Kowloon Central
Former Geographical constituency
for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Outline map
Boundary of Kowloon Centralin Hong Kong
DistrictKowloon City District
Wong Tai Sin District
RegionKowloon
Electorate106,296
Former constituency
Created1995
Abolished1997
Created fromKowloon Central
Replaced byKowloon East
Kowloon West

Kowloon Central was a geographical constituency 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 Kowloon City District and Wong Tai Sin District in Kowloon.[1]

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

Returned members

Elected members are as follows:[3]

ElectionMemberParty
1995 Bruce Liu ADPL

Election results

1995 Legislative Council election: Kowloon Central[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
ADPL Liu Sing-lee 22,183 57.06
DAB Jasper Tsang Yok-sing 16,691 42.94
Majority 5,492 14.08
Total valid votes 38,874 100.00
Rejected ballots 592
Turnout 39,466 37.13
Registered electors 106,296
ADPL win (new seat)

References

  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. 1 2 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.
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