Heung Yee Kuk
鄕議局
Functional constituency
for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Country Hong Kong
Electorate161 (2021)[1]
Current constituency
Created1991
Number of membersOne
Member(s)Kenneth Lau (BPA)
Heung Yee Kuk
Traditional Chinese鄕議局功能界別
Simplified Chinese鄕议局功能界别

The Heung Yee Kuk functional constituency, formerly called the Rural functional constituency, is a functional constituency in the elections for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong first created in 1991. The constituency is composed of the chairman and vice chairmen of the Heung Yee Kuk and the ex officio, special and co-opted councillors of the full Council of the Kuk.[2] One of the functional constituencies with the fewest electorates, it had only 155 registered voters in 2020.[3] It corresponds to the Heung Yee Kuk Subsector in the Election Committee.

Since the 2016 Legislative Council election, it has been represented by the chairman of the Kuk, Kenneth Lau, succeeding his father, former longtime Kuk chairman Lau Wong-fat who held the seat from 1991 to 2004 and from 2008 until he stepped down in 2016 due to his absence from the office because of ill health. Lau Wong-fat's tenure was interrupted when he represented the District Council functional constituency from 2004 to 2008 while Kuk vice chairman Lam Wai-keung took the seat in his place. No actual election has been held since its creation as all candidates have been uncontested.

Return Members

Rural (1991–1997)

ElectionMemberParty
1991 Lau Wong-fat FSHK→Liberal
1995 Liberal

Heung Yee Kuk (1997–present)

ElectionMemberParty
1998 Lau Wong-fat Liberal
2000
2004 Daniel Lam Nonpartisan
2008 Lau Wong-fat Liberal→Independent→Economic Synergy
2012 Economic Synergy→BPA
2016 Kenneth Lau BPA
2021

Electoral Results

Instant-runoff voting system was used from 1998 to 2021. Since 2021, first-past-the-post voting system is in use.

2020s

2021 Legislative Council election: Heung Yee Kuk
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BPA Kenneth Lau Ip-keung 119 77.27
BPA Mok Kam-kwai 35 22.72
Majority 84 54.55
Total valid votes 154 100.00
Rejected ballots 0
Turnout 154 95.65
Registered electors 161
BPA hold Swing

2010s

2016 Legislative Council election: Heung Yee Kuk
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BPA Kenneth Lau Ip-keung Unopposed
Registered electors 147
BPA hold Swing
2012 Legislative Council election: Heung Yee Kuk
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Economic Synergy Lau Wong-fat Unopposed
Registered electors 147
Economic Synergy hold Swing

2000s

[4]

2008 Legislative Council election: Heung Yee Kuk
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Lau Wong-fat Unopposed
Registered electors 157
Liberal gain from Nonpartisan Swing

[5]

2004 Legislative Council election: Heung Yee Kuk
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nonpartisan Lam Wai-keung Unopposed
Registered electors 149
Nonpartisan gain from Nonpartisan Swing

[6]

2000 Legislative Council election: Heung Yee Kuk
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Lau Wong-fat Unopposed
Registered electors 148
Nonpartisan hold Swing

1990s

[6]

1998 Legislative Council election: Heung Yee Kuk
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nonpartisan Lau Wong-fat Unopposed
Registered electors 132
Nonpartisan hold Swing
1995 Legislative Council election: Rural
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nonpartisan Lau Wong-fat Unopposed
Registered electors 125
Nonpartisan hold Swing
1991 Legislative Council election: Rural
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
FSHK Lau Wong-fat Unopposed
Registered electors 112
FSHK win (new seat)

References

  1. ↑ "Voter Registration Statistics : Functional Constituency". Voter Registration.
  2. ↑ "Hong Kong e-Legislation". Hong Kong e-Legislation.
  3. ↑ "Voter Registration Statistics : Functional Constituency". Voter Registration.
  4. ↑ 2008 Legislative Council Election
  5. ↑ 2004 Legislative Council Election – Election Results Archived 2012-07-17 at the Wayback Machine
  6. 1 2 Legislative Council Elections Results Archived 2012-08-29 at the Wayback Machine
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