Kowloon Central (1991 constituency)

Kowloon Central
Former Geographical constituency
for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Outline map
Boundary of Kowloon Central in Hong Kong
DistrictKowloon City District
Wong Tai Sin District
RegionKowloon
Electorate287,373
Former constituency
Created1991
Abolished1995
Number of membersTwo
Replaced byKowloon Central (1995)
Kowloon North-east
Kowloon South

Kowloon Central 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 Kowloon City District and Wong Tai Sin District in Kowloon.[1]

A by-election was held on 5 March 1995 after Lau Chin-shek resigned from his office to protest against government's withdrawal of Employment Bill.[2]

The constituency was divided and replaced by the Kowloon Central, Kowloon North-east, and Kowloon South constituencies in 1995.[3]

Returned members

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Elected members are as follows:[4]

Election Member Party Member Party
1991 Lau Chin-shek UDHK Conrad Lam UDHK
1994 Democratic Democratic
1995 (b) Lee Cheuk-yan CTU

Election results

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1995 Kowloon Central by-election[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CTU Lee Cheuk-yan Unopposed
CTU gain from Democratic Swing
1991 Legislative Council election: Kowloon Central[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Democrats Lau Chin-shek 68,489 34.19
United Democrats Conrad Lam Kui-shing 56,084 28.00
FTU Chan Yuen-han 44,894 22.41
Civic Peter Chan Chi-kwan 14,145 7.06
Reform Cecilia Yeung Lai-yin 8,257 4.12
Independent John Dragon Young 6,273 3.13
Independent Justin Cheung Chung-ming 2,158 1.08
Turnout 110,043 38.29
Registered electors 287,373
United Democrats win (new seat)
United Democrats win (new seat)

References

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  1. ^ a b Scott, I (1991). "Chapter One: An Overview of the Hong Kong Legislative Council Elections of 1991". The Asian Journal of Public Administration. 13 (2): 11–37. doi:10.1080/02598272.1991.10800247.
  2. ^ a b "滴水穿石31年──職工盟 見證工運興衰 誰再為打工仔發聲?". Citizen News (in Chinese). Retrieved 2022-01-25.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 雷, 競璇; 沈, 國祥 (1995). "香港選舉資料匯編, 1982年-1994年". 硏究叢刊 (19). 香港: Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies.