Hong Kong Island (constituency)

Hong Kong Island
Geographical Constituency for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Boundary of Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong
Region	Hong Kong Island
Electorate	623,474[1]
Current constituency
Created	1998
Number of members	Seven
Member(s)	Cyd Ho (Lab/Civic Act-up) Jasper Tsang (DAB) Regina Ip (NPP) Kenneth Chan (Civic) Sin Chung-kai (Democratic) Christopher Chung (DAB) Wong Kwok-hing (FTU)
Created from	Hong Kong Island Central, Hong Kong Island West, Hong Kong Island South, Hong Kong Island East

Hong Kong Island is a constituency in the elections for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong.

Overview

The constituency covers all the four districts on the Hong Kong Island, namely, Central and Western, Eastern, Southern and Wan Chai.

Background

The constituency was formed since the 1998 legislative election, replacing a number of single-member constituencies in 1995. These were Island West and Island East in the 1991 election with dual-seat constituency dual vote system and Island East, Island West, Island Central, and Island South in the 1995 election. From 1985 to 1991, the seats were elected by the electoral colleges composed of the members of the district boards and Urban Council.

LegCo members for former Hong Kong Island constituencies, 1985 – 1997
Election		1985 – 1998		1988 – 1991		Election		1991 – 1995		Election		1995 – 1997
West Island		Liu Lit-for		So Chau Yim-ping Civic Association		Island West		Yeung Sum United Democrat (1991–94) Democratic (1994–95)		Island South		Yeung Sum Democratic
								Huang Chen-ya United Democrat (1991–94) Democratic (1994–95)		Island West		Huang Chen-ya Democratic
East Island		Desmond Lee PHKS Civic Association		Chan Ying-lun PHKS DF (1989—91)		Island East		Martin Lee United Democrat (1991–94) Democratic (1994–95)		Island East		Martin Lee Democratic
								Man Sai-cheong United Democrat (1991–94) Democratic (1994–95)		Island Central		Christine Loh Independent (1995–97) Citizens (1997)

Return Members

Below are all the members since the creation of the Hong Kong Island constituency. The number of seats allocated to Hong Kong Island has been increased from 4 to 7 between 1998 and 2012 due to the enlargement.

LegCo members for Hong Kong Island, 1998 onwards
Election		1998 (1st LegCo)		2000 (2nd LegCo)				2004 (3rd LegCo)				2008 (4th LegCo)		2012 (5th LegCo)
Councilor Party		Martin Lee Democratic										Tanya Chan Civic		Kenneth Chan Civic
Councilor Party		Gary Cheng[2] DAB				Audrey Eu[2] Independent (2000–06) Civic (2006–)								Christopher Chung DAB
Councilor Party		Yeung Sum Democratic										Kam Nai-wai Democratic		Sin Chung-kai Democratic
Councilor Party		Christine Loh Citizens		Cyd Ho Frontier				Ma Lik[3] DAB		Anson Chan[3]		Regina Ip Independent (2008–11) NPP (2011–)
Councilor Party	New Seat			Choy So-yuk DAB								Jasper Tsang DAB
Councilor Party	New Seat							Rita Fan				Cyd Ho Civic Act-up (2008–) Labour (2012–)
Councilor Party	New Seat													Wong Kwok-hing FTU

Summary of seats won

		1998	2000	2004	2008	2012
	Democratic	2	2	2	1	1
	DAB	1	2	2	1	2
	Citizens	1
	Frontier		1
	Civic				2	1
	Civic Act-up				1
	Labour					1
	NPP					1
	FTU					1
	Independent			2	1
Pro-democracy		3	3	3	4	3
Pro-Beijing		1	2	3	2	4
Seats		4	5	6	6	7

Vote share summary

		1998	2000	2004	2008	2012
	Democratic	46.8	35.3	37.2	12.7	12.3
	DAB	29.3	27.8	21.1	19.3	21.3
	Citizens	12.8
	Liberal	2.4			0.7	5.4
	Frontier		10.0	10.4
	New Forum		5.5
	Civic				26.4	21.3
	Civic Act-up				9.9
	LSD				3.3	1.0
	Labour					9.5
	NPP					9.2
	FTU					8.3
	People Power					5.6
	Independent	8.7	21.4	31.3	27.9	6.2
Pro-democracy		59.5	49.1	59.6	60.1	49.8
Pro-Beijing		36.2	38.9	39.6	39.5	45.0

History

The constituency was set up in 1998 election when the largest remainder method (with Hare quota) of the proportional representative electoral system was introduced, replacing four single-member constituencies of the 1995 election. 4, 5, 6, and 7 members were returned from this constituency in the 1998, 2000, 2004 and 2012 elections respectively. No change of boundary had been made throughout since 1998.

2010s

Legislative Election 2012: Hong Kong Island
List		Candidates	Votes	%	±%
	Civic	Chan Ka-lok Tanya Chan	70,475	21.31 (14.29+7.02)	−5.09
	Democratic	Sin Chung-kai Yeung Sum, Chai Man-hon, Cheng Lai-king, Leung Suk-ching, Hui Chi-fung	40,558	12.26	−0.44
	DAB	Jasper Tsang Yok-sing	36,517	11.04	−8.26
	DAB	Christopher Chung Shu-kun Eddie Ting Kong-ho, Jennifer Chow Kit-bing, Kung Pak-cheung, Ngan Chun-lim, Kenny Lee Kwun-yee, Cheng Chi-sing	33,901	10.25	N/A
	Labour	Cyd Ho Sau-lan Cheng Sze-lut, Chung Chung-fai	31,523	9.53	−0.37
	NPP	Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee Wong Chor-fung, Tse Tsz-kei	30,289	9.16	−10.34
	FTU	Wong Kwok-hing Pan Pey-chyou, Chu Ting-lok, Stanley Ho Ngai-kam, Chan Chi-hang	27,336	8.26	N/A
	People Power	Christopher Lau Gar-hung, Shiu Yeuk-yuen, Jeff Au Yeung Ying-kit	18,667	5.64	N/A
	Liberal	Miriam Lau Kin-yee, Shiu Ka-fai, Lee Chun-keung	17,686	5.35	+4.65
	Independent	Lo Wing-lok	16,900	5.11	−1.39
	LSD	Avery Ng Man-yuen	3,169	0.96	−2.34
	Nonpartisan	Hui Ching-on	2,980	0.90	N/A
	Independent	Ng Wing-chun	422	0.13	N/A
	Nonpartisan	Ho Kar-tai	343	0.10	N/A
Total valid votes			330,766	100.00
Rejected ballots			3,666
Turnout			334,432	55.13	+9.12
Registered electors			606,678

Hong Kong Island by-election 2010: Hong Kong Island[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Civic	Tanya Chan	103,564	92.7
	Nonpartisan	Tai Cheuk-yin	3,144	2.8
	Tertiary 2012	Leung Wing-ho	2,715	2.4
	Nonpartisan	Lee Chun-hung	1,542	1.4
	Nonpartisan	Wong Hing	799	0.7
Majority			100,420	89.9
Total valid votes			111,764	100.0
Rejected ballots			3,409
Turnout			115,173	18.5
Registered electors			622,756
	Civic hold		Swing

2000s

Legislative Election 2008: Hong Kong Island[5]
List		Candidates	Votes	%	±%
	Civic	Tanya Chan, Audrey Eu Yuet-mee Amy Yung Wing-sheung	82,600	26.4 (16.67+9.68)	N/A
	Independent	Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee Louis Shih Tai-cho, Wong Kin-hing, Ronald Chan Ngok-pang	61,073	19.5 (16.67+2.82)	N/A
	DAB	Jasper Tsang Yok-sing Choy So-yuk, Christopher Chung Shu-kun, Cheung Kwok-kwan, Chan Hok-fung, Kwok Wai-keung	60,417	19.3 (16.67+2.61)	−1.8
	Democratic	Kam Nai-wai Yeung Sum, Tsui Yuen-wa	39,808	12.7	−24.5
	Civic Act-up	Cyd Ho Sau-lan	30,887	9.9	N/A
	Independent	Lo Wing-lok	20,523	6.5	N/A
	LSD	Tsang Kin-shing	10,202	3.3	+1.8
	Independent Democrat	Joseph Lai Chi-keong	3,955	1.3	N/A
	Liberal	Lam Chui-lin, Wong Kam-chuen, Ngan Choi-chik	2,166	0.7	N/A
	Nonpartisan	Myra Sophia Siu Man-wa	1,798	0.6	N/A
Total valid votes			313,429	100.00
Rejected ballots			1,441
Turnout			314,870	50.17	−7.45
Registered electors			627,657

Hong Kong Island by-election 2007[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan (Pro-democracy)	Anson Chan Fang	175,874	54.84
	Nonpartisan (Pro-Beijing)	Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee	137,550	42.89
	Nonpartisan	Tandon Lai Chiang	3,518	1.10
	Nonpartisan	Ho Loy	1,593	0.50
	Nonpartisan	Ling Wai-wan	822	0.19
	Nonpartisan	Siu See-kong	613	0.19
	Nonpartisan	Lee Wing-kin	401	0.12
	Nonpartisan	Lau Yuk-shing	344	0.11
Majority			38,324	11.95
Total valid votes			320,715	100.00
Rejected ballots			1,223
Turnout			321,938	52.06
Registered electors			618,398
	Nonpartisan gain from DAB		Swing

In 2004, the population in this constituency was ?. Out of those who were eligible to register as voters (permanent residents who are over 18 of age), ? registered. ? or ?% of registered voters voted in the election, with 379,913 valid votes.

The Hong Kong legislative election on 12 September 2004 returned six candidates to office based on a party list proportional representation system, with the seats assigned according to the largest remainder method. The pro-Beijing camp returned two candidates, and pro-democracy camps three, with the remainder filled by the independent Rita Fan.

Six lists or tickets took part in the election, with the pro-Beijing DAB filling Ma Lik, Choy So Yuk and four other candidates on one ticket, and the pro-democracy camp filled two tickets, one consisted of Martin Lee, Yeung Sum and Lai Chi Keung of the Democratic Party, and the other consisted of Audrey Eu and Cyd Ho, both ran as independents. Other candidates included Tsang Kin Shing, also belonged to the pro-democracy camp, who ran with two other candidates on his ticket without cooperating with the rest of the camp; and Kelvin Wong, an independent who declared his occupation as insurance agent.

Rita Fan, the President (i.e. Speaker) of the Legislative Council and a Hong Kong deputy to the National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China, joined the election with her own one-candidate ticket. She attracted support mainly from the middle and upper class voters from the sandwich of Hong Kong's pro-Beijing vs. pro-democracy political spectrum, but was also backed strategically by the pro-Beijing camp.

The election returned Lee, Yeung, Ma, Eu, Fan and Choy to the Council.

Legislative Election 2004: Hong Kong Island[7]
List		Candidates	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Yeung Sum, Martin Lee Chu-ming Joseph Lai Chi-keong	131,788	37.2 (16.67+16.67+3.88)	+1.9
	DAB	Ma Lik, Choy So-yuk Christopher Chung Shu-kun, Yeung Wai-foon, Lee Yuen-kwong, Cheung Kwok-kwan	74,659	21.1 (16.67+4.42)	−6.7
	Independent (Frontier)	Audrey Eu Yuet-mee Cyd Ho Sau-lan	73,844	20.9 (16.67+4.15)	N/A
	Nonpartisan	Rita Fan Hsu Lai-tai	65,661	18.5	N/A
	Grass-root pro-democrats	Tsang Kin-shing, Chung Chung-fai, Tang Chui-chung	5,313	1.5	−2.3
	Nonpartisan	Kelvin Wong Kam-fai	2,830	0.8	N/A
Turnout			354,095	57.62	+15.59

The two mainstream tickets of the pro-democracy camp intended to translate their support into four seats, with the slogan "1+1=4", provided that their supporters would have cast their votes evenly to the two tickets. Pre-election polls showed, nevertheless, that the Eu-Ho ticket had far more supporters, causing the Democratic Party to request all supporters of the camp to vote instead for their ticket just two weeks before the election.

It turned out that the Democratic Party drew too many votes from the Eu-Ho ticket, causing Cyd Ho defeat by DAB's Choy So Yuk, by a slim margin of 815 votes (or 0.23% of all valid votes). Should the Democratic Party drew around 1900 more votes from the Eu-Ho ticket, the third-rank candidate on their list would have defeated Choy.

When the results were announced in the morning of the following day, Martin Lee said before cameras "I'd rather lose with dignity than win like this",^[8] on the "unexpected" defeat of Cyd Ho.

Hong Kong Island by-election 2000[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Audrey Eu Yuet-mee	108,401	54.84
	DAB	Christopher Chung Shu-kun	78,282	37.23
	Independent	Jennifer Chow Kit-bing	13,717	6.59
	Independent	Paul Tse Wai-chun	5,076	0.50
	Independent	Simon Lo Ching-cheung	1,317	0.25
	Independent	Shi Kai-biu	1,231	0.19
Majority			30,119	17.61
Total valid votes			208,024	100.00
Rejected ballots			648
Turnout			208,672	33.27
Registered electors			627,208
	Independent gain from DAB		Swing

Legislative Election 2000: Hong Kong Island[10]
List		Candidates	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Martin Lee Chu-ming, Yeung Sum Kam Nai-wai, Joseph Lai Chi-keong, Cheng Lai-king	131,788	35.3 (20+15.31)	−11.46
	DAB	Gary Cheng, Choy So-yuk Suen Kai-cheong, Christopher Chung Shu-kun, Yeung Wai-foon	72,617	27.8 (20+7.85)	−1.52
	Frontier	Cyd Ho Sau-lan	25,988	10.0	N/A
	Nonpartisan	Fung Leung-lo	15,419	5.9	N/A
	Nonpartisan	Jennifer Chow Kit-bing	14,534	5.6	+2.04
	New Forum	David Lan Hong-tsung, Fung Ho-keung, Chan Choi-hi, Regina Yeung Sum-yu	14,329	5.5	N/A
	Independent Democrats	Tsang Kin-shing, Manuel Chan Tim-shing, Steve Chan Kwok-leung	9,896	3.8	N/A
	Nonpartisan	Angel Leung On-kay	6,967	2.7	N/A
	Nonpartisan	Paul Tse Wai-chun	6,398	2.5	N/A
	Nonpartisan	Allen Yung Chan-lung	1,434	0.5	N/A
	Nonpartisan	Andrew Shuen Pak-man	1,132	0.4	N/A
Turnout			260,788	42.03	−9.93

1990s

Legislative Election 1998: Hong Kong Island[11]
List		Candidates	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Martin Lee Chu-ming, Yeung Sum Yuen Bun-keung, Chan Kwok-leung	143,843	46.76 (25+21.76)
	DAB	Cheng Kai-nam Ip Kwok-him, Suen Kai-cheong, Christopher Chung Shu-kun	90,182	29.32 (25+4.32)
	Citizens	Christine Loh Kung-wai	39,251	12.76
	Independent	Chong Chan-yau	12,377	4.02
	Nonpartisan	Jennifer Chow Kit-bing	10,950	3.56
	Liberal	Ada Wong Ying-kay, Alice Tso Shing-yuk, Alice Lam Chui-lin	7,845	2.43
	Nonpartisan	Louis Leong Wing-on	2,588	0.84
	Independent	Li Hung	935	0.3
Turnout			307,611	51.96

1995 Constituencies

Hong Kong Island Central

Legislative Election 1995: Hong Kong Island Central[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Christine Loh Kung-wai	27,199	65.33
	Independent	Peggy Lam Pei	14,437	34.67
Majority			12,762	30.66
	Independent win (new seat)

Hong Kong Island East

Legislative Election 1995: Hong Kong Island East[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Martin Lee Chu-ming	37,459	72.28
	Progressive Alliance	Choy So-yuk	14,119	27.37
Majority			23,340	44.91
	Democratic win (new seat)

Hong Kong Island South

Legislative Election 1995: Hong Kong Island South[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Yeung Sum	32,875	52.36
	DAB	Cheng Kai-nam	29,910	47.64
Majority			2,965	4.72
	Democratic win (new seat)

Hong Kong Island West

Legislative Election 1995: Hong Kong Island West[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Huang Chen-ya	31,156	66.32
	Progressive Alliance	Lam Kin-lai	11,845	25.21
	ACE	Guy Lam Kwok-hung	3,979	8.47
Majority			16,732	41.11
	Democratic win (new seat)

1991 Constituencies

Dual-seat constituency dual vote system was used with two seats to be filled in each constituency.

Hong Kong Island East

Legislative Election 1991: Hong Kong Island East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Democrats	Martin Lee Chu-ming	76,831	40.2
	United Democrats	Man Sai-cheong	43,615	22.8
	Citizen Forum	Cheng Kai-nam	29,902	15.6
	DF	Chan Ying-lun	19,806	10.4
	Independent	Diana Leung Wai-tung	15,230	8.0
	Independent	Jennifer Chow Kit-bing	5,805	3.0
Turnout			103,028	39.4
	United Democrats win (new seat)
	United Democrats win (new seat)

Hong Kong Island West

Legislative Election 1991: Hong Kong Island West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Democrats	Yeung Sum	45,108	37.8
	United Democrats	Huang Chen-ya	31,052	24.0
	Independent	David Chan Yuk-cheung	29,413	22.7
	LDF	Alexander Chang Yau-hung	12,145	9.4
	NHKA	Ronnie Wong Man-chiu	6,113	4.7
	NHKA	Winnie Cheung Wai-sun	5,821	4.5
Turnout			68,979	40.3
	United Democrats win (new seat)
	United Democrats win (new seat)

1985–88

East Island

Legislative Election 1988: East Island
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PHKS	Chan Ying-lun	21	51.22
	ADPL (Civic)	Desmond Lee Yu-tai	20	48.78	-11.22
	Nonpartisan gain from Civic		Swing

Legislative Election 1985: East Island
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PHKS (Civic)	Desmond Lee Yu-tai	24	60
	Reform	Kwan Lim-ho	16	40
	Nonpartisan	Albert Cheung Chi-piu	0	0
	Nonpartisan	Lee Kam-kee	0	0
	Nonpartisan	Peggy Lam Pei	0	0
	Nonpartisan	Tam Ting-bong	0	0
	PHKS win (new seat)

West Island

Legislative Election 1988: West Island
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Civic	So Chau Yim-ping	18	40.00
	PHKS	Liu Lit-for	16	35.56	-12.92
	Civic	Joseph Chan Yuek-Sut	11	24.44
	Civic gain from PHKS		Swing

Legislative Election 1985: West Island
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Liu Lit-for	16	48.48
	HKAS	Anthony Ng Sung-man	9	27.27
	Nonpartisan	Keith Lam Hon-keung	8	24.24
	Nonpartisan win (new seat)

References

1. "Voter Registration Statistics". Hong Kong Government. 25 September 2015.
2. Gary Cheng was in suspect for corruption and gave up his membership. Audrey Eu was elected and took over the seat in the 10 December 2000 by-election.
3. Ma Lik deceased on 8 August 2007 and an by-election was held. Anson Chan was elected and took over the seat.
4. http://www.elections.gov.hk/legco2010by/eng/results_LC1.html
5. "2008 Legislative Election". Electoral Affairs Commission. 2008-09-08. Retrieved 2012-03-09.
6. http://www.elections.gov.hk/legco2007by/eng/result.html
7. "2004 Legislative Election". Electoral Affairs Commission. 2004-12-15. Retrieved 2012-03-09.
8. South China Morning Post, 14 September 2004
9. http://www.elections.gov.hk/elections/legco2000by/result/index_e.htm
10. http://www.elections.gov.hk/elections/legco2000/update/result/index_e.htm
11. http://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/199805/25/0525201.htm
12. http://ebook.lib.hku.hk/HKG/B35838851.pdf

External links

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