Kowloon South-east (1995 constituency)

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Kowloon South-east
Former Geographical Constituency
for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
1995 Kowloon Southeast Constituency.svg
Boundary of Kowloon South-east in Hong Kong
District Kwun Tong District
Region Kowloon
Electorate134,826
Former constituency
Created 1995
Abolished 1997
Created from Kowloon East
Replaced by Kowloon East

Kowloon South-east was a geographical constituencies in the election for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong in 1995, which elects one member of the Legislative Council using the first-past-the-post voting system. The constituency covers Kwun Tong District in Kowloon. [1]

Contents

The constituency was replaced by the Kowloon East constituency in 1998 after the handover of Hong Kong a year before. [2]

Returned members

Elected members are as follows: [3]

ElectionMemberParty
1995 Fred Li Democratic

Election results

1995 Legislative Council election: Kowloon South-east [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Li Wah-ming 30,133 50.95
DAB (FTU) Tam Yiu-chung 29,00949.05
Majority1,1241.90
Total valid votes58,142100.00
Rejected ballots584
Turnout 58,72643.56
Registered electors 134,826
Democratic win (new seat)

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References

  1. Report on the 1995 Legislative Council General Election. 1995.
  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. 1 2 選區分界及選舉事務委員會 (1995). 一九九五年立法局普通選舉報告書. 香港: 香港政府印務局.