Accountancy Constituency (Hong Kong)

Accountancy 會計界
Functional Constituency for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Electorate	22,276 (2008)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1988
Number of members	One
Member(s)	Kenneth Leung (Prof Commons)

Accountancy is a so-called "functional constituency" seat in the Legislative Council of Hong Kong first created in 1988. In 2012, the constituency was composed of some 25 thousand certified public accountants as compared to 222 thousand citizens, on average, for geographical constituencies. As CPAs have the right to vote in both constituencies, their votes had 10 times the electoral value of those of ordinary citizens.^[2][3]

Return members

Election		Member	Party
	1988	Peter Wong Hong-yuen	Group of 88
	1989		NHKA
	1990		LDF/BPF
	1993		Liberal
	1995	Eric Li Ka-cheung	Independent
Not represented in the Provisional Legislative Council (1997–98)
	1998	Eric Li Ka-cheung	Independent
	2004	Mandy Tam Heung-man	Independent
	2006		Civic
	2008	Paul Chan Mo-po	Independent
	2012	Kenneth Leung Kai-cheong	Prof Commons

Electoral results

2010s

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Hong Kong legislative election, 2012:Accountancy
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan (Prof Commons)	Kenneth Leung Kai-cheong	7,701	46.76
	Independent	Nelson Lam Chi-yuen	6,538	39.70
	Nonpartisan	Wong Wang-tai	1,335	8.11	+3.87
	Nonpartisan	Peter Chan Po-fun	896	5.44
Majority			1,163	7.06
Total valid votes			16,470	100.00
Rejected ballots			1,066
Turnout			17,536	69.66
Registered electors			25,174
	Nonpartisan gain from Independent		Swing

2000s

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Hong Kong legislative election, 2008:Accountancy
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Paul Chan Mo-po	5,659	41.67
	Civic	Tam Heung-man	4,116	30.31
	Independent	Elve Kung Yiu-fai	3,116	22.95
	Nonpartisan	Wong Wang-tai	576	4.24
	Nonpartisan	Yim Ting-wai	112	0.82
Majority			1,543	11.36
Total valid votes			13,579	100.00
Rejected ballots			285
Turnout			13,864	62.24
Registered electors			22,276
	Independent gain from Civic		Swing

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Hong Kong legislative election, 2004: Accountancy
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Tam Heung-man	3,393	29.05
	Independent	Chan Mo-po	3,356	28.74
	Independent	Elve Kung Yiu-fai	1,815	15.54
	Nonpartisan	Edward Chow Kwong-fai	1,066	9.13
	Independent	Louis Leung Wing-on	604	5.17
	Nonpartisan	Peter Chan Po-fun	603	5.16
	Independent	Choi Sau-yuk	444	3.80
	Independent	Wilfred Wu Shek-chun	244	2.09
	Nonpartisan	Wong Wang-tai	154	1.32
	Independent gain from Independent		Swing

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Hong Kong legislative election, 2000: Accountancy
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Eric Li Ka-cheung	3,867	64.55
	Nonpartisan	Edward Chow Kwong-fai	1,363	22.75
	Nonpartisan	Peter Chan Po-fun	761	12.7
	Independent hold		Swing

1990s

Hong Kong legislative election, 1998: Accountancy
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Eric Li Ka-cheung	3,556	65.04
	Nonpartisan	Edward Chow Kwong-fai	1,302	23.82
	Nonpartisan	Peter Chan Po-fun	609	11.14
	Independent hold		Swing

Hong Kong legislative election, 1995: Accountancy
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Eric Li Ka-cheung	1,376	63.94
	Liberal	Edward Chow Kwong-fai	477	22.17
	Nonpartisan	Peter Chan Po-fun	299	13.89
	Independent gain from Liberal		Swing

Hong Kong legislative election, 1991: Accountancy
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDF	Peter Wong Hong-yuen	uncontested
	LDF hold		Swing

1980s

Hong Kong legislative election, 1988: Accountancy
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Group of 89	Peter Wong Hong-yuen	366	48.80
	Nonpartisan	Peter Chan Po-fun	301	40.13
	Nonpartisan	Lai Ip Suk-ping	83	11.07
Turnout			698	44.0
	Nonpartisan win (new seat)

References

1. "2008 Legislative Council Election". Elections.gov.hk. 2008-12-09. Retrieved 2012-11-17.
2. "Report on the Recommended Geographical Constituency Boundaries for the 2016 Legislative Council General Election" (PDF). Electoral Affairs Commission, HKSAR Government. 28 August 2015.
4. "2012 Legislative Council Election Results". Elections.gov.hk. Retrieved 2012-11-17.
5. "2008 Legislative Council Election". Elections.gov.hk. 2008-09-08. Retrieved 2012-11-17.
6. "2004 Legislative Council Election". Elections.gov.hk. Retrieved 2012-11-17.
7. "2000 Legislative Council Election". Elections.gov.hk. Retrieved 2012-11-17.