Kwun Tong
Former Electoral College constituency
for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
DistrictKwun Tong District
RegionKowloon
Former constituency
Created1985
Abolished1991
Number of membersOne
Replaced byKowloon East

Kwun Tong was a constituency elected by electoral college for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong in 1985 and 1988, which elects one member of the Legislative Council using the multiple-round elimination system and preferential elimination system respectively. The constituency covers Kwun Tong District in Kowloon.[1]

The constituency is indirectly elected, with members of the District Boards and Urban Council from the Kwun Tong District as the electorates. It was renamed as Kowloon East constituency in 1991 with expanded electorates.

Returned members

Elected members are as follows:[2]

ElectionMemberParty
1985Poon Chi-faiIndependent
1980sPHKS
1988

Election results

Only the final results of the run-off are shown.

1988 Legislative Council election: Kwun Tong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PHKS Poon Chi-fai 21 63.64
Meeting Point Li Wah-ming 12 36.36 +36.36
PHKS hold Swing
1985 Legislative Council election: Kwun Tong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Poon Chi-fai 18 62.07
Independent Cheng Kwan-suen 11 37.93
Meeting Point Li Wah-ming 0 0
Independent win (new seat)

References

  1. ↑ The Hong Kong Government (1984). White Paper: The Further Development of Representative Government in Hong Kong. Hong Kong: Government Printer.
  2. ↑ 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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