Kowloon East (1995 constituency)
Appearance
Kowloon East | |
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Former Geographical constituency for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong | |
![]() Boundary of Kowloon Eastin Hong Kong | |
District | Kwun Tong District |
Region | Kowloon |
Electorate | 129,955 |
Former constituency | |
Created | 1995 |
Abolished | 1997 |
Created from | Kowloon East |
Replaced by | Kowloon East |
Kowloon East was a geographical constituency in the election for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong in 1995, which elects one member of the Legislative Council using the first-past-the-post voting system. The constituency covers Kwun Tong District in Kowloon.[1]
The constituency was merged into the Kowloon East constituency in 1998 after the handover of Hong Kong a year before.[2]
Returned members
[edit]Elected members are as follows:[3]
Election | Member | Party | |
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1995 | Szeto Wah | Democratic |
Election results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Szeto Wah | 29,627 | 55.40 | ||
Independent | Elsie Tu | 23,855 | 44.60 | ||
Majority | 5,772 | 10.80 | |||
Total valid votes | 53,482 | 100.00 | |||
Rejected ballots | 350 | ||||
Turnout | 53,832 | 41.42 | |||
Registered electors | 129,955 | ||||
Democratic win (new seat) |