Kowloon East
Former Geographical constituency
for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Outline map
Boundary of Kowloon Eastin Hong Kong
DistrictKwun Tong District
RegionKowloon
Electorate129,955
Former constituency
Created1995
Abolished1997
Created fromKowloon East
Replaced byKowloon East

Kowloon East 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 Kwun Tong District in Kowloon.[1]

The constituency was merged into the Kowloon East constituency in 1998 after the handover of Hong Kong a year before.[2]

Returned members

Elected members are as follows:[3]

ElectionMemberParty
1995 Szeto Wah Democratic

Election results

1995 Legislative Council election: Kowloon East[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Szeto Wah 29,627 55.40
Independent Elsie Tu 23,855 44.60
Majority 5,772 10.80
Total valid votes 53,482 100.00
Rejected ballots 350
Turnout 53,832 41.42
Registered electors 129,955
Democratic 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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