||
| Pro-democracy | 55.8 | 45.3 | 63.3 | 56.0 | 55.5 | 54.8 | |
| Pro-Beijing | 41.8 | 47.4 | 36.7 | 43.9 | 44.5 | 45.2 | |
Election results
The largest remainder method (with Hare quota) of the proportional representative electoral system was introduced in 1998, replacing the single-member constituencies of the 1995 election. Elected candidates are shown in bold. Brackets indicate the quota + remainder.
2010s
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Vote share
Other (15.65%)
| Legislative Election 2016: Kowloon East | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| List | Candidates | Votes | % | ± | |
| DAB | Wilson Or Chong-shing Joe Lai Wing-ho, Jack Cheung Ki-tang |
51,516 | 15.66 | –0.99 | |
| Democratic | Wu Chi-wai Mok Kin-shing, Cheng Keng-ieong, Wu Chi-kin |
50,309 | 15.29 | –0.08 | |
| Nonpartisan | Paul Tse Wai-chun | 47,527 | 14.45 | +0.91 | |
| FTU | Wong Kwok-kin Chow Luen-kiu, Kan Ming-tung, Kwok Wang-hing |
47,318 | 14.38 | +0.04 | |
| Civic | Jeremy Jansen Tam Man-ho Alan Leong Kah-kit |
45,408 | 13.80 | –0.83 | |
| Civic Passion | Wong Yeung-tat | 33,271 | 10.11 | N/A | |
| People Power | Tam Tak-chi | 31,815 | 9.67 | –3.18 | |
| KEC | Chan Chak-to | 12,854 | 3.91 | N/A | |
| Frontier | Tam Heung-man | 2,603 | 0.79 | –1.17 | |
| Labour | Wu Sui-shan, Chiu Shi-shun | 2,535 | 0.77 | N/A | |
| VLHK | Patrick Ko Tat-pun | 2,444 | 0.74 | N/A | |
| Nonpartisan | Lui Wing-kei | 1,393 | 0.42 | N/A | |
| Total valid votes | 328,993 | 100 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 7,754 | ||||
| Turnout | 336,738 | 55.98 | +4.01 | ||
| Registered electors | 601,566 | ||||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Vote share
Other (16.59%)
| Legislative Election 2012: Kowloon East | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| List | Candidates | Votes | % | ± | |
| DAB | Chan Kam-lam Joe Lai Wing-ho, Hung Kam-in, Wilson Or Chong-shing |
47,415 | 16.65 | −5.95 | |
| Democratic | Wu Chi-wai Mok Kin-shing, Hon Ka-ming |
43,764 | 15.37 | −5.03 | |
| Civic | Alan Leong Kah-kit Jeremy Jansen Tam Man-ho |
41,669 | 14.63 | −1.97 | |
| FTU | Wong Kwok-kin Kan Ming-tung, Mok Kin-wing, Ho Kai-ming |
40,824 | 14.34 | −6.96 | |
| Independent | Paul Tse Wai-chun | 38,546 | 13.54 | N/A | |
| People Power | Wong Yeung-tat, Chan Sau-wai | 36,608 | 12.85 | N/A | |
| LSD | Andrew To Kwan-hang | 27,253 | 9.57 | −2.68 | |
| Independent | Tam Heung-man | 5,440 | 1.91 | N/A | |
| Nonpartisan | Kay Yim Fung-chi, Chan Heung-yin | 3,263 | 1.15 | N/A | |
| Total valid votes | 284,782 | 100.00 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 5,979 | ||||
| Turnout | 290,761 | 51.97 | +9.12 | ||
| Registered electors | 559,528 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Civic | Alan Leong Kah-kit | 82,066 | 92.5 | ||
| Tertiary 2012 | Lai King-fai | 6,630 | 7.5 | ||
| Majority | 75,436 | 85.0 | |||
| Total valid votes | 88,696 | 100.0 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 2,530 | ||||
| Turnout | 91,226 | 16.8 | |||
| Registered electors | 543,253 | ||||
| Civic hold | Swing | ||||
2000s
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Legislative Election 2008: Kowloon East[3] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| List | Candidates | Votes | % | ± | |
| DAB | Chan Kam-lam Joe Lai Wing-ho, Maggie Chan Man-ki, Hung Kam-in |
53,472 | 22.6 | +3.8 | |
| FTU | Wong Kwok-kin Chan Yuen-han, Peter Wong Kit-hin, Kan Ming-tung |
50,320 | 21.3 | −3.4 | |
| Democratic | Fred Li Wah-ming Kai Ming-wah, Wong Kai-ming, Wong Wai-tag |
48,124 | 20.4 | +1.2 | |
| Civic | Alan Leong Kah-kit Yu Kwun-wai, Wong Hok-ming |
39,274 | 16.6 | −2.5 | |
| LSD | Andrew To Kwan-hang | 28,690 | 12.1 | −12.9 | |
| Democratic | Wu Chi-wai | 16,365 | 6.9 | N/A | |
| Total valid votes | 236,245 | 100.00 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 1,691 | ||||
| Turnout | 237,936 | 44.01 | −12.45 | ||
| Registered electors | 540,649 | ||||
| 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Legislative Election 2004: Kowloon East[4] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| List | Candidates | Votes | % | ± | |
| Nonpartisan (Frontier) | Albert Cheng Jing-han Andrew To Kwan-hang |
73,279 | 25.0 (20+4.99) |
N/A | |
| Democratic | Fred Li Wah-ming Wu Chi-wai, Ho Wai-to |
56,462 | 19.2 | −26.1 | |
| Independent | Alan Leong Kah-kit | 56,175 | 19.1 | N/A | |
| DAB (FTU) | Chan Kam-lam Choi Chun-wa, Chan Tak-ming |
55,306 | 18.8 | N/A | |
| FTU (DAB) | Chan Yuen-han Lam Man-fai, Tang Ka-piu |
52,564 | 17.9 | N/A | |
| Total valid votes | 293,986 | 100.00 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 2,384 | ||||
| Turnout | 296,370 | 56.46 | +11.74 | ||
| Registered electors | 524,896 | ||||
| 2 | 2 |
| Legislative Election 2000: Kowloon East[5] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| List | Candidates | Votes | % | ± | |
| DAB | Chan Yuen-han, Chan Kam-lam Lam Man-fai, Angelis Chan Joy-kong |
108,587 | 47.4 (25+22.36) |
+5.62 | |
| Democratic | Szeto Wah, Fred Li Wah-ming Wu Chi-wai, Andrew To Kwan-hang |
103,863 | 45.3 (25+20.3) |
−10.5 | |
| Lam Hoi-shing | 9,805 | 4.3 | N/A | ||
| Shi Kai-biu, Lam Wai-yin | 7,023 | 3.1 | N/A | ||
| Total valid votes | 229,278 | 100.00 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 2,384 | ||||
| Turnout | 296,370 | 44.72 | –9.69 | ||
| Registered electors | 518,035 | ||||
1990s
| 2 | 1 |
| Legislative Election 1998: Kowloon East[6] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| List | Candidates | Votes | % | ± | |
| Democratic | Szeto Wah, Fred Li Wah-ming Mak Hoi-wah |
145,986 | 55.80 (33.33+22.47) |
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| DAB | Chan Yuen-han Kwok Bit-chun, Lam Man-fai |
109,296 | 41.78 (33.33+8.45) |
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| Fok Pui-yee | 6,339 | 2.42 | |||
| Total valid votes | 261,621 | 100.00 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 1,679 | ||||
| Turnout | 263,300 | 54.41 | |||
| Registered electors | 483,875 | ||||
1995 Constituencies
Kowloon North-east
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAB | Chan Yuen-han | 25,922 | 52.77 | ||
| Democratic | Mak Hoi-wah | 23,201 | 47.23 | ||
| Majority | 2,721 | 5.54 | |||
| DAB win (new seat) | |||||
Kowloon East
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Szeto Wah | 29,627 | 55.40 | ||
| Independent | Elsie Tu | 23,855 | 44.60 | ||
| Majority | 5,772 | 10.80 | |||
| Democratic win (new seat) | |||||
Kowloon South-east
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Li Wah-ming | 30,133 | 50.95 | ||
| DAB | Tam Yiu-chung | 29,009 | 49.05 | ||
| Majority | 1,124 | 1.90 | |||
| Democratic win (new seat) | |||||
1991 Constituencies
Dual-seat constituency dual vote system was used with two seats to be filled in each constituency.
Kowloon East
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Democrats | Szeto Wah | 57,921 | 37.8 | ||
| Meeting Point | Fred Li Wah-ming | 49,643 | 32.4 | ||
| KTRA | Hau Shui-pui | 21,225 | 13.9 | ||
| Independent | Poon Chi-fai | 16,625 | 10.9 | ||
| October Review | Chan Cheong | 3,431 | 2.2 | ||
| TUC | Li Ting-kit | 3,393 | 2.2 | ||
| LDF | Philip Li Koi-hop | 865 | 0.6 | ||
| Turnout | 82,405 | 38.0 | |||
| United Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
| Meeting Point win (new seat) | |||||
1985–88 Electoral Colleges
Wong Tai Sin
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHKS | Michael Cheng Tak-kin | 16 | 55.17 | ||
| Nonpartisan | Conrad Lam Kui-shing | 13 | |||
| Nonpartisan gain from Nonpartisan | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Conrad Lam Kui-shing | 16 | 51.61 | ||
| PHKS | Liu Kwun-sing | 15 | 48.39 | ||
| Nonpartisan win (new seat) | |||||
Kwun Tong
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHKS | Poon Chi-fai | 21 | 63.64 | ||
| Meeting Point | Fred Li Wah-ming | 12 | 36.36 | ||
| PHKS hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Poon Chi-fai | 18 | 62.07 | ||
| Nonpartisan | Cheng Kwan-shun | 11 | 37.93 | ||
| Meeting Point | Fred Li Wah-ming | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nonpartisan win (new seat) | |||||
See also
References
- ↑ "Voter Registration Statistics". Hong Kong Government. 25 September 2015.
- ↑ http://www.elections.gov.hk/legco2010by/eng/results_LC3.html
- ↑ "2008 Legislative Election". Electoral Affairs Commission. 8 September 2008. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
- ↑ "2004 Legislative Election". Electoral Affairs Commission. 15 December 2004. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
- ↑ http://www.elections.gov.hk/elections/legco2000/update/result/index_c.htm
- ↑ http://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/199805/25/0525201.htm
- ↑ http://ebook.lib.hku.hk/HKG/B35838851.pdf
- ↑ http://ebook.lib.hku.hk/HKG/B35838851.pdf
- ↑ http://ebook.lib.hku.hk/HKG/B35838851.pdf
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