Hong Kong Island East (1991 constituency)

Hong Kong Island East
Former Geographical constituency for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Boundary of Hong Kong Island East in Hong Kong
District	Eastern District Wan Chai District
Region	Hong Kong Island
Electorate	261,573
Former constituency
Created	1991
Abolished	1995
Number of members	Two
Replaced by	Hong Kong Island Central Hong Kong Island East Hong Kong Island South

Hong Kong Island East was a geographical constituency in the election for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong in 1991, which elects two members of the Legislative Council using the dual-seat constituency dual vote system. The constituency covers Eastern District and Wan Chai District on Hong Kong Island. ^[1]

The constituency was divided and replaced by the Hong Kong Island Central, Hong Kong Island East, and Hong Kong Island South constituencies in 1995. ^[2]

Returned members

Elected members are as follows: ^[3]

Election	Member		Party	Member		Party
1991		Martin Lee	UDHK		Man Sai-cheong	UDHK
1994			Democratic			Democratic

Election results

1991 Legislative Council election: Hong Kong Island East ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Democrats	Martin Lee Chu-ming	76,831	40.19
	United Democrats	Man Sai-cheong	43,615	22.81
	Citizen Forum	Cheng Kai-nam	29,902	15.64
	HKDF	Chan Ying-lun	19,806	10.36
	Independent	Diana Leung Wai-tung	15,230	7.97
	Independent	Jennifer Chow Kit-bing	5,805	3.04
Turnout			103,028	39.39
Registered electors			261,573
	United Democrats win (new seat)
	United Democrats win (new seat)

References

1. Scott, I (1991). "Chapter One: An Overview of the Hong Kong Legislative Council Elections of 1991". The Asian Journal of Public Administration. 13 (2): 11–37. doi:10.1080/02598272.1991.10800247.
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. 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.