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== History ==
== History ==
The constituency was formed since the [[Hong Kong legislative election, 1998|1998 legislative election]], replacing a number of single-member constituencies in 1995. These were Kowloon East and parts of Kowloon Central in the [[Hong Kong legislative election, 1991|1991 election]] with dual-seat constituency dual vote system and Kowloon Southeast, Kowloon East, and Kowloon Northeast in the [[Hong Kong legislative election, 1995|1995 election]].
The constituency was formed since the [[Hong Kong legislative election, 1998|1998 legislative election]], replacing a number of single-member constituencies in 1995. These were Kowloon East and parts of Kowloon Central in the [[Hong Kong legislative election, 1991|1991 election]] with dual-seat constituency dual vote system and Kowloon Southeast, Kowloon East, and Kowloon Northeast in the [[Hong Kong legislative election, 1995|1995 election]]. From 1985 to 1991, the seats were elected by the electoral colleges composed of the members of the [[District Council of Hong Kong|district boards]] and [[Urban Council]].



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! colspan = 10 | LegCo members for former Kowloon East constituencies, 1991 – 1997
! colspan = 15 | LegCo members for former Kowloon East constituencies, 1985 – 1997
|-
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! rowspan=2 |Election
! rowspan=2 style="width:1px;"|
! rowspan=2 |{{nowrap|[[Hong Kong legislative election, 1985|1985]] – 1988}}
! rowspan=2 style="width:1px;"|
! rowspan=2 |{{nowrap|[[Hong Kong legislative election, 1988|1988]] – 1991}}
! rowspan=2 |Election
! rowspan=2 |Election
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|-
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! rowspan=2| Kwun Tong
| rowspan=2 width=1px style="background-color: {{Nonpartisan/meta/color}}" |
| rowspan=2 colspan=3| [[Poon Chi-fai]]<br>''[[Progressive Hong Kong Society|PHKS]] (1988–91)''
! rowspan=2| Kowloon East
! rowspan=2| Kowloon East
| width=1px style="background-color: {{United Democrats of Hong Kong/meta/color}}" |
| width=1px style="background-color: {{United Democrats of Hong Kong/meta/color}}" |
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| width=1px style="background-color: {{Democratic Party (Hong Kong)/meta/color}}" |
|-
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! Wong Tai Sin
| width=1px style="background-color: {{Nonpartisan/meta/color}}" |
| [[Lam Kui-shing]]
| width=1px style="background-color: {{Nonpartisan/meta/color}}" |
| [[Michael Cheng Tak-kin|Michael Cheng]]
! rowspan=2|Kowloon Central
! rowspan=2|Kowloon Central
| width=1px style="background-color: {{United Democrats of Hong Kong/meta/color}}" |
| width=1px style="background-color: {{United Democrats of Hong Kong/meta/color}}" |
| colspan = 3 | [[Lam Kui-shing]]<br />''[[United Democrats of Hong Kong|United Democrat]] (1991-94)<br>[[Democratic Party (Hong Kong)|Democratic]] (1994–95)''
| colspan = 3 | [[Lam Kui-shing]]<br />''[[United Democrats of Hong Kong|United Democrat]] (1991–94)<br>[[Democratic Party (Hong Kong)|Democratic]] (1994–95)''
| width=1px style="background-color: {{Democratic Party (Hong Kong)/meta/color}}" |
| width=1px style="background-color: {{Democratic Party (Hong Kong)/meta/color}}" |
! Kowloon North-east
! Kowloon North-east
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| width=1px style="background-color: {{Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong/meta/color}}" |
|-
|-
! colspan=5 |Part of Kowloon City constituency
| width=1px style="background-color: {{United Democrats of Hong Kong/meta/color}}" |
| width=1px style="background-color: {{United Democrats of Hong Kong/meta/color}}" |
| [[Lau Chin-shek]]<br />''[[United Democrats of Hong Kong|United Democrat]]''
| [[Lau Chin-shek]]<br />''[[United Democrats of Hong Kong|United Democrat]]''
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| [[Lee Cheuk-yan]]<br />''[[Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions|CTU]]''
| [[Lee Cheuk-yan]]<br />''[[Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions|CTU]]''
| width=1px style="background-color: {{Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions/meta/color}}" |
| width=1px style="background-color: {{Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions/meta/color}}" |
! colspan = 4 | Becoming part of the Kowloon West constituencies
! colspan = 4 | Becoming part of the Kowloon Central constituency
|}
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Revision as of 21:45, 27 September 2012

Kowloon East
Geographical constituency
for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Outline map
Boundary of Kowloon Eastin Hong Kong
RegionKowloon
Electorate540,649 (2008)[1]
524,896 (2004)[2]
Current constituency
Created1998
Number of membersFive (2012–)Four (2008–12)
Five (2004–08)
Four (2000–04)
Three (1998–2000)
Member(s)Chan Kam-lam (DAB)
Alan Leong (Civic)
Wong Kwok-kin (FTU)
Wu Chi-wai (Democratic)
Paul Tse (Independent)
Created fromKowloon South-east,
Kowloon East,
Kowloon North-east

Kowloon East is a Hong Kong geographical constituency in the Legislative Council of Hong Kong.

Boundaries

The constituency loosely corresponds to the today's districts of Wong Tai Sin and Kwon Tong.

History

The constituency was formed since the 1998 legislative election, replacing a number of single-member constituencies in 1995. These were Kowloon East and parts of Kowloon Central in the 1991 election with dual-seat constituency dual vote system and Kowloon Southeast, Kowloon East, and Kowloon Northeast in the 1995 election. From 1985 to 1991, the seats were elected by the electoral colleges composed of the members of the district boards and Urban Council.

LegCo members for former Kowloon East constituencies, 1985 – 1997
Election 1985 – 1988 1988 – 1991 Election 1991 – 1995 Election 1995 – 1997
Kwun Tong rowspan=2 width=1px style="background-color: Template:Nonpartisan/meta/color" | Poon Chi-fai
PHKS (1988–91) 		Kowloon East width=1px style="background-color: Template:United Democrats of Hong Kong/meta/color" | Szeto Wah
United Democrat (1991–94)
Democratic (1994–95) 		width=1px style="background-color: Template:Democratic Party (Hong Kong)/meta/color" | Kowloon East width=1px style="background-color: Template:Democratic Party (Hong Kong)/meta/color" | Szeto Wah
Democratic 		width=1px style="background-color: Template:Democratic Party (Hong Kong)/meta/color" |
width=1px style="background-color: Template:Meeting Point/meta/color" | Fred Li
Meeting Point (1991–94)
Democratic (1994–95) 		width=1px style="background-color: Template:Democratic Party (Hong Kong)/meta/color" | Kowloon South-east width=1px style="background-color: Template:Democratic Party (Hong Kong)/meta/color" | Fred Li
Democratic 		width=1px style="background-color: Template:Democratic Party (Hong Kong)/meta/color" |
Wong Tai Sin width=1px style="background-color: Template:Nonpartisan/meta/color" | Lam Kui-shing width=1px style="background-color: Template:Nonpartisan/meta/color" | Michael Cheng Kowloon Central width=1px style="background-color: Template:United Democrats of Hong Kong/meta/color" | Lam Kui-shing
United Democrat (1991–94)
Democratic (1994–95) 		width=1px style="background-color: Template:Democratic Party (Hong Kong)/meta/color" | Kowloon North-east width=1px style="background-color: Template:Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong/meta/color" | Chan Yuen-han
DAB 		width=1px style="background-color: Template:Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong/meta/color" |
Part of Kowloon City constituency width=1px style="background-color: Template:United Democrats of Hong Kong/meta/color" | Lau Chin-shek
United Democrat 		width=1px style="background-color: Template:Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions/meta/color" | Lee Cheuk-yan
CTU 		width=1px style="background-color: Template:Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions/meta/color" | Becoming part of the Kowloon Central constituency

Return Members

Below are all the members since the creation of the Kowloon East constituency. The number of seats allocated to Kowloon East has been increased from 3 to 4 between 1998 and 2008 due to the enlargement.

LegCo members for Kowloon East, 1998 onwards
Election 1998 (1st LegCo) 2000 (2nd LegCo) 2004 (3rd LegCo) 2008 (4th LegCo) 2012 (5th LegCo)
Councilor
Party 		width=1px style="background-color: Template:Democratic Party (Hong Kong)/meta/color" | Szeto Wah
Democrat 		width=1px style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" | Albert Cheng
Independent 		Lost seat to
Kowloon West 		width=1px style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" | Paul Tse
Independent 		width=1px style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" |
Councilor
Party 		width=1px style="background-color: Template:Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong/meta/color" | Chan Yuen-han
DAB(1998–2004)
FTU (2004–08) 		width=1px style="background-color: Template:Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions/meta/color" | Wong Kwok-kin
FTU 		width=1px style="background-color: Template:Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions/meta/color" |
Councilor
Party 		width=1px style="background-color: Template:Democratic Party (Hong Kong)/meta/color" | Fred Li
Democratic 		width=1px style="background-color: Template:Democratic Party (Hong Kong)/meta/color" | Wu Chi-wai
Democratic 		width=1px style="background-color: Template:Democratic Party (Hong Kong)/meta/color" |
Councilor
Party 		New Seat width=1px style="background-color: Template:Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong/meta/color" | Chan Kam-lam
DAB 		width=1px style="background-color: Template:Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong/meta/color" |
Councilor
Party 		New Seat width=1px style="background-color: Template:Nonpartisan/meta/color" | Alan Leong
Civic (2006–) 		width=1px style="background-color: Template:Civic Party/meta/color" |

Summary of seats won

style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #5FB04A;" data-sort-value="Democratic Party (Hong Kong)" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1861AC;" data-sort-value="Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0000;" data-sort-value="Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #7F3F98;" data-sort-value="Civic Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" |
1998 2000 2004 2008 2012
Democratic 2 2 1 1 1
DAB 1 2 1 1 1
FTU 1 1 1
Civic 1 1
Independent 2 1
Seats 3 4 5 4 5

Vote share summary

style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #5FB04A;" data-sort-value="Democratic Party (Hong Kong)" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1861AC;" data-sort-value="Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0000;" data-sort-value="Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #7F3F98;" data-sort-value="Civic Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #e0050d;" data-sort-value="League of Social Democrats" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDD12B;" data-sort-value="People Power (Hong Kong)" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" |
1998 2000 2004 2008 2012
Democratic 55.8 45.3 19.2 27.3 15.4
DAB 41.8 47.4 18.8 22.6 16.7
FTU 17.9 21.3 14.3
Civic 16.6 14.6
LSD 12.1 9.6
People Power 12.9
Independent 2.4 7.4 44.1 16.6

Election Results

The largest remainder method (with Hare quota) of the proportional representative electoral system was introduced in 1998, replacing the single-member constituencies of the 1995 election. Elected candidates are shown in bold. Brackets indicate the quota + remainder.

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Kowloon East
List Candidates Votes Of total (%) ± from prev.
DAB Chan Kam-lam
Joe Lai Wing-ho, Hung Kam-in, Wilson Or Chong-shing 		47,415 16.65 −4.65
Democratic Wu Chi-wai
Mok Kin-shing, Hon Ka-ming 		43,764 15.37 −1.23
Civic Alan Leong Kah-kit
Jeremy Jansen Tam Man-ho 		41,669 14.63 +2.53
FTU Wong Kwok-kin
Kan Ming-tung, Mok Kin-wing, Ho Kai-ming 		40,824 14.34 −6.06
Independent Paul Tse Wai-chun 38,546 13.54 N/A
People Power Wong Yeung-tat, Chan Sau-wai 36,608 12.85 N/A
LSD Andrew To Kwan-hang 27,253 9.57 −2.68
Independent Tam Heung-man 5,440 1.91 N/A
Nonpartisan Kay Yim Fung-chi, Chan Heung-yin 3,263 1.15 N/A
Turnout 284,782 51.05 +7.04

2010 by-election

By-election 2010: Kowloon East[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Civic Alan Leong Kah-kit 82,066 92.5
Tertiary 2012 Lai King-fai 6,630 7.5
Turnout 88,696 16.79
Civic hold Swing

2008

Legislative Election 2008: Kowloon East[4]
List Candidates Votes Of total (%) ± from prev.
DAB Chan Kam-lam
Joe Lai Wing-ho, Maggie Chan Man-ki, Hung Kam-in 		53,472 22.6 +3.8
FTU Wong Kwok-kin
Chan Yuen-han, Peter Wong Kit-hin, Kan Ming-tung 		50,320 21.3 −3.4
Democratic Fred Li Wah-ming
Kai Ming-wah, Wong Kai-ming, Wong Wai-tag 		48,124 20.4 +1.2
Civic Alan Leong Kah-kit
Yu Kwun-wai, Wong Hok-ming 		39,274 16.6 −2.5
LSD Andrew To Kwan-hang 28,690 12.1 −12.9
Democratic Wu Chi-wai 16,365 6.9 N/A
Turnout 236,245 44.01 −12.45

2004

Legislative Election 2004: Kowloon East[5]
List Candidates Votes Of total (%) ± from prev.
Nonpartisan (Frontier) Albert Cheng Jing-han
Andrew To Kwan-hang 		73,279 25.0
(20+4.99) 		N/A
Democratic Fred Li Wah-ming
Wu Chi-wai, Ho Wai-to 		56,462 19.2 −26.1
Alan Leong Kah-kit 56,175 19.1 N/A
DAB (FTU) Chan Kam-lam
Choi Chun-wa, Chan Tak-ming 		55,306 18.8 N/A
FTU (DAB) Chan Yuen-han
Lam Man-fai, Tang Ka-piu 		52,564 17.9 N/A
Turnout 293,986 56.46 +11.74

2000

Legislative Election 2000: Kowloon East[6]
List Candidates Votes Of total (%) ± from prev.
DAB Chan Yuen-han, Chan Kam-lam
Lam Man-fai, Chan Joy-kong Angelis 		108,587 47.4
(25+22.36) 		+5.62
Democratic Szeto Wah, Fred Li Wah-ming
Wu Chi-wai, Andrew To Kwan-hang 		103,863 45.3
(25+20.3) 		−10.5
Lam Hoi-shing 9,805 4.3 N/A
Shi Kai-biu, Lam Wai-yin 7,023 3.1 N/A
Turnout 229,278 44.72 −9.69

1998

Legislative Election 1998: Kowloon East[7]
List Candidates Votes Of total (%) ± from prev.
Democratic Szeto Wah, Fred Li Wah-ming
Mak Hoi-wah 		145,986 55.80
(33.33+22.47)
DAB Chan Yuen-han
Kwok Bit-chun, Lam Man-fai 		109,296 41.78
(33.33+8.45)
Fok Pui-yee 6,339 2.42
Turnout 261,621 54.41

1995 Constituencies

Kowloon North-east

Legislative Election 1995: Kowloon North-east[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DAB Chan Yuen-han 25,922 52.77
Democratic Mak Hoi-wah 23,201 47.23
Majority 2,721 5.54
DAB win (new seat)

Kowloon East

Legislative Election 1995: Kowloon East[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Szeto Wah 29,627 55.40
Independent Elsie Tu 23,855 44.60
Majority 5,772 10.80
Democratic win (new seat)

Kowloon South-east

Legislative Election 1995: Kowloon South-east[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Li Wah-ming 30,133 50.95
DAB Tam Yiu-chung 29,009 49.05
Majority 1,124 1.90
Democratic win (new seat)

1991 Constituencies

Dual-seat constituency dual vote system was used with two seats to be filled in each constituency.

Kowloon East

Legislative Election 1991: Kowloon East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Democrats Szeto Wah 57,921 37.83
Meeting Point Li Wah-ming 49,643 32.42
Kwun Tong Resident Association Hau Shui-pui 21,225 13.86
Independent Poon Chi-fai 16,625 10.86
October Review Lee Cheong 3,431 2.24
TUC Lee Ting-kit 3,393 2.22
Liberal Democratic Foundation of Hong Kong Lee Koi-hop 865 0.56
Turnout 82,405
United Democrats win (new seat)
Meeting Point win (new seat)

See also

References

  1. ^ http://www.elections.gov.hk/legco2008/eng/facts_know.html
  2. ^ http://www.elections.gov.hk/elections/legco2004/english/facts/facts_know.html
  3. ^ http://www.elections.gov.hk/legco2010by/eng/results_LC3.html
  4. ^ "2008 Legislative Election". Electoral Affairs Commission. 2008-09-08. Retrieved 2012-03-09.
  5. ^ "2004 Legislative Election". Electoral Affairs Commission. 2004-12-15. Retrieved 2012-03-09.
  6. ^ http://www.elections.gov.hk/elections/legco2000/update/result/index_c.htm
  7. ^ http://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/199805/25/0525201.htm
  8. ^ http://ebook.lib.hku.hk/HKG/B35838851.pdf
  9. ^ http://ebook.lib.hku.hk/HKG/B35838851.pdf
  10. ^ http://ebook.lib.hku.hk/HKG/B35838851.pdf

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