Kowloon South-west (1995 constituency)

Kowloon South-west
Former Geographical constituency
for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Outline map
Boundary of Kowloon South-west in Hong Kong
DistrictYau Tsim Mong District
RegionKowloon
Electorate100,314
Former constituency
Created1995
Abolished1997
Created fromKowloon West
Replaced byKowloon West

Kowloon South-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 Yau Tsim Mong District in Kowloon.[1]

The constituency was replaced by the Kowloon West constituency in 1998 after the handover of Hong Kong a year before.[2]

Returned members

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Elected members are as follows:[3]

Election Member Party
1995 James To Democratic

Election results

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1995 Legislative Council election: Kowloon South-west[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic James To Kun-sun 17,731 66.17
ADPL Daniel Wong Kwok-tung 4,929 18.39
Independent Kingsley Sit Ho-yin 2,656 9.91
Independent Helen Chung Yee-fong 1,482 5.53
Majority 12,802 47.78
Total valid votes 26,798 100.00
Rejected ballots 289
Turnout 27,087 27.00
Registered electors 100,314
Democratic win (new seat)

References

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  1. ^ Report on the 1995 Legislative Council General Election. 1995.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ a b 選區分界及選舉事務委員會 (1995). 一九九五年立法局普通選舉報告書. 香港: 香港政府印務局.