Kowloon South
Former Geographical constituency
for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Outline map
Boundary of Kowloon Southin Hong Kong
DistrictKowloon City District
RegionKowloon
Electorate105,597
Former constituency
Created1995
Abolished1997
Created fromKowloon Central
Replaced byKowloon 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

Elected members are as follows:[3]

ElectionMemberParty
1995 Lau Chin-shek Democratic/CTU

Election results

1995 Legislative Council election: Kowloon South[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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)

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. 1 2 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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