Medical (constituency)

Medical 醫學界
Functional Constituency for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Electorate	10,606 (2008)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1985
Number of members	One
Member(s)	Leung Ka-lau

The Medical is a functional constituency in the elections for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong first created in 1985. Electors include all medical participators and dentists.^[2] It consists of the second largest number of voters among the functional constituency after the Education constituency.

Return Members

Election		Member	Party
	1985	Chiu Hin-kwong	Nonpartisan
	1988	Edward Leong Che-hung	Nonpartisan
	1989		Democratic Foundation
	1992		Meeting Point
	1994		Independent
Not represented in the Provisional Legislative Council (1997–98)
	1998	Edward Leong Che-hung	Independent
	2000	Lo Wing-lok	Independent
	2004	Kwok Ka-ki	Independent
	2008	Leung Ka-lau	Independent

Electoral Results

2010s

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Hong Kong legislative election, 2012: Medical
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Leung Ka-lau	4,541	67.31	+34.73
	Nonpartisan	Tse Hung-hing	2,205	32.69
Majority			2,336	34.62
Total valid votes			6,746	100.00
Rejected ballots			457
Turnout			7,203	66.16
Registered electors			10,888
	Nonpartisan hold		Swing

2000s

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Hong Kong legislative election, 2008: Medical
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Leung Ka-lau	2,217	32.58
	Nonpartisan	Ho Pak-leung	2,138	31.42
	Nonpartisan	Kwok Ka-ki	1,869	27.47	−23.41
Majority			79	1.16
Total valid votes			6,224	100.00
Rejected ballots			655
Turnout			6,879	64.86
Registered electors			10,606
	Nonpartisan gain from Nonpartisan		Swing

^[5]

Hong Kong legislative election, 2004: Medical
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Kwok Ka-ki	3,197	50.88	+31.68
	Independent	Lo Wing-lok	2,667	42.45	+2.29
	Nonpartisan	Johnny Ma Kam-cheun	419	6.67
	Independent gain from Independent		Swing

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Hong Kong legislative election, 2000: Medical
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Lo Wing-lok	1,804	39.96
	Nonpartisan	Lam Shun-chiu	1,458	32.29
	Nonpartisan	Kwok Ka-ki	867	19.20
	Nonpartisan	So Kai-ming	386	8.55
	Nonpartisan gain from Nonpartisan		Swing

1990s

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Hong Kong legislative election, 1998: Medical
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Edward Leong Che-hung	2,759	70.19
	Independent	Chan Kai-tak	1172	29.81
Turnout
	Nonpartisan win (new seat)

Hong Kong legislative election, 1995: Medical
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Edward Leong Che-hung	2,371
	Nonpartisan	Lee Yau-yau	135
	Nonpartisan hold		Swing

Hong Kong legislative election, 1991: Medical
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DF	Edward Leong Che-hung	uncontested
	DF hold		Swing

1980s

Hong Kong legislative election, 1988: Medical
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Edward Leong Che-hung	1,359
	Nonpartisan	Chiu Hin-kwong	816
Turnout			2,183	61.7
	Nonpartisan gain from Nonpartisan		Swing

Hong Kong legislative election, 1985: Medical
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Chiu Hin-kwong	1,168
	Nonpartisan	Edward Leong Che-hung	1,049
Turnout			2,228	76.0
	Nonpartisan win (new seat)

References

1. "2008 Legislative Council Election". elections.gov.hk. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
2. "Cap 542 s 20H Composition of the medical functional constituency (Legislative Council Ordinance)". legislation.gov.hk. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
3. "2012 LegCo Election - Election Results". 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.