Kowloon South (1995 constituency)
Appearance
Kowloon South | |
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Former Geographical constituency for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong | |
Boundary of Kowloon Southin Hong Kong | |
District | Kowloon City District |
Region | Kowloon |
Electorate | 105,597 |
Former constituency | |
Created | 1995 |
Abolished | 1997 |
Created from | Kowloon Central |
Replaced by | Kowloon West |
Kowloon South was a geographical constituencies 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 Kowloon City District in Kowloon.[1]
The constituency was replaced by the Kowloon West constituency in 1998 after the handover of Hong Kong a year before.[2]
Returned members
[edit]Elected members are as follows:[3]
Election | Member | Party | |
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1995 | Lau Chin-shek | Democratic/CTU |
Election results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic (CTU) | Lau Chin-shek | 26,827 | 69.86 | ||
LDF | Wong Siu-yee | 11,572 | 30.14 | ||
Majority | 15,255 | 39.72 | |||
Total valid votes | 38,399 | 100.00 | |||
Rejected ballots | 255 | ||||
Turnout | 38,654 | 36.61 | |||
Registered electors | 105,597 | ||||
Democratic win (new seat) |