Hong Kong Island 香港島 | |
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Geographical constituency for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong | |
Region | Hong Kong Island |
Electorate | 627,657 (2008)[1] 618,451 (2004)[2] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1998 |
Number of members | Six |
Member(s) | Audrey Eu (Civic) Cyd Ho (Labour) Kam Nai Wai (Democratic) Jasper Tsang (DAB) Regina Ip (NPP) Tanya Chan (Civic) |
Created from | Hong Kong Island North, Hong Kong Island West, Hong Kong Island South, Hong Kong Island East |
Hong Kong Island is a constituency in the elections for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong.
The constituency covers all the four districts on the Hong Kong Island, namely, Central and Western, Eastern, Southern and Wan Chai.
The constituency was formed since the 1998 legislative election, replacing a number of single-member constituencies in 1995. These were Island West and Island East in the 1991 election with dual-seat constituency dual vote system and Island East, Island West, Island Central, and Island South in the 1995 election.
LegCo members for former Hong Kong Island constituencies, 1991 – 1997 | |||||||||
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Election | 1991 – 1995 | Election | 1995 – 1997 | ||||||
Island West | width=1px style="background-color: Template:United Democrats of Hong Kong/meta/color" | | Yeung Sum United Democrat |
width=1px style="background-color: Template:United Democrats of Hong Kong/meta/color" | | Island South | width=1px style="background-color: Template:Democratic Party (Hong Kong)/meta/color" | | Yeung Sum Democratic |
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width=1px style="background-color: Template:United Democrats of Hong Kong/meta/color" | | Huang Chen-ya United Democrat |
width=1px style="background-color: Template:United Democrats of Hong Kong/meta/color" | | Island West | width=1px style="background-color: Template:Democratic Party (Hong Kong)/meta/color" | | Huang Chen-ya Democratic |
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Island East | width=1px style="background-color: Template:United Democrats of Hong Kong/meta/color" | | Martin Lee United Democrat |
width=1px style="background-color: Template:Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions/meta/color" | | Island East | width=1px style="background-color: Template:Democratic Party (Hong Kong)/meta/color" | | Martin Lee Democratic |
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width=1px style="background-color: Template:United Democrats of Hong Kong/meta/color" | | Man Sai-cheong United Democrat |
width=1px style="background-color: Template:United Democrats of Hong Kong/meta/color" | | Island Central | width=1px style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" | | Christine Loh Independent(1995-97) Citizens (1997) |
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Below are all the members since the creation of the Hong Kong Island constituency. The number of seats allocated to Hong Kong Island has been increased from 4 to 6 between 1998 and 2008 due to the enlargement.
LegCo members for Hong Kong Island, 1998 onwards | |||||||||||||||||||
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Election | 1998 (1st LegCo) | 2000 (2nd LegCo) | 2004 (3rd LegCo) | 2008 (4th LegCo) | |||||||||||||||
Councilor Party |
width=1px style="background-color: Template:Democratic Party (Hong Kong)/meta/color" | | Martin Lee Democratic |
width=1px style="background-color: Template:Civic Party/meta/color" | | Tanya Chan Civic |
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Councilor Party |
width=1px style="background-color: Template:Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong/meta/color" | | Gary Cheng[3] DAB |
width=1px style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" | | Audrey Eu[3] Civic (2006-) |
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Councilor Party |
width=1px style="background-color: Template:Democratic Party (Hong Kong)/meta/color" | | Yeung Sum Democratic |
width=1px style="background-color: Template:Democratic Party (Hong Kong)/meta/color" | | Kam Nai-wai Democratic |
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Councilor Party |
width=1px style="background-color: Template:Citizens Party (Hong Kong)/meta/color" | | Christine Loh Citizens |
width=1px style="background-color: Template:The Frontier (Hong Kong)/meta/color" | | Cyd Ho Frontier |
width=1px style="background-color: Template:Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong/meta/color" | | Ma Lik[4] DAB |
Anson Chan[4] | width=1px style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" | | Regina Ip NPP (2011-) |
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Councilor Party |
New Seat | width=1px style="background-color: Template:Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong/meta/color" | | Choy So-yuk DAB |
width=1px style="background-color: Template:Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong/meta/color" | | Jasper Tsang DAB |
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Councilor Party |
New Seat | Rita Fan | width=1px style="background-color: Template:Civic Act-up/meta/color" | | Cyd Ho Civic Act-up Labour (2012-) |
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The constituency was set up in 1998 election when the largest remainder method (with Hare quota) of the proportional representative electoral system was introduced, replacing four single-member constituencies of the 1995 election. 4, 5 and 6 members were returned from this constituency in the 1998, 2000 and 2004 elections respectively. No change of boundary had been made throughout since 1998.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Civic | Tanya Chan | 103,564 | 92.7 | ||
Tai Cheuk-yin | 3,144 | 2.8 | |||
Tertiary 2012 | Leung Wing-ho | 2,715 | 2.4 | ||
Nonpartisan | Lee Chun-hung | 1,542 | 1.4 | ||
Wong Hing | 799 | 0.7 | |||
Turnout | 115,173 | 18.49 | |||
Civic hold | Swing |
Legislative Election 2008: Hong Kong Island[6] | |||||
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List | Candidates | Votes | % | ± | |
Civic | Tanya Chan Suk-chong, Audrey Eu Yuet-mee Amy Yung Wing-sheung |
82,600 | 26.4 (16.67+9.68) |
N/A | |
Independent | Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee Louis Shih Tai-cho, Wong Kin-hing, Ronald Chan Ngok-pang |
61,073 | 19.5 (16.67+2.82) |
N/A | |
DAB | Jasper Tsang Yok-shing Choy So-yuk, Christopher Chung Shu-kun, Cheung Kwok-kwan, Chan Hok-fung, Kwok Wai-keun |
60,417 | 19.3 (16.67+2.61) |
−1.8 | |
Democratic | Kam Nai-wai Yeung Sum, Tsui Yuen-wa |
39,808 | 12.7 | −24.5 | |
Civic Act-up | Cyd Ho Sau-lan | 30,887 | 9.9 | N/A | |
Independent | Lo Wing-lok | 20,523 | 6.5 | N/A | |
LSD | Tsang Kin-shing | 10,202 | 3.3 | +1.8 | |
Independent Democrat | Joseph Lai Chi-keong | 3,955 | 1.3 | N/A | |
Liberal | Lam Chui-lin, Wong Kam-chuen, Ngan Choi-chik | 2,166 | 0.7 | N/A | |
Myra Sophia Siu Man-wa | 1,798 | 0.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 313,429 | 50.17 | −7.45 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent (Pan-democracy) | Anson Chan | 175,874 | 54.84 | ||
Independent (Pro-Beijing) | Regina Ip | 137,550 | 42.89 | ||
Stanley Tandon Lal Chiang | 3,518 | 1.10 | |||
Ho Loy | 1,593 | 0.50 | |||
Cecilia Ling Wai-wan | 822 | 0.19 | |||
Siu See-kong | 613 | 0.19 | |||
Lee Wing-kin | 401 | 0.12 | |||
Lau Yuk-shing | 344 | 0.11 | |||
Turnout | 321,938 | 52.06 | |||
Nonpartisan gain from DAB | Swing |
In 2004, the population in this constituency was ?. Out of those who were eligible to register as voters (permanent residents who are over 18 of age), ? registered. ? or ?% of registered voters voted in the election, with 379,913 valid votes.
The Hong Kong legislative election on 12 September 2004 returned six candidates to office based on a party list proportional representation system, with the seats assigned according to the largest remainder method. The pro-Beijing camp returned two candidates, and pro-democracy camps three, with the remainder filled by the independent Rita Fan.
Six lists or tickets took part in the election, with the pro-Beijing DAB filling Ma Lik, Choy So Yuk and four other candidates on one ticket, and the pro-democracy camp filled two tickets, one consisted of Martin Lee, Yeung Sum and Lai Chi Keung of the Democratic Party, and the other consisted of Audrey Eu and Cyd Ho, both ran as independents. Other candidates included Tsang Kin Shing, also belonged to the pro-democracy camp, who ran with two other candidates on his ticket without cooperating with the rest of the camp; and Kelvin Wong, an independent who declared his occupation as insurance agent.
Rita Fan, the President (i.e. Speaker) of the Legislative Council and a Hong Kong deputy to the National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China, joined the election with her own one-candidate ticket. She attracted support mainly from the middle and upper class voters from the sandwich of Hong Kong's pro-Beijing vs. pro-democracy political spectrum, but was also backed strategically by the pro-Beijing camp.
The election returned Lee, Yeung, Ma, Eu, Fan and Choy to the Council.
Legislative Election 2004: Hong Kong Island[8] | |||||
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List | Candidates | Votes | % | ± | |
Democratic | Yeung Sum, Martin Lee Joseph Lai Chi-keong |
131,788 | 37.2 (16.67+16.67+3.88) |
+1.9 | |
DAB | Ma Lik, Choy So-yuk Christopher Chung Shu-kun, Yeung Wai-foon, Lee Yuen-kwong, Cheung Kwok-kwan |
74,659 | 21.1 (16.67+4.42) |
−6.7 | |
Independent (Frontier) | Audrey Eu Yuet-mee Cyd Ho Sau-lan |
73,844 | 20.9 (16.67+4.15) |
N/A | |
Rita Fan Hsu Lai-tai | 65,661 | 18.5 | N/A | ||
Grass-root pro-democrats | Tsang Kin-shing, Chung Chung-fai, Tang Chui-chung | 5,313 | 1.5 | −2.3 | |
Kelvin Wong Kam-fai | 2,830 | 0.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 354,095 | 57.62 | +15.59 |
The two mainstream tickets of the pro-democracy camp intended to translate their support into four seats, with the slogan "1+1=4", provided that their supporters would have cast their votes evenly to the two tickets. Pre-election polls showed, nevertheless, that the Eu-Ho ticket had far more supporters, causing the Democratic Party to request all supporters of the camp to vote instead for their ticket just two weeks before the election.
It turned out that the Democratic Party drew too many votes from the Eu-Ho ticket, causing Cyd Ho defeat by DAB's Choy So Yuk, by a slim margin of 815 votes (or 0.23% of all valid votes). Should the Democratic Party drew around 1900 more votes from the Eu-Ho ticket, the third-rank candidate on their list would have defeated Choy.
When the results were announced in the morning of the following day, Martin Lee said before cameras "I'd rather lose with dignity than win like this",[9] on the "unexpected" defeat of Cyd Ho.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent (Pro-democracy) | Audrey Eu Yuet-mee | 108,401 | 52.11 | ||
DAB | Christopher Chung Shu-kun | 78,282 | 37.63 | ||
Jennifer Chow Kit-bing | 13,717 | 6.59 | |||
Paul Tse Wai-chun | 5,076 | 2.44 | |||
Simon Lo Ching-cheung | 1,317 | 0.63 | |||
Independent | Shi Kai-biu | 1,231 | 0.59 | ||
Turnout | 208,024 | 33.27 | |||
Independent gain from DAB | Swing |
Legislative Election 2000: Hong Kong Island[11] | |||||
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List | Candidates | Votes | % | ± | |
Democratic | Martin Lee, Yeung Sum Kam Nai-wai, Lai Chi Keong Joseph, Cheng Lai King |
131,788 | 35.3 (20+15.31) |
−11.46 | |
DAB | Gary Cheng, Choy So-yuk Suen Kai Cheong, Chung Shu Kun Christopher, Yeung Wai Foon |
72,617 | 27.8 (20+7.85) |
−1.52 | |
Frontier | Cyd Ho Sau-lan | 25,988 | 10.0 | N/A | |
Fung Leung Lo | 15,419 | 5.9 | N/A | ||
Chow Kit Bing Jennifer | 14,534 | 5.6 | +2.04 | ||
Lan Hong Tsung David, Fung Ho Keung, Chan Choi Hi, Yeung Sum Yu Regina | 14,329 | 5.5 | N/A | ||
Independent Democrats | Tsang Kin-shing, Chan Tim Shing Manuel, Chan Kwok Leung Steve | 9,896 | 3.8 | N/A | |
Leung On Kay Angel | 6,967 | 2.7 | N/A | ||
Paul Tse Wai-chun | 6,398 | 2.5 | N/A | ||
Yung Chan Lung Allen | 1,434 | 0.5 | N/A | ||
Shuen Pak Man Andrew | 1,132 | 0.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 260,788 | 42.03 | −9.93 |
Legislative Election 1998: Hong Kong Island[12] | |||||
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List | Candidates | Votes | % | ± | |
Democratic | Martin Lee, Yeung Sum Kam Nai-wai, Lai Chi Keong Joseph, Cheng Lai King |
143,843 | 46.76 (25+21.76) |
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DAB | Gary Cheng Ip Kwok-him, Suen Kai Cheong, Chung Shu Kun Christopher |
90,182 | 29.32 (25+4.32) |
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Citizens | Christine Loh | 39,251 | 12.76 | ||
Independent | Chong Chan Yau | 12,377 | 4.02 | ||
Chow Kit Bing Jennifer | 10,950 | 3.56 | |||
Liberal | Ada Wong Ying-Kay, Alice Tso Shing-Yuk, Lam Chui-Lin Alice | 7,845 | 2.43 | ||
Leong Wing On Louis | 2,588 | 0.84 | |||
Independent | Li Hung | 935 | 0.3 | ||
Turnout | 307,611 | 51.96 |
Legislative Election 1995: Hong Kong Island Central[13] | |||||
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List | Candidates | Votes | % | ± | |
Independent | Christine Loh | 27,199 | 65.33 | ||
Independent | Peggy Lam | 14,437 | 34.67 | ||
Majority | 12,762 | 30.66 | |||
Independent win (new seat) |
Legislative Election 1995: Hong Kong Island East[14] | |||||
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List | Candidates | Votes | % | ± | |
Democratic | Martin Lee | 37,459 | 72.28 | ||
HKPA | Choy So-yuk | 14,119 | 27.37 | ||
Majority | 23,340 | 44.91 | |||
Democratic win (new seat) |
Legislative Election 1995: Hong Kong Island South[15] | |||||
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List | Candidates | Votes | % | ± | |
Democratic | Yeung Sum | 32,875 | 52.36 | ||
DAB | Cheng Kai-nam | 29,910 | 47.64 | ||
Majority | 2,965 | 4.72 | |||
Democratic win (new seat) |
Legislative Election 1995: Hong Kong Island West[16] | |||||
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List | Candidates | Votes | % | ± | |
Democratic | Huang Chen-ya | 31,156 | 66.32 | ||
HKPA | Lam Kin-lai | 11,845 | 25.21 | ||
Alliance of Chinese and Expatriates | Lam Kwok-hung | 3,979 | 8.47 | ||
Majority | 16,732 | 41.11 | |||
Democratic win (new seat) |
Dual-seat constituency dual vote system was used with two seats to be filled in each constituency.
Legislative Election 1991: Hong Kong Island East | |||||
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List | Candidates | Votes | % | ± | |
United Democrats | Martin Lee | 76,831 | 40.19 | ||
United Democrats | Man Sai-cheong | 43,615 | 22.81 | ||
Citizen Forum | Cheng Kai-nam | 29,902 | 15.64 | ||
HKDF | Chan Ying-lun | 19,806 | 10.36 | ||
Independent | Leung Wai-tung | 15,230 | 7.97 | ||
Independent | Chow Kit-ping | 5,805 | 3.04 | ||
Turnout | 103,028 | ||||
United Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
United Democrats win (new seat) |
Legislative Election 1991: Hong Kong Island West | |||||
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List | Candidates | Votes | % | ± | |
United Democrats | Yeung Sum | 45,108 | 37.83 | ||
United Democrats | Huang Chen-ya | 31,052 | 23.95 | ||
Independent | Chan Yuk-cheung | 29,413 | 22.69 | ||
Liberal Democratic Foundation of Hong Kong | Cheung Yau-hung | 12,145 | 9.39 | ||
NHKA | Wong Man-chiu | 6,113 | 4.71 | ||
NHKA | Cheung Wai-sang | 5,821 | 4.49 | ||
Turnout | 68,979 | ||||
United Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
United Democrats win (new seat) |