Election Committee (constituency)

Election Committee
Former Election Committee Constituency for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Electorate	800
Former constituency
Created	1995
Abolished	2004
Number of members	Six (2000–04) Ten (1995–97; 1998–2000)
Member(s)	Last members: Rita Fan (Nonpartisan) Ambrose Lau (PA) Yeung Yiu-chung (DAB) Ng Leung-sing (Nonpartisan) David Chu (PA) Ma Fung-kwok (NCF)

Election Committee (ECC) was a former constituency in the elections for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong.

The constituency was composed of all 800 members of the Election Committee of Hong Kong. The 800 members contained 664 nominated from the sectors of the economy, 40 from the religious organisations, and 96 ex officio members who were Hong Kong deputies to the National People's Congress and Legislative Council members. Besides the members of the Legislative Council, the 800 members Election Committee also elected the Chief Executive of Hong Kong every five years.

Prior to the handover, the electorate of the ECC consisted of all the elected District Board members who had been elected in the 1994 DB ordinary elections under the Governor Chris Patten's electoral reform passed in 1994. Single Transferable Vote system was used in the 1995 election.^[1]

Plurality-at-large voting system was used in 1998 and 2000.

Return Members

	1995 – 1997		1998 – 2000		2000 – 2004
	Lo Suk-ching		Rita Fan
	Choy Kan-pui Civil Force		Ng Leung-sing
	Anthony Cheung Democratic		Ng Ching-fai NCF (1999–2001)				Ma Fung-kwok NCF
	Ambrose Lau Progressive Alliance
	Ip Kwok-him DAB		Yeung Yiu-chung DAB
	David Chu LDF (1995–97) Progressive Alliance (1998–2004)
	Chan Kam-lam DAB				abolished
	Law Cheung-kwok ADPL		Ma Fung-kwok NCF (1999–2000)
	John Tse Democratic		Choy So-yuk Progressive Alliance
	Yum Sin-ling 123 Democratic Alliance		Ho Sai-chu Liberal

History

The elected candidates are shown in bold.

Election Committee by-election 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan (New Forum)	Ma Fung-kwok	359	51.7	+1.4
	Liberal	Ho Sai-chu	294	42.4	−8.1
	Nonpartisan	Chan Man-hung	34	4.9
Majority			65	9.3
Total valid votes			687	100.0
Rejected ballots			7
Turnout			694	89.6
Registered electors			775
	Nonpartisan gain from Nonpartisan		Swing	+4.8

^[2]

Hong Kong legislative election, 2000: Election Committee
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Rita Hsu Lai-tai	651	87.0	+7.5
	Progressive Alliance	Ambrose Lau Hon-chuen	651	79.4	+16.4
	DAB	Yeung Yiu-chung	490	65.5	-9.3
	Nonpartisan	Ng Leung-sing	483	64.6	-3.2
	Progressive Alliance	David Chu Yu-lin	464	62.0	+2.6
	Nonpartisan (New Forum)	Ng Ching-fai	401	53.6	-13.5
	Liberal	Ho Sai-chu	378	50.5	+1.6
	Nonpartisan (New Forum)	Ma Fung-kwok	376	50.3	-8.7
	Nonpartisan	Shiu Sin-por	360	48.1
	Nonpartisan	Ho Ka-cheong	117	15.6

^[3]

Hong Kong legislative election, 1998: Election Committee
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Rita Fan Hsu Lai-tai	628	79.5
	Nonpartisan	Ng Leung-sing	539	68.2
	Nonpartisan	Ng Ching-fai	530	67.1
	Progressive Alliance	Lau Hon-chuen	504	63.8
	Progressive Alliance	David Chu Yu-lin	469	59.4
	Nonpartisan	Ma Fung-kwok	466	59.0
	DAB	Yeung Yiu-chung	441	55.8
	DAB	Chan Kam-lam	432	54.7
	Progressive Alliance	Choy So-yuk	397	50.3
	Liberal	Ho Sai-chu	386	48.9
	Progressive Alliance	Charles Yeung Chun-kam	380	48.1
	Independent	Peggy Lam Pei	346	43.8
	Independent	Kan Fook-yee	300	38.0
	NTAS (DAB)	Cheung Hok-ming	273	34.6
	ADPL	Law Cheung-kwok	259	32.8
	DAB	Thomas Pang Cheung-wai	226	28.6
	Nonpartisan	Joseph Hui Tak-fai	214	27.1
	Heung Yee Kuk	Pang Hang-yin	212	26.8
	Nonpartisan	Maria Joyce Chang Sau-han	149	18.9
	Nonpartisan	James Chiu	141	17.8
	Nonpartisan	Stephen Yam Chi-ming	137	17.3
	Nonpartisan	Ho Ka-cheong	97	12.3
	Nonpartisan (TUC)	Leung Tsz-leung	85	10.8
	Nonpartisan	Lee Kwong-lam	83	10.5
	Nonpartisan	Siu See-kong	56	7.1

^[4]

Hong Kong legislative election, 1995: Election Committee
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Lo Suk-ching	26	9.2
	Civil Force	Choy Kan-pui	26	9.2
	Democratic	Cheung Bing-Ieung	26	9.2
	Progressive Alliance	Lau Hon-chuen	26	9.2
	DAB	Chan Kam-lam	26	9.2
	ADPL	Law Cheung-kwok	26	9.2
	DAB	Ip Kwok-him	26	9.2
	Democratic	John Tse Wing-ling	26	9.2
	LDF	David Chu Yu-lin	26	9.2
	123DA	Yum Sin-ling	26	9.2
	United Front for the People	Yeung Fuk-kwong	0	0.0
	Nonpartisan	Lee York-fai	0	0.0
	Nonpartisan	Fung Kwong-chung	0	0.0
	ADPL	Leung Kwong-cheong	0	0.0
	Democratic	Yuen Bun-keung	0	0.0
	Liberal	Mark Lin	0	0.0
	Nonpartisan	Louis Leung Wing-on	0	0.0
	Nonpartisan	Paul Chan Sing-kong	0	0.0

References

1. Report on the 1995 Legislative General Election, Boundary and Election Commission
2. http://www.elections.gov.hk/elections/legco2000/update/result/ec_e.htm
3. http://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/199805/25/0525201.htm
4. Report on the 1995 Legislative General Election, Boundary and Election Commission