New Territories South (1995 constituency)
Appearance
New Territories South | |
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Former Geographical constituency for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong | |
District | South-eastern Tsuen Wan District Northern Kwai Tsing District |
Region | New Territories |
Electorate | 137,318 |
Former constituency | |
Created | 1995 |
Abolished | 1997 |
Created from | New Territories South |
Replaced by | New Territories West |
New Territories South 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 south-eastern part of Tsuen Wan District and northern part of Kwai Tsing District in New Territories.[1]
The constituency was merged into the New Territories 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 | Sin Chung-kai | Democratic |
Election results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Sin Chung-kai | 26,048 | 70.74 | ||
Independent | Hui Chiu-fai | 8,179 | 22.21 | ||
Pioneer | Lam Chi-leung | 2,594 | 7.04 | ||
Majority | 17,869 | 48.53 | |||
Total valid votes | 36,821 | 100.00 | |||
Rejected ballots | 567 | ||||
Turnout | 37,388 | 27.23 | |||
Registered electors | 137,318 | ||||
Democratic win (new seat) |