New Territories North (2021 constituency)

Last updated

New Territories North
Geographical constituency
for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
New Territories North (2021)Constituency.svg
Boundary of New Territories North in Hong Kong
District North District
Northern part of Yuen Long District
Region New Territories
Population694,200 [1]
Electorate431,604 [2]
Current constituency
Created 2021
Number of membersTwo
Members Lau Kwok-fan (DAB)
Gary Zhang (NPHK)
Created from New Territories East (1998)
New Territories West (1998)

The New Territories North geographical constituency is one of the ten geographical constituencies in the elections for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong which elects two members of the Legislative Council using the single non-transferable vote (SNTV) system. The constituency covers North District and northern part of Yuen Long District in New Territories. [3]

Contents

History

The constituency was created under the overhaul of the electoral system imposed by the Beijing government in 2021, replacing the North District of the New Territories East and northern part of Yuen Long District (Ha Tsuen, Ping Shan Central, Shing Yan, Tin Yiu, Tin Shing, Tsz Yau, Yiu Yau, Kingswood South, Shui Oi, Shui Wah, Chung Wah, Chung Pak, Kingswood North, Yuet Yan, Ching King, Fu Yan, Yat Chak, Tin Heng, Wang Yat, Ping Shan North, Fairview Park, San Tin) of the New Territories West constituency used from 1998 to 2021. A constituency with the same name were also created for the 1991 and 1995 elections in the late colonial period, while the 1991 constituency also elected two seats with each voter having two votes and the 1995 constituency a similar boundary.

Returning members

ElectionMemberPartyMemberParty
2021 Lau Kwok-fan DAB Gary Zhang New Prospect

Election results

2020s

2025 Legislative Council election: New Territories North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DAB Yiu Ming
FTU Kent Tsang King-chung
NPP Michael Liu Tsz-chung
Nonpartisan Tam Chun-kwok
Independent Wilson Shum Ho-kit
Total valid votes
Rejected ballots
Turnout
Registered electors 409,281
Swing
Swing
Vote share
  1. DAB (58.4%)
  2. New Prospect (24.0%)
  3. Nonpartisan (17.6%)

References

  1. ↑ "Delineation of Geographical Constituencies of the Seventh Term of the Legislative Council" (PDF). Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau.
  2. ↑ "Distribution of registered electors by geographical constituencies in 2021". Hong Kong Government.
  3. ↑ "Method for the Formation of the Legislative Council". Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.