Hong Kong Island (1998-2004 constituency)
Hong Kong Island is a constituency in the elections for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong.
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Overview
The constituency covers all the four districts on the Hong Kong Island, namely, Central and Western, Eastern, Southern and Wan Chai.
Demographics
Current members
Members of the council currently representing this constituency are:
| Name | Affiliation | Alignment | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Choy So Yuk | Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong | pro-Beijing | |
| Audrey Eu SC | ran as an independent, member of the Basic Law Article 45 Concern Group | pro-democracy | |
| Rita Fan | independent | pro-Beijing | |
| Martin Lee SC | Democratic Party | pro-democracy | |
| Ma Lik | Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong | pro-Beijing | |
| Dr Yeung Sum | Democratic Party | pro-democracy |
History
The constituency was set up in 1998 election when the largest remainder method (with Hare quota) of the proportional representative electoral system was introduced, replacing four single-member constituencies of the 1995 election. 4, 5 and 6 members were returned from this constituency in the 1998, 2000 and 2004 elections respectively. No change of boundary had been made throughout since 1998.
2004 election
In 2004, the population in this constituency was ?. Out of those who were eligible to register as voters (permanent residents who are over 18 of age), ? registered. ? or ?% of registered voters voted in the election, with 379,913 valid votes.
There were 16 candidates on 6 lists.
| No. | Name of candidates | Affiliation | Alignment | Votes | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ma Lik Choi So Yuk (蔡素玉) Christopher Chung (鍾樹根) Yeung Wai Foon (楊位款) Lee Yuen Kwong (李元剛) Cheung Kwok Kwan (張國鈞) | Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong | pro-Beijing | 74,659 | 2 | |
| 2 | Rita Fan | Independent | pro-Beijing | 65,661 | 1 | |
| 3 | Tsang Kin Shing (Bull, 曾健成, 阿牛) Chung Chung Fai (鍾松輝, 鍾輝) Tang Chui Chung (鄧徐中) | Independents (Chung was vice president of HKCTU, but ran as an independent) | pro-democracy | 5,313 | 0 | |
| 4 | Yeung Sum Martin Lee Joseph Lai (黎志強) | Democratic Party | pro-democracy | 131,788 | 2 | |
| 5 | Kelvin Wong (黃錦輝) | Independent | ? | 2,830 | 0 | |
| 6 | Audrey Eu Cyd Ho | Independents (Eu was member of the Basic Law Article 45 Concern Group, Ho was member of Civic Act-up and The Frontier) | pro-democracy | 73,844 | 1 |
| List | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Total |
| Votes | 74,659 | 65,661 | 5,313 | 131,788 | 2,830 | 73,844 | 379,913 |
| Seats | 6 | ||||||
| Hare quota | 63,318 | ||||||
| Quotas received | 1.18 | 1.04 | 0.08 | 2.08 | 0.04 | 1.17 | |
| Automatic seats | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Remainder | 0.18 | 0.04 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.04 | 0.17 | |
| Surplus seats | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total seats | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
2000 byelection
2000 election
1998 election
See also
- list of constituencies of Hong Kong
- predecessors to the constituency:
- 1995
- Island Central
- Island East
- Island South
- Island West
- 1991
- Island East
- Island West
- 1995
Reference
Categories
Constituencies of Hong Kong