New Territories South-west
Former Geographical constituency
for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Outline map
Boundary of New Territories South-westin Hong Kong
DistrictSouthern Kwai Tsing District
Islands District
RegionNew Territories
Electorate113,799
Former constituency
Created1995
Abolished1997
Created fromNew Territories South
Replaced byNew Territories West

New Territories 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 southern part of Kwai Tsing District (including Tsing Yi) and Islands District in New Territories.[1]

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

Returned members

Elected members are as follows:[3]

ElectionMemberParty
1995 Lee Wing-tat Democratic

Election results

1995 Legislative Council election: New Territories South-west[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Lee Wing-tat 29,801 65.35
ADPL Ting Yin-wah 15,798 34.65
Majority 14,003 30.70
Total valid votes 45,599 100.00
Rejected ballots 450
Turnout 46,049 34.97
Registered electors 131,698
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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