Kowloon Central (1991 constituency)

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Kowloon Central
Former Geographical constituency
for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
1991 Kowloon Central Constituency.svg
Boundary of Kowloon Centralin Hong Kong
District Kowloon City District
Wong Tai Sin District
Region Kowloon
Electorate287,373
Former constituency
Created 1991
Abolished 1995
Number of membersTwo
Replaced by Kowloon Central (1995)
Kowloon North-east
Kowloon South

Kowloon Central was a geographical constituencies 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 Kowloon City District and Wong Tai Sin District in Kowloon. [1]

Contents

A by-election was held on 5 March 1995 after Lau Chin-shek resigned from his office to protest against government's withdrawal of Employment Bill. [2]

The constituency was divided and replaced by the Kowloon Central, Kowloon North-east, and Kowloon South constituencies in 1995. [3]

Returned members

Elected members are as follows: [4]

ElectionMemberPartyMemberParty
1991 Lau Chin-shek UDHK Conrad Lam UDHK
1994 Democratic Democratic
1995 (b) Lee Cheuk-yan CTU

Election results

1995 Kowloon Central by-election [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CTU Lee Cheuk-yan Unopposed
CTU gain from Democratic Swing
1991 Legislative Council election: Kowloon Central [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Democrats Lau Chin-shek 68,489 34.19
United Democrats Conrad Lam Kui-shing 56,084 28.00
FTU Chan Yuen-han 44,89422.41
Civic Peter Chan Chi-kwan 14,1457.06
Reform Cecilia Yeung Lai-yin 8,2574.12
Independent John Dragon Young 6,2733.13
Independent Justin Cheung Chung-ming2,1581.08
Turnout 110,04338.29
Registered electors 287,373
United Democrats win (new seat)
United Democrats win (new seat)

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References

  1. 1 2 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. 1 2 "滴水穿石31年──職工盟 見證工運興衰 誰再為打工仔發聲？". Citizen News (in Chinese). Retrieved 2022-01-25.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ 雷, 競璇; 沈, 國祥 (1995). "香港選舉資料匯編, 1982年-1994年". 硏究叢刊. 香港: Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies (19).
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