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Hong Kong Island East (1995 constituency)

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Hong Kong Island East
Former Geographical constituency
for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Outline mapBoundary of Hong Kong Island East in Hong Kong
DistrictEastern District
RegionHong Kong Island
Electorate144,468
Former constituency
Created1995
Abolished1997
Created fromHong Kong Island East
Replaced byHong Kong Island

Hong Kong Island 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 part of the Eastern District from east of North Point to west of Chai Wan.

The constituency was merged into the Hong Kong Island constituency in 1998 after the handover of Hong Kong a year before.

Returned members

Elected members are as follows:

Election Member Party
1995 Martin Lee Democratic

Election results

1995 Legislative Council election: Hong Kong Island East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Martin Lee Chu-ming 37,459 72.28
HKPA Choy So-yuk 14,119 27.37
Majority 23,340 44.91
Total valid votes 51,578 100.00
Rejected ballots 467
Turnout 52,045 36.03
Registered electors 144,468
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. ^ 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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