West Island (1985 constituency)

West Island
Former Electoral College constituency for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
District	Central and Western District Southern District
Region	Hong Kong Island
Former constituency
Created	1985
Abolished	1991
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Hong Kong Island West

West Island was a constituency elected by electoral college for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong in 1985 and 1988, which elects one member of the Legislative Council using the multiple-round elimination system and preferential elimination system respectively. The constituency covers Central and Western District and Southern District on Hong Kong Island.[1]

The constituency is indirectly elected, with members of the District Boards and Urban Council from the two Districts as the electorates. It was renamed as Hong Kong Island West constituency in 1991 with expanded electorates.

Returned members

Elected members are as follows:[2]

Election		Member	Party
	1985	Liu Lit-for	Independent
	1980s		PHKS
	1988	So Chau Yim-ping	Civic

Election results

Only the final results of the run-off are shown.

1988 Legislative Council election: West Island

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Civic	So Chau Yim-ping	18	40.00
	PHKS	Liu Lit-for	16	35.56	−12.92
	Civic	Joseph Chan Yuek-sut	11	24.44
	Civic gain from PHKS		Swing

1985 Legislative Council election: West Island

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Liu Lit-for	16	48.48
	HKAS	Anthony Ng Sung-man	9	27.27
	Independent	Keith Lam Hon-keung	8	24.24
	Independent win (new seat)

References

1. The Hong Kong Government (1984). White Paper: The Further Development of Representative Government in Hong Kong. Hong Kong: Government Printer.
2. 雷, 競璇; 沈, 國祥 (1995). "香港選舉資料匯編, 1982年-1994年". 硏究叢刊 (19). 香港: Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies.