Hong Kong Island | |
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Geographical Constituency for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong |
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Boundary of Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong
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District |
Central and Western District Wan Chai District Eastern District Southern District |
Region | Hong Kong Island |
Electorate | 627,804 |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1998 |
Number of members | Six |
Member(s) |
Regina Ip (NPP) Kwok Wai-keung (FTU) Hui Chi-fung (Democratic) Horace Cheung (DAB) Tanya Chan (Civic) |
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. It currently elects 6 Members of the Legislative Council using the Hare quota of party-list proportional representation.
The constituency covers all the four districts on the Hong Kong Island, namely, Central and Western, Eastern, Southern and Wan Chai.
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.
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.
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.