Legal (constituency)

Legal 法律界
Functional Constituency for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Electorate	6,111 (2008)[1] 5,073 (2004)[2]
Current constituency
Created	1985
Number of members	One
Member(s)	Dennis Kwok (Civic)

The Legal is a functional constituency in the elections for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong first created in 1985. Electors include the members of the Law Society of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Bar Association, and the officers in the Government's judicial departments.

Return Members

Election		Member	Party
	1985	Martin Lee Chu-ming	Independent
	1991	Simon Ip Sik-on	Independent
	1995	Margaret Ng Ngoi-yee	Independent
Not represented in the Provisional Legislative Council (1997–98)
	1998	Margaret Ng Ngoi-yee	Independent
	2006		Civic
	2012	Dennis Kwok Wing-hang	Civic

Electoral Results

2010s

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Hong Kong legislative election, 2012: Legal
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Civic	Kwok Wing-hang	2,528	56.20	–9.54
	Independent	Albert Wong Kwai-huen	1,970	43.85
Majority			558	12.35
Total valid votes			4,498	100.00
Rejected ballots			132
Turnout			4,630	71.43
Registered electors			6,482
	Civic hold		Swing

2000s

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Hong Kong legislative election, 2008: Legal
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Civic	Margaret Ng Ngoi-yee	2,468	65.74	−8.99
	Independent	Junius Ho Kwan-yiu	1,286	34.26
Majority			182	6.60
Total valid votes			3,745	100.00
Rejected ballots			127
Turnout			3,872	63.36
Registered electors			6,111
	Civic hold		Swing

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Hong Kong legislative election, 2004: Legal
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent (A45CG)	Margaret Ng Ngoi-yee	2,597	74.73	+13.98
	Independent	Kwong Ka-yin	598	17.21
	Independent	Tong Kei-yuk	280	8.06
Turnout			3,475	72.26
	Independent hold		Swing

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Hong Kong legislative election, 2000: Legal
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Margaret Ng Ngoi-yee	1,520	60.75	-15.84
	Independent	Anthony Chow Wing-kin	982	39.25
Turnout			2,502	61.15
	Independent hold		Swing

1990s

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Hong Kong legislative election, 1998: Legal
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Margaret Ng Ngoi-yee	1,741	76.59	+22.07
	Independent	Siu Wing-yee	394	17.33
	Independent	Chong Wing-charn	138	6.07
Turnout			112,320	65.56
	Independent win (new seat)

Hong Kong legislative election, 1995: Legal
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Margaret Ng Ngoi-yee	723	54.52
	Independent	Ip Tim-yeung	444	33.48
	Independent	Lee Wai-ip	159	12.00
Turnout			1,326
	Independent gain from Independent		Swing

Hong Kong legislative election, 1991: Legal
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ip Sik-on	542	77.43
	Independent	Man Yit-loi	158	22.57
Turnout			700
	Independent gain from Independent		Swing

1980s

Hong Kong legislative election, 1988: Legal
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Martin Lee Chu-ming	uncontested
	Nonpartisan hold		Swing

Hong Kong legislative election, 1985: Legal
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Martin Lee Chu-ming	488	57.89
	Nonpartisan	Henry Denis Litton	312	37.01
	Civic	Chau Wai-hung	43	5.10
Turnout			845	86.4
	Nonpartisan win (new seat)

References

1. "2008 Legislative Council Election". elections.gov.hk. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
2. "2004 Legislative Council Election - Turnout Rate". elections.gov.hk. 7 September 2004. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
3. "2008 Legislative Council Election". elections.gov.hk. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
4. "2008 Legislative Council Election". elections.gov.hk. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
5. "2004 Legislative Council Election - Election Results". elections.gov.hk. 7 September 2004. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
6. "Legislative Council Elections Results". elections.gov.hk. Retrieved 12 May 2015.