Kowloon North-east (1995 constituency)

Kowloon North-east was a geographical constituencies in the election for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong in 1995, which elects one member of the Legislative Council using the first-past-the-post voting system. The constituency covers Wong Tai Sin District in Kowloon.[1]

Kowloon North-east
Former Geographical constituency
for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Outline map
Boundary of Kowloon North-eastin Hong Kong
DistrictWong Tai Sin District
RegionKowloon
Electorate106,296
Former constituency
Created1995
Abolished1997
Created fromKowloon Central
Replaced byKowloon East

The constituency was replaced by the Kowloon East constituency in 1998 after the handover of Hong Kong a year before.[2]

Returned members edit

Elected members are as follows:[3]

Election Member Party
1995 Chan Yuen-han DAB

Election results edit

1995 Legislative Council election: Kowloon North-east[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DAB (FTU) Chan Yuen-han 25,922 52.77
Democratic Mak Hoi-wah 23,201 47.23
Majority 2,721 5.54
Total valid votes 49,123 100.00
Rejected ballots 442
Turnout 49,565 36.94
Registered electors 134,159
DAB win (new seat)

References edit

  1. ^ Report on the 1995 Legislative Council General Election. 1995.
  2. ^ 殷, 俊; 馬, 春暖 (2018). "香港立法會直選制度變革與政黨體系之演變". 中國大陸研究. 61 (3): 033–052.
  3. ^ a b 選區分界及選舉事務委員會 (1995). 一九九五年立法局普通選舉報告書. 香港: 香港政府印務局.