Kowloon West | |
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Former Geographical Constituency for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong | |
District | Yau Tsim District Mong Kok District Sham Shui Po District |
Region | Kowloon |
Electorate | 213,345 |
Former constituency | |
Created | 1991 |
Abolished | 1995 |
Number of members | Two |
Member(s) | Frederick Fung (ADPL) James To (Democratic) |
Replaced by | Kowloon West (1995) Kowloon South-west |
Kowloon West 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 Yau Tsim District, Mong Kok District, and Sham Shui Po District in Kowloon.
The constituency was divided and replaced by the Kowloon West and Kowloon South-west constituencies in 1995.
Election | Member | Party | Member | Party | ||
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1991 | Frederick Fung | ADPL | James To | UD | ||
1994 | Democratic |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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ADPL | Frederick Fung Kin-kee | 36,508 | 28.93 | ||
United Democrats | James To Kun-sun | 26,352 | 20.88 | ||
Civic | Desmond Lee Yu-tai | 21,471 | 17.01 | ||
Independent | Kingsley Sit Ho-yin | 18,634 | 14.76 | ||
ADPL | Law Cheung-kwok | 17,145 | 13.58 | ||
LDF | Ng Kin-sun | 6,098 | 4.83 | ||
Turnout | 69,483 | 32.57 | |||
Registered electors | 213,345 | ||||
ADPL win (new seat) | |||||
United Democrats win (new seat) |
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