District Council (First)

District Council (First) 區議會 (第一)
Functional Constituency for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Electorate	428 (2008)[1]
Current constituency
Created	2000
Number of members	One
Member(s)	Ip Kwok-him (DAB)

The District Council (First), formerly called District Council, is a functional constituency in the elections for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong.

Electoral Method

The electors are the District Councillors from the 18 Districts of Hong Kong.

Return Members

Election		Member	Party
	2000	Ip Kwok-him	DAB
	2004	Lau Wong-fat	Liberal
	2008	Ip Kwok-him	DAB

Electoral Results

Hong Kong legislative election, 2012: District Council (First)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DAB	Ip Kwok-him	uncontested
	DAB hold		Swing

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Hong Kong legislative election, 2008: District Council
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DAB	Ip Kwok-him	259	65.40
	Nonpartisan	Lam Wai-keung	137	34.60
Majority			122	30.80
Total valid votes			396	100.00
Rejected ballots			13
Turnout			409	95.56
Registered electors			428
	DAB gain from Liberal		Swing

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Hong Kong legislative election, 2004: District Council
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Lau Wong-fat	267	61.24	+2.83
	Democratic	Cosmas Kwong Kwok-chuen	126	28.90
	Nonpartisan	Au Chi-yuen	43	9.86
Turnout			436	96.97	+3.32
	Liberal gain from DAB		Swing

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Hong Kong legislative election, 2000: District Council
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DAB	Ip Kwok-him	198	58.41
	Liberal	Chiang Sai-cheong	141	41.59
Turnout			339	93.65
	DAB win (new seat)

References

1. http://www.elections.gov.hk/legco2008/eng/turnout/tt_fc_DC.html
2. http://www.elections.gov.hk/legco2008/eng/result/rs_fc_DC.html
3. http://www.elections.gov.hk/elections/legco2004/english/results/rs_fc_overall.html
4. http://www.elections.gov.hk/elections/legco2000/update/result/fc_e.htm