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New Territories East (1995 constituency)

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Geographical constituency of Hong Kong
New Territories East
Former Geographical constituency
for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Outline mapBoundary of New Territories East in Hong Kong
DistrictWestern Sha Tin District
RegionNew Territories
Electorate165,127
Former constituency
Created1995
Abolished1997
Created fromNew Territories East
Replaced byNew Territories East

New Territories 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 western part of Sha Tin District in New Territories.

The constituency was replaced by New Territories East constituency in 1998 after the handover of Hong Kong a year before.

Returned members

Elected members are as follows:

Election Member Party
1995 Emily Lau Independent
1996 Frontier

Election results

1995 Legislative Council election: New Territories East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Emily Lau Wai-hing 39,265 58.51
Civil Force Lau Kong-wah 27,841 41.49
Majority 11,424 17.02
Total valid votes 67,106 100.00
Rejected ballots 432
Turnout 67,538 40.90
Registered electors 165,127
Independent 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.
New Territories constituencies for the Legislative Council
1985–1991 (indirect election)
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1995–1997 (FPTP system)
1998–2021 (PP system)
2021– (SNTV system)
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