Heung Yee Kuk (constituency)
The Heung Yee Kuk functional constituency, formerly called the Rural functional constituency, is a functional constituency in the elections for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong first created in 1991. The constituency is composed of the Chairman and Vice-Chairmen of the Heung Yee Kuk and the Ex Officio, Special and Co-opted Councillors of the Full Council of the Kuk.[2] It has been represented by the chairman of the Kuk, Kenneth Lau since 2016, replacing his father, former chairman of the Kuk Lau Wong-fat who held the seat from 1991 to 2004 and from 2004 to 2016.
| Heung Yee Kuk 鄕議局 | |
|---|---|
| Functional Constituency for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong | |
| Country |  Hong Kong |
| Electorate | 155 (2020)[1] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1991 |
| Number of members | One |
| Member(s) | Kenneth Lau (BPA) |
| Heung Yee Kuk | |||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 鄕議局功能界別 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 鄕议局功能界别 | ||||||||||||
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No actual election has been held since its creation in 1991 as all candidates have been uncontested.
Return Members
Rural (1991–97)
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Lau Wong-fat | FSHK | |
| 1993 | Liberal | ||
Heung Yee Kuk (1997 to present)
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Lau Wong-fat | Liberal | |
| 2004 | Daniel Lam Wai-keung | Nonpartisan | |
| 2008 | Lau Wong-fat | Liberal | |
| 2008 | Independent | ||
| 2009 | Economic Synergy | ||
| 2012 | BPA | ||
| 2016 | Kenneth Lau Ip-keung | BPA | |
Electoral Results
2010s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BPA | Kenneth Lau Ip-keung | Uncontested | |||
| BPA hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Economic Synergy | Lau Wong-fat | Uncontested | |||
| Economic Synergy hold | Swing | ||||
2000s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Lau Wong-fat | Uncontested | |||
| Liberal gain from Nonpartisan | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Lam Wai-keung | Uncontested | |||
| Nonpartisan gain from Nonpartisan | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Lau Wong-fat | Uncontested | |||
| Nonpartisan hold | Swing | ||||
1990s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Lau Wong-fat | Uncontested | |||
| Nonpartisan hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Lau Wong-fat | Uncontested | |||
| Nonpartisan hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FSHK | Lau Wong-fat | Uncontested | |||
| FSHK win (new seat) | |||||
References
- "Voter Registration Statistics : Functional Constituency". Voter Registration.
- "Hong Kong e-Legislation". Hong Kong e-Legislation.
- 2008 Legislative Council Election
- 2004 Legislative Council Election - Election Results Archived 2012-07-17 at the Wayback Machine
- Legislative Council Elections Results Archived 2012-08-29 at the Wayback Machine
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