Kowloon West | |
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Former Geographical Constituency for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong | |
District | Sham Shui Po District |
Region | Kowloon |
Electorate | 145,568 |
Former constituency | |
Created | 1995 |
Abolished | 1997 |
Created from | Kowloon West |
Replaced by | Kowloon West |
Kowloon West 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 Sham Shui Po District in Kowloon. [1]
The constituency was merged into the Kowloon West constituency in 1998 after the handover of Hong Kong a year before. [2]
Elected members are as follows: [3]
Election | Member | Party | |
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1995 | Frederick Fung | ADPL |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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ADPL | Frederick Fung Kin-kee | 28,996 | 67.37 | ||
Independent | Fu Shu-wan | 12,264 | 28.50 | ||
Independent | Wong Yin-ping | 1,778 | 4.13 | ||
Majority | 16,732 | 38.87 | |||
Total valid votes | 43,038 | 100.00 | |||
Rejected ballots | 1,043 | ||||
Turnout | 44,081 | 30.28 | |||
Registered electors | 145,568 | ||||
ADPL win (new seat) |
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