Kowloon East (constituency)

The Kowloon East geographical constituency is one of the five geographical constituencies in the Legislative Council of Hong Kong. It currently elects 5 Members of the Legislative Council using the Hare quota of party-list proportional representation. The constituency corresponds to the today's districts of Wong Tai Sin and Kwun Tong.

Kowloon East
Geographical Constituency for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Boundary of Kowloon East in Hong Kong
District	Wong Tai Sin District Kwun Tong District
Region	Kowloon
Population	1,073,776
Electorate	601,566[1]
Current constituency
Created	1998
Number of members	5
Member(s)	Pro-Beijing (3):   Wong Kwok-kin (FTU)   Paul Tse (Independent)   Wilson Or (DAB) Vacant (2)
Created from	Kowloon South-east, Kowloon East, Kowloon North-east

History

The constituency was formed for the 1998 legislative election, replacing a number of single-member constituencies used until 1995. These were Kowloon East and Kowloon South-east (previously the two-member Kowloon East), Kowloon North-east, Kowloon Central and parts of Kowloon South (previously the two-member Kowloon Central). From 1985 to 1991 the seats were elected by electoral colleges composed of the members of the district boards and Urban Council.

LegCo members for former Kowloon East constituencies, 1985–1997
1985–1988	Kwun Tong				Wong Tai Sin				Part of Kowloon City constituency
		Poon Chi-fai (Ind→PHKS)				Conrad Lam (Ind)
1988–1991						Michael Cheng (PHKS→LDF)
1991–1995	Kowloon East				Kowloon Central
		Szeto Wah (UD→Democratic)		Fred Li (MP→DP)		Conrad Lam (UD→DP)				Lau Chin-shek (UD/CTU→DP/CTU)
										Lee Cheuk-yan (CTU)
1995–1997	Kowloon East		Kowloon South-east		Kowloon North-east		Kowloon Central				Part of Kowloon South constituency
		Szeto Wah (DP)		Fred Li (DP)		Chan Yuen-han (DAB/FTU)		Bruce Liu (ADPL)

Returned members

The following lists the members since the creation of the Kowloon East constituency. The number of seats allocated to Kowloon East varied between 3 and 5 between 1998 and 2008 due to population changes.

LegCo members for Kowloon East, 1998–present
Term	Election	Member		Member		Member		Member		Member
1st	1998		Szeto Wah (DP)		Chan Yuen-han (DAB→FTU)		Fred Li (DP)
2nd	2000								Chan Kam-lam (DAB)
3rd	2004		Albert Cheng (Ind)								Alan Leong (A45→CP)
4th	2008	Seat abolished			Wong Kwok-kin (FTU)
	2010 (b)
5th	2012		Paul Tse (Ind)				Wu Chi-wai (DP)
6th	2016								Wilson Or (DAB)		Jeremy Tam (CP)
						Vacant				Vacant

Summary of seats won

Term	Election	Distribution
1st	1998	2 1
2nd	2000	2 2
3rd	2004	2 1 1 1
4th	2008	1 1 1 1
5th	2012	1 1 1 1 1
6th	2016	1 1 1 1 1

		1998	2000	2004	2008	2012	2016
	Democratic || 2 || 2 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1
	DAB || 1 || 2 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1
	FTU || || || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1
	Civic || || || || 1 || 1 || 1
	Independent || || || 2 || || 1 || 1
Pro-democracy		2	2	3	2	2	2
Pro-Beijing		1	2	2	2	3	3
Seats		3	4	5	4	5	5

Vote share summary

		1998	2000	2004	2008	2012	2016
	Democratic || 55.8 || 45.3 || 19.2 || 27.3 || 15.4 || 15.3
	DAB || 41.8 || 47.4 || 18.8 || 22.6 || 16.7 || 15.7
	FTU || || || 17.9 || 21.3 || 14.3 || 14.4
	Civic || || || || 16.6 || 14.6 || 13.8
	LSD || || || || 12.1 || 9.6 ||
	People Power || || || || || 12.9 || 9.7
	Civic Passion || || || || || || 10.1
	KEC || || || || || || 3.9
	Independent and Others || 2.4 || 7.4 || 44.1 || || 16.6 || 17.2
Pro-democracy		55.8	45.3	63.3	56.0	55.5	54.8
Pro-Beijing		41.8	47.4	36.7	43.9	44.5	45.2

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.

2010s

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Vote share

  DAB (15.66%)

  Democratic (15.29%)

  FTU (14.38%)

  Civic (13.80%)

  Civic Passion (10.11%)

  People Power (9.67%)

  KEC (3.91%)

  Frontier (0.79%)

  VLHK (0.74%)

  Other (15.65%)

Legislative Election 2016: Kowloon East
List		Candidates	Votes	%	±
	DAB	Wilson Or Chong-shing Joe Lai Wing-ho, Jack Cheung Ki-tang	51,516	15.66	–0.99
	Democratic	Wu Chi-wai Mok Kin-shing, Cheng Keng-ieong, Wu Chi-kin	50,309	15.29	–0.08
	Nonpartisan	Paul Tse Wai-chun	47,527	14.45	+0.91
	FTU	Wong Kwok-kin Chow Luen-kiu, Kan Ming-tung, Kwok Wang-hing	47,318	14.38	+0.04
	Civic	Jeremy Jansen Tam Man-ho Alan Leong Kah-kit	45,408	13.80	–0.83
	Civic Passion	Wong Yeung-tat	33,271	10.11	N/A
	People Power	Tam Tak-chi	31,815	9.67	–3.18
	KEC	Chan Chak-to	12,854	3.91	N/A
	Frontier	Tam Heung-man	2,603	0.79	–1.17
	Labour	Wu Sui-shan, Chiu Shi-shun	2,535	0.77	N/A
	VLHK	Patrick Ko Tat-pun	2,444	0.74	N/A
	Nonpartisan	Lui Wing-kei	1,393	0.42	N/A
Total valid votes			328,993	100.00
Rejected ballots			7,754
Turnout			336,738	55.98	+4.01
Registered electors			601,566

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Vote share

  DAB (16.65%)

  Democratic (15.37%)

  Civic (14.63%)

  FTU (14.34%)

  People Power (12.85%)

  LSD (9.57%)

  Other (16.59%)

Legislative Election 2012: Kowloon East
List		Candidates	Votes	%	±
	DAB	Chan Kam-lam Joe Lai Wing-ho, Hung Kam-in, Wilson Or Chong-shing	47,415	16.65	−5.95
	Democratic	Wu Chi-wai Mok Kin-shing, Hon Ka-ming	43,764	15.37	−5.03
	Civic	Alan Leong Kah-kit Jeremy Jansen Tam Man-ho	41,669	14.63	−1.97
	FTU	Wong Kwok-kin Kan Ming-tung, Mok Kin-wing, Ho Kai-ming	40,824	14.34	−6.96
	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
Total valid votes			284,782	100.00
Rejected ballots			5,979
Turnout			290,761	51.97	+9.12
Registered electors			559,528

Kowloon East by-election 2010[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Civic	Alan Leong Kah-kit	82,066	92.53
	Tertiary 2012	Lai King-fai	6,630	7.47
Majority			75,436	85.05
Total valid votes			88,696	100.00
Rejected ballots			2,530
Turnout			91,226	16.79
Registered electors			543,253
	Civic hold		Swing

2000s

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Vote share

  Democratic (27.3%)

  DAB (22.6%)

  FTU (21.3%)

  Civic (16.6%)

  LSD (12.2%)

Legislative Election 2008: Kowloon East[3]
List		Candidates	Votes	%	±
	DAB	Chan Kam-lam Joe Lai Wing-ho, Maggie Chan Man-ki, Hung Kam-in	53,472	22.63	+3.82
	FTU	Wong Kwok-kin Chan Yuen-han, Peter Wong Kit-hin, Kan Ming-tung	50,320	21.30	+3.42
	Democratic	Fred Li Wah-ming Kai Ming-wah, Wong Kai-ming, Wong Wai-tag	48,124	20.37	+1.16
	Civic	Alan Leong Kah-kit Yu Kwun-wai, Wong Hok-ming	39,274	16.62	−2.49
	LSD	Andrew To Kwan-hang	28,690	12.14	−12.79
	Democratic	Wu Chi-wai	16,365	6.93	N/A
Total valid votes			236,245	100.00
Rejected ballots			1,691
Turnout			237,936	44.01	−12.45
Registered electors			540,649

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Vote share

  Democratic (19.2%)

  DAB (18.8%)

  FTU (17.9%)

  Other (44.1%)

Legislative Election 2004: Kowloon East[4]
List		Candidates	Votes	%	±
	Nonpartisan (Frontier)	Albert Cheng Jing-han Andrew To Kwan-hang	73,279	24.93 (20+4.93)	N/A
	Democratic	Fred Li Wah-ming Wu Chi-wai, Ho Wai-to	56,462	19.21	−26.09
	Independent	Alan Leong Kah-kit	56,175	19.11	N/A
	DAB (FTU)	Chan Kam-lam Choi Chun-wa, Chan Tak-ming	55,306	18.81	N/A
	FTU (DAB)	Chan Yuen-han Lam Man-fai, Tang Ka-piu	52,564	17.88	N/A
Total valid votes			293,986	100.00
Rejected ballots			2,384
Turnout			296,370	56.46	+11.74
Registered electors			524,896

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Vote share

  DAB (47.4%)

  Democratic (45.3%)

  Other (7.3%)

Legislative Election 2000: Kowloon East[5]
List		Candidates	Votes	%	±
	DAB	Chan Yuen-han, Chan Kam-lam Lam Man-fai, Angelis Chan Joy-kong	108,587	47.36 (25+22.36)	+5.62
	Democratic	Szeto Wah, Fred Li Wah-ming Wu Chi-wai, Andrew To Kwan-hang	103,863	45.30 (25+20.30)	−10.50
	Nonpartisan	Lam Hoi-shing	9,805	4.28	N/A
	Nonpartisan	Shi Kai-biu, Lam Wai-yin	7,023	3.06	N/A
Total valid votes			229,278	100.00
Rejected ballots			2,384
Turnout			296,370	44.72	–9.69
Registered electors			518,035

1990s

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Vote share

  Democratic (55.8%)

  DAB (41.8%)

  Other (2.4%)

Legislative Election 1998: Kowloon East[6]
List		Candidates	Votes	%	±
	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)
	Nonpartisan	Fok Pui-yee	6,339	2.42
Total valid votes			261,621	100.00
Rejected ballots			1,679
Turnout			263,300	54.41
Registered electors			483,875

1995 Constituencies

Kowloon North-east

Legislative Election 1995: Kowloon North-east[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DAB (FTU)	Chan Yuen-han	25,922	52.77
	Democratic	Mak Hoi-wah	23,201	47.23
Majority			2,721	5.54
Total valid votes			49,123	100.00
Rejected ballots			442
Turnout			49,565	36.94
Registered electors			134,159
	DAB win (new seat)

Kowloon East

Legislative Election 1995: Kowloon East[8]

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)

Kowloon South-east

Legislative Election 1995: Kowloon South-east[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Li Wah-ming	30,133	50.95
	DAB (FTU)	Tam Yiu-chung	29,009	49.05
Majority			1,124	1.90
Total valid votes			58,142	100.00
Rejected ballots			584
Turnout			58,726	43.56
Registered electors			134,826
	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	37.8
	Meeting Point	Fred Li Wah-ming	49,643	32.4
	KTRA	Hau Shui-pui	21,225	13.9
	Independent	Poon Chi-fai	16,625	10.9
	October Review	Chan Cheong	3,431	2.2
	TUC	Li Ting-kit	3,393	2.2
	LDF	Philip Li Koi-hop	865	0.6
Turnout			82,405	38.0
	United Democrats win (new seat)
	Meeting Point win (new seat)

1985–88 Electoral Colleges

Wong Tai Sin

Legislative Election 1988: Wong Tai Sin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PHKS	Michael Cheng Tak-kin	16	55.17
	Nonpartisan	Conrad Lam Kui-shing	13
	Nonpartisan gain from Nonpartisan		Swing

Legislative Election 1985: Wong Tai Sin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Conrad Lam Kui-shing	16	51.61
	PHKS	Liu Kwun-sing	15	48.39
	Nonpartisan win (new seat)

Kwun Tong

Legislative Election 1988: Kwun Tong

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PHKS	Poon Chi-fai	21	63.64
	Meeting Point	Li Wah-ming	12	36.36
	PHKS hold		Swing

Legislative Election 1985: Kwun Tong

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Poon Chi-fai	18	62.07
	Nonpartisan	Cheng Kwan-suen	11	37.93
	Meeting Point	Li Wah-ming	0	0
	Nonpartisan win (new seat)

See also

• List of constituencies of Hong Kong

References

1. "Voter Registration Statistics". Hong Kong Government. 25 September 2015.
2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 9 August 2011. Retrieved 9 March 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
3. "2008 Legislative Election". Electoral Affairs Commission. 8 September 2008. Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
4. "2004 Legislative Election". Electoral Affairs Commission. 15 December 2004. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2 May 2012. Retrieved 9 March 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
6. http://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/199805/25/0525201.htm
7. http://ebook.lib.hku.hk/HKG/B35838851.pdf
8. http://ebook.lib.hku.hk/HKG/B35838851.pdf
9. http://ebook.lib.hku.hk/HKG/B35838851.pdf

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