Kowloon West
Former Geographical constituency
for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Outline map
Boundary of Kowloon Westin Hong Kong
DistrictYau Tsim District
Mong Kok District
Sham Shui Po District
RegionKowloon
Electorate213,345
Former constituency
Created1991
Abolished1995
Number of membersTwo
Replaced byKowloon West
Kowloon South-west

Kowloon West was a geographical constituencies in the election for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong in 1991, which elects two members of the Legislative Council using the dual-seat constituency dual vote system. The constituency covers Yau Tsim District, Mong Kok District, and Sham Shui Po District in Kowloon.[1]

The constituency was divided and replaced by the Kowloon West and Kowloon South-west constituencies in 1995.[2]

Returned members

Elected members are as follows:[3]

ElectionMemberPartyMemberParty
1991 Frederick FungADPL James ToUDHK
1994 Democratic

Election results

1991 Legislative Council election: Kowloon West[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
ADPL Frederick Fung Kin-kee 36,508 28.93
United Democrats James To Kun-sun 26,352 20.88
Civic Desmond Lee Yu-tai 21,471 17.01
Independent Kingsley Sit Ho-yin 18,634 14.76
ADPL Law Cheung-kwok 17,145 13.58
LDF Ng Kin-sun 6,098 4.83
Turnout 69,483 32.57
Registered electors 213,345
ADPL win (new seat)
United Democrats win (new seat)

References

  1. 1 2 Scott, I (1991). "Chapter One: An Overview of the Hong Kong Legislative Council Elections of 1991". The Asian Journal of Public Administration. 13 (2): 11–37. doi:10.1080/02598272.1991.10800247.
  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. 雷, 競璇; 沈, 國祥 (1995). "香港選舉資料匯編, 1982年-1994年". 硏究叢刊. 香港: Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies (19).
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