Kowloon West (1995 constituency)

Kowloon West
Former Geographical constituency
for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Outline map
Boundary of Kowloon West in Hong Kong
DistrictSham Shui Po District
RegionKowloon
Electorate145,568
Former constituency
Created1995
Abolished1997
Created fromKowloon West
Replaced byKowloon West

Kowloon West 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 Sham Shui Po District in Kowloon.[1]

The constituency was merged into the Kowloon West constituency in 1998 after the handover of Hong Kong a year before.[2]

Returned members

Elected members are as follows:[3]

Election Member Party
1995 Frederick Fung ADPL

Election results

1995 Legislative Council election: Kowloon West[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
ADPL Frederick Fung Kin-kee 28,996 67.37
Independent Fu Shu-wan 12,264 28.50
Independent Wong Yin-ping 1,778 4.13
Majority 16,732 38.87
Total valid votes 43,038 100.00
Rejected ballots 1,043
Turnout 44,081 30.28
Registered electors 145,568
ADPL win (new seat)

References

  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.