Kowloon West (1998 constituency)

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Kowloon West
Former Geographical constituency
for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
KowloonWestConstituency.svg
Boundary of Kowloon West in Hong Kong
District Yau Tsim Mong District
Sham Shui Po District
Kowloon City District
Region Kowloon
Population1,205,300 (2020) [1]
Electorate602,733 (2020) [2]
Former constituency
Created 1998
Abolished 2021
Number of membersThree (1998–2000)
Four (2000–2008)
Five (2008–2016)
Six (2016–2021)
Created from Kowloon South-west,
Kowloon West (1995),
Kowloon South,
Kowloon Central (1995)
Replaced by Kowloon Central (2021),
Kowloon West (2021)

The Kowloon West geographical constituency was one of the five geographical constituencies of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong from 1998 to 2021. It was established in 1998 for the first SAR Legislative Council election and was abolished under the 2021 overhaul of the Hong Kong electoral system. In the 2016 Legislative Council election, it elected six members of the Legislative Council using the Hare quota of party-list proportional representation. It had 602,733 registered electorates in 2020. The constituency corresponded to the districts of Yau Tsim Mong, Sham Shui Po, and Kowloon City.

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History

The single-constituency single-vote system was replaced by the party-list proportional representation system for the first SAR Legislative Council election designed by Beijing to reward the weaker pro-Beijing candidates and dilute the electoral strength of the majority pro-democrats. [3] Three seats were allocated to Kowloon consisting the districts of Yau Tsim Mong, Sham Shui Po and Kowloon City in 1998. The Democratic Party won more than 55 per cent of the vote with Lau Chin-shek and James To elected. The remaining seat was won by pro-Beijing Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong (DAB) chairman Jasper Tsang. Frederick Fung of the Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood (ADPL) however was defeated over his decision to join the Beijing-controlled Provisional Legislative Council in 1996.

In the 2000 Legislative Council election, an extra seat was added to the constituency which was taken by Frederick Fung. In the 2004 election, Lau Chin-shek who quit the Democratic Party ran as a nonpartisan, while Jasper Tsang's DAB ticket rose to the top with more than 27 per cent. The seats of the Kowloon West was increased to five seats due to the reapportionment, which attracted Civic Party and the Liberal Party among others contesting for the new seat. As Lau Chin-shek ran a low-profile campaign, Wong Yuk-man of the League of Social Democrats (LSD) and pro-Beijing independent Priscilla Leung emerged victorious, while Starry Lee succeeding Jasper Tsang instead who ran in Hong Kong Island.

In 2010, the LSD launched the "Five Constituencies Referendum" with the Civic Party to pressure the government on the 2012 constitutional reform package. Wong Yuk-man resigned in Kowloon West to trigger a by-election in which he was re-elected with a low turnout due to the government and pro-Beijing boycott. [4] In the 2012 Legislative Council election, James To and Frederick Fung switched to the newly created District Council (Second) "super seat", while Helena Wong successfully succeeding To, Tam Kwok-kiu failed to gain a seat for the ADPL and was replaced by Claudia Mo of the Civic Party.

The rise of the localist camp in the 2016 Legislative Council election was reflected in Kowloon West, where university lecturer Lau Siu-lai and activist Yau Wai-ching each gained a seat when the constituency was added an extra seat due to the reapportionment. In return, Wong Yuk-man who now represented the Proletariat Political Institute (PPI) was ousted unexpectedly by Yau Wai-ching with a narrow margin of 424 votes, 0.15 per cent of the vote share. The pro-Beijing camp took a conservative strategy by fielding only two tickets led by Ann Chiang of the DAB and Priscilla Leung of the Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong (BPA), making it the constituency electing all women.

Yau was soon disqualified from the office due to her oath-taking controversy, followed by Lau Siu-lai who was also disqualified for her oath-taking manner. Two by-elections were held in March and November 2018 where pro-Beijing candidates Vincent Cheng of the DAB and independent Chan Hoi-yan surprisingly both beat the pro-democracy candidates, first times pro-Beijing camp won a majority in a direct election in more than 20 years. [5] [6] Chan, however, was unseated in 2020, as the court viewed Lau Siu-lai's disqualification from running in the November 2018 by-election was unlawful. [7]

Returned members

Below are all the members since the creation of the Kowloon West constituency. The number of seats allocated to Kowloon West was increased from three to six between 1998 and 2016 due to its enlargement. Councillors representing this area include:

LegCo members for Kowloon West, 1998–2021
TermElectionMemberMemberMemberMemberMemberMember
1st 1998 Lau Chin-shek
(DP/CTUCTU)
James To
(DP)
Tsang Yok-sing
(DAB)
2nd 2000 Frederick Fung
(ADPL)
3rd 2004
4th 2008 Wong Yuk-man
(LSD)
Starry Lee
(DAB)
Priscilla Leung
(IndBPA/KWND)
Vacant
2010 (b) Wong Yuk-man
(LSDPPInd)
5th 2012 Helena Wong
(DP)
Ann Chiang
(DAB)
Claudia Mo
(CPHKF)
6th 2016 Yau Wai-ching
(Youngspiration)
Lau Siu-lai
(DG)
Mar 2018 (b) Vincent Cheng
(DAB)
Vacant
Nov 2018 (b) Chan Hoi-yan
(Ind)
Vacant
VacantVacant

Summary of seats won

TermElectionDistribution
1st 1998
21
2nd 2000
31
3rd 2004
31
4th 2008
32
5th 2012
32
6th 2016
42
199820002004200820122016
Democratic 211111
DAB 111111
CTU 1
ADPL 111
LSD 1
People Power 1
Civic 11
KWND/BPA 11
Democracy Groundwork 1
Youngspiration 1
Independent 11
Pro-democracy233334
Pro-Beijing111222
Seats344556

Vote share summary

199820002004200820122016
Democratic 55.120.726.614.415.59.3
DAB 21.723.527.118.920.418.8
ADPL 19.335.226.417.213.25.5
Liberal 2.96.3
CTU 20.7
LSD 18.22.4
Civic 8.416.311.6
People Power 16.7
KWND/BPA 14.917.8
Democracy Groundwork 13.7
Youngspiration 7.4
PPI 7.3
Third Side 4.8
Independent and Others1.119.916.73.01.1
Pro-democracy74.376.572.164.463.158.2
Pro-Beijing24.623.527.135.336.937.0

Election results

The largest remainder method (with Hare quota) of the proportional representative electoral system was introduced in 1998, replacing the single-member constituencies of the 1995 election. Elected candidates are shown in bold. Brackets indicate the quota + remainder.

2010s

November 2018 Kowloon West by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nonpartisan Chan Hoi-yan 106,457 49.52
Labour Lee Cheuk-yan 93,04743.28
Nonpartisan Frederick Fung Kin-kee 12,5095.82
Nonpartisan Ng Dick-hay1,6500.77
Nonpartisan Judy Tzeng Li-wen1,3070.61
Majority13,4106.24
Total valid votes214,970100.00
Rejected ballots1,552
Turnout 216,52244.45
Registered electors 487,160
Nonpartisan gain from Nonpartisan Swing
March 2018 Kowloon West by-election [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DAB Vincent Cheng Wing-shun 107,479 49.91
Nonpartisan Yiu Chung-yim 105,06048.79
Nonpartisan Jonathan Tsoi Tung-chau2,7941.30
Majority2,4191.12
Total valid votes215,333100.00
Rejected ballots1,562
Turnout 216,89544.31
Registered electors 489,451
DAB gain from Youngspiration Swing
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Vote share

   DAB (18.84%)
   BPA (17.84%)
   DG (13.69%)
   Civic (11.59%)
   Democratic (9.34%)
   Youngspiration (7.40%)
   PPI (7.25%)
   ADPL (5.52%)
   Third Side (4.83%)
   LSD (2.44%)
   Politihk SS (0.34%)
  PVP (0.24%)
   HKLP (0.14%)
  Other (0.53999999999999%)
2016 Legislative Council election: Kowloon West
ListCandidatesVotesOf total (%)± from prev.
Quota 46,47916.67
DAB Ann Chiang Lai-wan
Chris Ip Ngo-tung, Samuel Chan Wai-ming, Terence Siu Tin-hung, Allen Cheung Tak-wai
52,54118.84
(16.67+2.17)
–1.57
BPA (KWND) Leung Mei-fun
Leung Man-kwong, Cho Wui-hung, Kacee Ting Wong, Leung Yuen-ting, Chan Kwok-wai
49,74517.84
(16.67+1.17)
+2.95
Democracy Groundwork Lau Siu-lai 38,18313.69N/A
Civic Claudia Mo Man-ching
Joshua Li Chun-hei
32,32311.59–4.75
Democratic Wong Pik-wan
Ramon Yuen Hoi-man, Joshua Fung Man-tao, Chau Man-fong
26,0379.34–6.18
Youngspiration Yau Wai-ching 20,6437.40N/A
PPI Wong Yuk-man, Ma Yu-sang20,2197.25–9.37
ADPL Tam Kwok-kiu, Yeung Yuk, Wong Wing-kit15,3835.52–7.68
Third Side Tik Chi-yuen, Wong Chun-long, Pang Yi-ting, Chen Lihong13,4614.83N/A
LSD Avery Ng Man-yuen 6,8112.44N/A
Politihk SS Kwan San-wai, Ko Chi-keung9380.34N/A
Nonpartisan Augustine Lee Wing-hon, Foo Wai-lok8740.31N/A
Pioneer of Victoria Park Chu Siu-hung6800.24N/A
Independent Lam Yi-lai, Au Wing-ho6340.23–0.14
HKLP Jonathan Ho Chi-kwong3990.14N/A
Total valid votes278,871100.00
Rejected ballots4,883
Turnout 283,75458.13+4.24
Registered electors 488,129
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Vote share

   DAB (20.41%)
   People Power (16.62%)
   Civic (16.34%)
   Democratic (15.52%)
   KWND (14.89%)
   ADPL (13.20%)
  Other (3.02%)
2012 Legislative Council election: Kowloon West
ListCandidatesVotesOf total (%)± from prev.
Quota 46,41620.00
DAB Chiang Lai-wan
Chris Ip Ngo-tung, Vincent Cheng Wing-shun, Chan Wai-ming, Lam Sum-lim
47,36320.41
(20.00+0.41)
+1.51
People Power Wong Yuk-man
Yim Tat-ming, Chau Tsun-kiu, Lau Tit-wai
38,57816.62−1.58
Civic Claudia Mo Man-ching
Joe Wong Tak-chuen
37,92516.34+7.94
Democratic Wong Pik-wan
Cheung Man-kwong, Li Yiu-kee, Yuen Hoi-man, Chong Miu-sheung
36,02915.52+1.12
KWND Leung Mei-fun
Yang Wing-kit, Wai Hoi-ying, Leung Man-kwong
34,54814.89+5.29
ADPL Tam Kwok-kiu, Liu Sing-lee, Rosanda Mok Ka-han, Wong Chi-yung, Austen Ng Po-shan30,63413.20−4.00
Independent Wong Yee-him3,7461.61N/A
Ind. democrat Wong Yat-yuk2,3991.03N/A
Awakening AssociationLam Yi-lai, Simon Ho Ka-kuen, Au Wing-ho, Lee Ka-wai8590.37+0.07
Total valid votes232,081100.00
Rejected ballots3,952
Turnout 236,03353.89+9.12
Registered electors 437,968
2010 Kowloon West by-election [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LSD Wong Yuk-man 60,395 67.77
Nonpartisan Pamela Peck Wan-kam 16,64018.67
Tertiary 2012 Wong Weng-chi3,4293.85
Nonpartisan Chiang Sai-cheong3,1093.49
Nonpartisan Shea Kai-chuen2,5172.82
Nonpartisan Kenneth Cheung Kam-chung1,8692.10
Nonpartisan Lam Yi-lai1,0691.20
Nonpartisan Kwok Shiu-ming910.10
Majority43,75549.10
Total valid votes89,119100.00
Rejected ballots2,682
Turnout 91,80121.13
Registered electors 434,519
LSD hold Swing

2000s

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Vote share

   DAB (18.9%)
   LSD (18.2%)
   ADPL (17.2%)
   Democratic (14.4%)
   Civic (8.4%)
   Liberal (6.3%)
  Other (16.6%)
2008 Legislative Council election: Kowloon West [10]
ListCandidatesVotesOf total (%)± from prev.
Quota 41,31720.00
DAB Starry Lee Wai-king
Chung Kong-mo, Chan Wai-ming, Vincent Cheng Wing-shun
39,01318.88−8.25
LSD Wong Yuk-man
Lee Wai-yee
37,55318.18N/A
ADPL Frederick Fung Kin-kee
Rosanda Mok Ka-han, Tsung Po-shan, Wong Chi Yung, Yeung Chun-yu
35,44017.16−2.89
Democratic James To Kun-sun
Lam Ho-yeung
29,69014.37−12.22
Nonpartisan Priscilla Leung Mei-fun
Edward Leung Wai-keun, Aaron Lam Ka-fai
19,9149.64N/A
Civic Claudia Mo Man-ching, Ng Yuet-lan, Tang Chi-ying17,2598.35N/A
Liberal Michael Tien Puk-sun, Ho Hin-ming13,0116.30N/A
Nonpartisan Lau Chin-shek 10,5535.11N/A
Independent Tam Hoi-pong 1,6030.78N/A
Nonpartisan Francis Chong Wing-charn1,0760.52N/A
SDA James Lung Wai-man, Bantawa Sukra5910.29N/A
Nonpartisan Lam Yi-lai5900.29N/A
Nonpartisan Lau Yuk-shing, Nandeed Cheung Kit-fung, David Tsui2900.14N/A
Total valid votes206,583100.00
Rejected ballots1,182
Turnout 207,76547.18−7.56
Registered electors 440,335
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Vote share

   DAB (27.1%)
   Democratic (26.6%)
   ADPL (26.4%)
  Other (19.9%)
2004 Legislative Council election: Kowloon West [11]
ListCandidatesVotesOf total (%)± from prev.
Quota 56,92425.00
DAB Jasper Tsang Yok-sing
Chung Kong-mo, Starry Lee Wai-king
61,77027.13
(25.00+2.13)
+3.59
Democratic James To Kun-sun
Chan Ka-wai, Lam Ho-yeung, Ma Kee
60,53926.59
(25.00+1.59)
−14.68
ADPL Frederick Fung Kin-kee 45,64920.05−15.14
Nonpartisan Lau Chin-shek 43,46019.09N/A
ADPL Liu Sing-lee 13,4525.91N/A
Nonpartisan Lau Yuk-shing, Leung Suet-fong, Lau Po-kwan1,8240.80N/A
Turnout 227,69454.74+12.60
Total valid votes227,694100.00
Rejected ballots2,368
Turnout 230,06254.74+12.60
Registered electors 420,259
211

Vote share

   Democratic (41.3%)
   ADPL (35.2%)
   DAB (23.5%)
2000 Legislative Council election: Kowloon West [12]
ListCandidatesVotesOf total (%)± from prev.
Quota 44,55025.00
Democratic (CTU) Lau Chin-shek, James To Kun-sun 73,54041.27
(25.00+16.27)
−13.75
ADPL Frederick Fung Kin-kee
Liu Sing-lee
62,71735.19
(25.00+10.19)
+15.95
DAB Jasper Tsang Yok-sing
Chung Kong-mo, Pun Kwok-wah, Wong Wai-chuen
41,94223.54+1.77
Total valid votes178,199100.00
Rejected ballots1,447
Turnout 179,64642.14–9.09
Registered electors 426,288

1990s

21

Vote share

   Democratic (55.1%)
   DAB (21.7%)
   ADPL (19.3%)
   Liberal (2.9%)
  Other (1%)
1998 Legislative Council election: Kowloon West [13]
ListCandidatesVotesOf total (%)± from prev.
Quota 68,46733.33
Democratic Lau Chin-shek, James To Kun-sun
Eric Wong Chong-ki
113,07955.05
(33.33+21.72)
DAB Jasper Tsang Yok-sing
Ip Kwok-chung, Wen Choy-bon
44,63221.73
ADPL Frederick Fung Kin-kee, Liu Sing-lee, Tam Kwok-kiu 39,53419.25
Liberal Ringo Chiang Sai-cheong, Chan Noi-yue, Edward Li King-wah5,8542.85
Atlas AllianceHelen Chung Yee-fong2,3021.12
Total valid votes205,401100.00
Rejected ballots1,281
Turnout 206,68250.23
Registered electors 411,468

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