Hong Kong Island (constituency)

Hong Kong Island
Geographical Constituency for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Boundary of Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong
District	Central and Western District Wan Chai District Eastern District Southern District
Region	Hong Kong Island
Electorate	623,273
Current constituency
Created	1998
Number of members	6
Member(s)	Pro-Beijing (3):      Regina Ip (NPP)      Kwok Wai-keung (FTU)      Horace Cheung (DAB) Pro-democracy (3):      Hui Chi-fung (Democratic)      Tanya Chan (Civic)      Au Nok-hin (Ind)
Created from	Hong Kong Island Central, Hong Kong Island West, Hong Kong Island South, Hong Kong Island East

The Hong Kong Island geographical constituency is one of the five geographical constituencies in the elections for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong. It currently elects 6 Members of the Legislative Council using the Hare quota of party-list proportional representation. The constituency covers all the four districts on the Hong Kong Island, namely, Central and Western, Eastern, Southern and Wan Chai.

Background

The constituency was formed since the 1998 legislative election, replacing a number of single-member constituencies in 1995. These were Island West and Island East in the 1991 election with dual-seat constituency dual vote system and Island East, Island West, Island Central, and Island South in the 1995 election. From 1985 to 1991, the seats were elected by the electoral colleges composed of the members of the district boards and Urban Council.

Return Members

Below are all the members since the creation of the Hong Kong Island constituency. The number of seats allocated to Hong Kong Island has been increased from 4 to 7 between 1998 and 2012 due to the enlargement.

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, 6, and 7 members were returned from this constituency in the 1998, 2000, 2004 and 2012 elections respectively. No change of boundary had been made throughout since 1998.

2010s

Hong Kong Island by-election 2018^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Au Nok-hin	137,181	50.70
	NPP	Judy Kapui Chan	127,634	47.17
	Nonpartisan	Edward Yum Liang-hsien	3,580	1.32
	Nonpartisan	Ng Dick-hay	2,202	0.81
Majority			9,547	3.53
Total valid votes			270,597	100.00
Rejected ballots			2,377
Turnout			272,974	43.80
Registered electors			623,273
	Independent gain from Demosistō		Swing

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Vote share

  NPP (16.13%)

  Demosisto (13.49%)

  FTU (12.20%)

  Democratic (11.29%)

  DAB (10.93%)

  Civic (9.40%)

  Civic Passion (5.99%)

  Labour (5.15%)

  Path of Democracy (2.66%)

  People Power (1.93%)

  Other (10.83%)

Legislative Election 2016: Hong Kong Island
List		Candidates	Votes	%	±
	NPP	Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee Judy Chan Ka-pui, Joey Lee Man-lung, Marcus Tse Tsz-kei, Larry Hung Lung-chuen, Gigi Wong Ching-chi	60,760	16.13	+6.97
	Demosistō	Nathan Law Kwun-chung	50,818	13.49	N/A
	FTU	Kwok Wai-keung Ng Chau-pei, Stanely Ho Ngai-kam, Lui Hung-pan, Chan Wing-yan	45,925	12.20	+3.94
	Democratic	Hui Chi-fung Sin Chung-kai	42,499	11.29	–0.97
	DAB	Cheung Kwok-kwan Christopher Chung Shu-kun, Jacqueline Chung Ka-man, Ada Mak Tse How-ling, Eddie Ting Kong-ho, Dominic Wong Chi-chung	41,152	10.93	–11.66
	Civic	Tanya Chan Cheng Tat-hung	35,404	9.40	–11.91
	Nonpartisan	Ricky Wong Wai-kay	33,323	8.85	N/A
	Civic Passion	Alvin Cheng Kam-moon, Bonix Chung Yuen-wun	22,555	5.99	N/A
	Labour	Cyd Ho Sau-lan, Mak Tak-ching, Cheng Sze-lut	19,376	5.15	–4.38
	Path of Democracy	Gary Wong Chi-him	10,028	2.66	N/A
	People Power	Christopher Lau Gar-hung, Erica Yuen Mi-ming	7,276	1.93	–3.71
	Nonpartisan	Chim Pui-chung	2,587	0.69	N/A
	Independent democrat	Paulus Johannes Zimmerman	2,550	0.68	N/A
	Nonpartisan	Shum Chee-chiu	1,654	0.44	N/A
	Nonpartisan	Chui Chi-kin	670	0.18	N/A
Total valid votes			376,577	100.00
Rejected ballots			4,753
Turnout			381,330	60.74	+5.61
Registered electors			627,804

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Vote share

  Civic (21.31%)

  DAB (21.29%)

  Democratic (12.26%)

  Labour (9.53%)

  NPP (9.16%)

  FTU (8.26%)

  People Power (5.64%)

  Liberal (5.35%)

  LSD (0.96%)

  Other (6.24%)

Legislative Election 2012: Hong Kong Island
List		Candidates	Votes	%	±
	Civic	Chan Ka-lok Tanya Chan	70,475	21.31 (14.29+7.02)	−5.09
	Democratic	Sin Chung-kai Yeung Sum, Chai Man-hon, Cheng Lai-king, Leung Suk-ching, Hui Chi-fung	40,558	12.26	−0.44
	DAB	Jasper Tsang Yok-sing	36,517	11.04	−8.26
	DAB	Christopher Chung Shu-kun Eddie Ting Kong-ho, Jennifer Chow Kit-bing, Kung Pak-cheung, Ngan Chun-lim, Kenny Lee Kwun-yee, Cheng Chi-sing	33,901	10.25	N/A
	Labour	Cyd Ho Sau-lan Cheng Sze-lut, Chung Chung-fai	31,523	9.53	−0.37
	NPP	Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee Wong Chor-fung, Tse Tsz-kei	30,289	9.16	−10.34
	FTU	Wong Kwok-hing Pan Pey-chyou, Chu Ting-lok, Stanley Ho Ngai-kam, Chan Chi-hang	27,336	8.26	N/A
	People Power	Christopher Lau Gar-hung, Shiu Yeuk-yuen, Jeff Au Yeung Ying-kit	18,667	5.64	N/A
	Liberal	Miriam Lau Kin-yee, Shiu Ka-fai, Lee Chun-keung	17,686	5.35	+4.65
	Independent	Lo Wing-lok	16,900	5.11	−1.39
	LSD	Avery Ng Man-yuen	3,169	0.96	−2.34
	Nonpartisan	Hui Ching-on	2,980	0.90	N/A
	Independent	Ng Wing-chun	422	0.13	N/A
	Nonpartisan	Ho Kar-tai	343	0.10	N/A
Total valid votes			330,766	100.00
Rejected ballots			3,666
Turnout			334,432	55.13	+9.12
Registered electors			606,678

Hong Kong Island by-election 2010^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Civic	Tanya Chan	103,564	92.7
	Nonpartisan	Tai Cheuk-yin	3,144	2.8
	Tertiary 2012	Leung Wing-ho	2,715	2.4
	Nonpartisan	Lee Chun-hung	1,542	1.4
	Nonpartisan	Wong Hing	799	0.7
Majority			100,420	89.9
Total valid votes			111,764	100.0
Rejected ballots			3,409
Turnout			115,173	18.5
Registered electors			622,756
	Civic hold		Swing

2000s

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  Civic (26.4%)

  DAB (19.3%)

  Democratic (12.7%)

  Civic Act-up (9.9%)

  LSD (3.3%)

  Liberal (0.7%)

  Other (27.7%)

Legislative Election 2008: Hong Kong Island[3]
List		Candidates	Votes	%	±
	Civic	Tanya Chan, Audrey Eu Yuet-mee Amy Yung Wing-sheung	82,600	26.4 (16.67+9.68)	N/A
	Independent	Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee Louis Shih Tai-cho, Wong Kin-hing, Ronald Chan Ngok-pang	61,073	19.5 (16.67+2.82)	N/A
	DAB	Jasper Tsang Yok-sing Choy So-yuk, Christopher Chung Shu-kun, Cheung Kwok-kwan, Chan Hok-fung, Kwok Wai-keung	60,417	19.3 (16.67+2.61)	−1.8
	Democratic	Kam Nai-wai Yeung Sum, Tsui Yuen-wa	39,808	12.7	−24.5
	Civic Act-up	Cyd Ho Sau-lan	30,887	9.9	N/A
	Independent	Lo Wing-lok	20,523	6.5	N/A
	LSD	Tsang Kin-shing	10,202	3.3	+1.8
	Independent Democrat	Joseph Lai Chi-keong	3,955	1.3	N/A
	Liberal	Lam Chui-lin, Wong Kam-chuen, Ngan Choi-chik	2,166	0.7	N/A
	Nonpartisan	Myra Sophia Siu Man-wa	1,798	0.6	N/A
Total valid votes			313,429	100.00
Rejected ballots			1,441
Turnout			314,870	50.17	−7.45
Registered electors			627,657

Hong Kong Island by-election 2007^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Nonpartisan	Anson Chan Fang	175,874	54.84
	Nonpartisan	Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee	137,550	42.89
	Nonpartisan	Tandon Lai Chiang	3,518	1.10
	Nonpartisan	Ho Loy	1,593	0.50
	Nonpartisan	Ling Wai-wan	822	0.19
	Nonpartisan	Siu See-kong	613	0.19
	Nonpartisan	Lee Wing-kin	401	0.12
	Nonpartisan	Lau Yuk-shing	344	0.11
Majority			38,324	11.95
Total valid votes			320,715	100.00
Rejected ballots			1,223
Turnout			321,938	52.06
Registered electors			618,398
	Nonpartisan gain from DAB		Swing

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Vote share

  Democratic (37.2%)

  DAB (21.1%)

  Other (41.7%)

Legislative Election 2004: Hong Kong Island[5]
List		Candidates	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Yeung Sum, Martin Lee Chu-ming Joseph Lai Chi-keong	131,788	37.2 (16.67+16.67+3.88)	+1.9
	DAB	Ma Lik, Choy So-yuk Christopher Chung Shu-kun, Yeung Wai-foon, Lee Yuen-kwong, Cheung Kwok-kwan	74,659	21.1 (16.67+4.42)	−6.7
	Independent (Frontier)	Audrey Eu Yuet-mee Cyd Ho Sau-lan	73,844	20.9 (16.67+4.15)	N/A
	Nonpartisan	Rita Fan Hsu Lai-tai	65,661	18.5	N/A
	Grass-root pro-democrats	Tsang Kin-shing, Chung Chung-fai, Tang Chui-chung	5,313	1.5	−2.3
	Nonpartisan	Kelvin Wong Kam-fai	2,830	0.8	N/A
Total valid votes			354,095	100.00
Rejected ballots			2,270
Turnout			356,365	57.62	+15.59
Registered electors			618,451

Hong Kong Island by-election 2000^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Audrey Eu Yuet-mee	108,401	52.11
	DAB	Christopher Chung Shu-kun	78,282	37.23
	Independent	Jennifer Chow Kit-bing	13,717	6.59
	Independent	Paul Tse Wai-chun	5,076	0.50
	Independent	Simon Lo Ching-cheung	1,317	0.25
	Independent	Shi Kai-biu	1,231	0.19
Majority			30,119	17.61
Total valid votes			208,024	100.00
Rejected ballots			648
Turnout			208,672	33.27
Registered electors			627,208
	Independent gain from DAB		Swing

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  Democratic (35.3%)

  DAB (27.8%)

  Frontier (10.0%)

  New Forum (5.5%)

  Other (21.4%)

Legislative Election 2000: Hong Kong Island[7]
List		Candidates	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Martin Lee Chu-ming, Yeung Sum Kam Nai-wai, Joseph Lai Chi-keong, Cheng Lai-king	92,074	35.3 (20+15.31)	−11.46
	DAB	Cheng Kai-nam, Choy So-yuk Suen Kai-cheong, Christopher Chung Shu-kun, Yeung Wai-foon	72,617	27.8 (20+7.85)	−1.52
	Frontier	Cyd Ho Sau-lan	25,988	10.0	N/A
	Nonpartisan	Fung Leung-lo	15,419	5.9	N/A
	Nonpartisan	Jennifer Chow Kit-bing	14,534	5.6	+2.04
	New Forum	David Lan Hong-tsung, Fung Ho-keung, Chan Choi-hi, Regina Yeung Sum-yu	14,329	5.5	N/A
	Independent Democrats	Tsang Kin-shing, Manuel Chan Tim-shing, Steve Chan Kwok-leung	9,896	3.8	N/A
	Nonpartisan	Angel Leung On-kay	6,967	2.7	N/A
	Nonpartisan	Paul Tse Wai-chun	6,398	2.5	N/A
	Nonpartisan	Allen Yung Chan-lung	1,434	0.5	N/A
	Nonpartisan	Andrew Shuen Pak-man	1,132	0.4	N/A
Total valid votes			260,788	100.00
Rejected ballots			2,776
Turnout			263,564	42.03	−9.93
Registered electors			618,451

1995 Constituencies

1991 Constituencies

Dual-seat constituency dual vote system was used with two seats to be filled in each constituency.

1985–88

References

External links

• Legislative Council of Hong Kong

Coordinates: 22°24′N 114°10′E / 22.400°N 114.167°E / 22.400; 114.167