The Accountancy functional constituency (Chinese: 會計界功能界別) is a functional constituency seat in the Legislative Council of Hong Kong first created for the 1988 Legislative Council election, derived from the Financial functional constituency. In 2020, the constituency was composed of some 25,000 certified public accountants (CPAs) as compared to 222,000 citizens on average for the geographical constituencies.[2]

Accountancy
會計界
Functional constituency
for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Electorate27,778 (2021)[1]
Current constituency
Created1988
Number of membersOne
Member(s)Edmund Wong (DAB)
Created fromFinancial

It is one of the swing seats between the pro-Beijing and pro-democracy camps. It had the largest field of candidates in the 2004 Legislative Council election among the functional constituencies with nine candidates running in the constituency. Independent democrat Mandy Tam defeated pro-Beijing independent Paul Chan, but the result was reversed in 2008 when Mandy Tam lost her re-election to Paul Chan. Chan was resigned before the 2012 Legislative Council election to be appointed Secretary for Development by Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying.[3] From 2012, the seat was held by Kenneth Leung of the Professional Commons (PC) until his disqualification from the office by the National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) in November 2021.[4]

Return members

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Election Member Party
1988 Peter Wong Group of 89NHKALDF/BPF
1991 LDFLiberal
1995 Eric Li Independent
Not represented in the PLC (1997–1998)
1998 Eric Li Independent
2000
2004 Mandy Tam IndependentCivic
2008 Paul Chan Independent
2012 Kenneth Leung Professional Commons
2016
2021 Edmund Wong DAB

Electoral results

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2020s

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2021 Legislative Council election: Accountancy
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DAB Edmund Wong Chun-sek 3,175 39.91
Nonpartisan Wong Wang-tai 1,981 24.90
Nonpartisan Florence Poon Man See-yee 1,734 21.80
Nonpartisan Yung Kin 1,065 13.39
Majority 1,194 15.01
Total valid votes 7,955 100.00
Rejected ballots 503
Turnout 8,458 30.45
Registered electors 27,778
DAB gain from Prof Commons Swing

2010s

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2016 Legislative Council election: Accountancy
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Prof Commons Kenneth Leung Kai-cheong 12,131 63.96 +13.20
Independent Kenneth Chen Yung-ngai 6,836 36.04
Majority 5,297 27.92
Total valid votes 18,965 100.00
Rejected ballots 1,066
Turnout 19,535 75.11 +5.45
Registered electors 26,008
Nonpartisan gain from Independent Swing
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2012 Legislative Council election: Accountancy
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nonpartisan Kenneth Leung Kai-cheong 7,701 46.76
Independent Nelson Lam Chi-yuen 6,538 39.70
Nonpartisan Wong Wang-tai 1,335 8.11 +3.87
Nonpartisan Peter Chan Po-fun 896 5.44
Majority 1,163 7.06
Total valid votes 16,470 100.00
Rejected ballots 1,066
Turnout 17,536 69.66
Registered electors 25,174
Nonpartisan gain from Independent Swing

2000s

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2008 Legislative Council election: Accountancy
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Paul Chan Mo-po 5,659 41.67 +12.93
Civic Tam Heung-man 4,116 30.31 +1.26
Independent Elve Kung Yiu-fai 3,116 22.95 +7.41
Nonpartisan Wong Wang-tai 576 4.24 +2.92
Nonpartisan Yim Ting-wai 112 0.82
Majority 1,543 11.36
Total valid votes 13,579 100.00
Rejected ballots 285
Turnout 13,864 62.24
Registered electors 22,276
Independent gain from Civic Swing
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2004 Legislative Council election: Accountancy
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Tam Heung-man 3,393 29.05
Independent Chan Mo-po 3,356 28.74
Independent Elve Kung Yiu-fai 1,815 15.54
Nonpartisan Edward Chow Kwong-fai 1,066 9.13
Independent Louis Leung Wing-on 604 5.17
Nonpartisan Peter Chan Po-fun 603 5.16 −7.54
Independent Choi Sau-yuk 444 3.80
Independent Wilfred Wu Shek-chun 244 2.09
Nonpartisan Wong Wang-tai 154 1.32
Majority 37 0.31
Total valid votes 11,679 100.00
Rejected ballots 654
Turnout 12,333 70.47
Registered electors 17,500
Independent gain from Independent Swing
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2000 Legislative Council election: Accountancy
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Eric Li Ka-cheung 3,867 64.55 −0.49
Nonpartisan Edward Chow Kwong-fai 1,363 22.75 −1.07
Nonpartisan Peter Chan Po-fun 761 12.70 +1.56
Majority 2,504 41.80
Total valid votes 5,991 100.00
Rejected ballots 413
Turnout 6,404 50.22
Registered electors 12,753
Independent hold Swing

1990s

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1998 Legislative Council election: Accountancy
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Eric Li Ka-cheung 3,556 65.04 +1.10
Nonpartisan Edward Chow Kwong-fai 1,302 23.82 +1.65
Nonpartisan Peter Chan Po-fun 609 11.14 −2.75
Majority 2,254 41.22
Total valid votes 5,467 100.00
Rejected ballots 413
Turnout 5,826 59.02
Registered electors 9,871
Independent hold Swing
1995 Legislative Council election: Accountancy
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Eric Li Ka-cheung 1,376 63.94
Liberal Edward Chow Kwong-fai 477 22.17
Nonpartisan Peter Chan Po-fun 299 13.89
Majority 899 41.77
Total valid votes 2,152 100.00
Rejected ballots 38
Turnout 2,190 58.84
Registered electors 3,722
Independent gain from Liberal Swing
1991 Legislative Council election: Accountancy
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDF Peter Wong Hong-yuen Unopposed
Registered electors 2,276
LDF hold Swing

1980s

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1988 Legislative Council election: Accountancy
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Group of 89 Peter Wong Hong-yuen 366 48.80
Nonpartisan Peter Chan Po-fun 301 40.13
Nonpartisan Fanny Lai Ip Po-ping 83 11.07
Majority 65 8.67
Total valid votes 750 100.00
Nonpartisan win (new seat)

References

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  1. ^ "Voter Registration Statistics : Functional Constituency". Voter Registration.
  2. ^ "Report on the Recommended Geographical Constituency Boundaries for the 2016 Legislative Council General Election" (PDF). Electoral Affairs Commission, HKSAR Government. 28 August 2015.
  3. ^ Lee, Simon (6 August 2012). "Hong Kong Minister's Property Interests Draw Controversy". Bloomberg L.P.
  4. ^ "Booted out". The Standard. 12 November 2020.
  5. ^ "2016 Legislative Council Election Results". Government of Hong Kong. Retrieved 17 November 2012.[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ "2012 Legislative Council Election Results". Government of Hong Kong. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
  7. ^ "2008 Legislative Council Election". Government of Hong Kong. 8 September 2008. Archived from the original on 13 September 2012. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
  8. ^ "2004 Legislative Council Election". Government of Hong Kong. Archived from the original on 17 July 2012. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
  9. ^ "2000 Legislative Council Election". Government of Hong Kong. Archived from the original on 29 August 2012. Retrieved 17 November 2012.