Education (constituency)

The Education functional constituency, formerly called Teaching in the colonial period, is a functional constituency in the elections for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong. It was one of the 12 functional constituency seats created for the 1985 Legislative Council election. It corresponds to the Education Subsector and Higher Education Subsector in the Election Committee.

Education
敎育界
Functional Constituency
for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Logo of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Country Hong Kong
Electorate85,698 (2020)[1]
Current constituency
Created1995
Number of membersOne
Member(s)Ip Kin-yuen (PTU)
Created fromTeaching
Education Constituency
Traditional Chinese敎育界
Teaching Constituency
Traditional Chinese敎學界
Politics and government
of Hong Kong
Related topics
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Since 1998, It has been the functional constituency with most registered voters, including registered teachers, principals, managers of schools, full-time academic staff, members of the councils of the universities in Hong Kong and board of governors of the institutes of higher educations.[2] Since its creation it has been held by the Hong Kong Professional Teachers' Union, the largest teachers' union in Hong Kong, and represented by Ip Kin-yuen.

Return members

Teaching (1985–95)
ElectionMemberParty
1985 Szeto Wah Nonpartisan (PTU)
1991 Cheung Man-kwong PTU/United Democrats

Education (1995 to present)
ElectionMemberParty
1995 Cheung Man-kwong PTU/Democratic
Not represented in the Provisional Legislative Council (1997–98)
1998 Cheung Man-kwong PTU/Democratic
2012 Ip Kin-yuen PTU

Electoral results

2010s

[3]

2016 Hong Kong legislative election: Education
Party Candidate Votes % ±
PTU Ip Kin-yuen 45,984 71.69 –3.73
Nonpartisan (FEW) Choi Yuk-lin 18,158 28.31
Majority 27,826 43.38
Total valid votes 64,142 100.00
Rejected ballots 1,821
Turnout 65,963 74.80 +4.17
Registered electors 88,185
PTU hold Swing

[4]

2012 Hong Kong legislative election: Education
Party Candidate Votes % ±
PTU Ip Kin-yuen 46,535 75.42 +3.81
Nonpartisan Ho Hon-kuen 15,170 24.58 +1.38
Majority 31,365 50.84
Total valid votes 61,705 100.00
Rejected ballots 3,773
Turnout 65,478 70.44 +10.55
Registered electors 92,957
PTU hold Swing

2000s

[5]

2008 Hong Kong legislative election: Education
Party Candidate Votes % ±
PTU (Democratic) Cheung Man-kwong 37,876 71.61 −11.33
Nonpartisan Ho Hon-kuen 12,272 23.20
Nonpartisan Yu Yee-wah 2,746 5.19
Majority 25,604 48.41
Total valid votes 52,894 100.00
Rejected ballots 1,421
Turnout 54,315 59.89
Registered electors 90,693
PTU hold Swing

[6]

2004 Hong Kong legislative election: Education
Party Candidate Votes % ±
PTU (Democratic) Cheung Man-kwong 44,517 82.94 −3.35
Nonpartisan Yu Kai-chun 9,155 17.06
Majority 35,362 65.88
Total valid votes 53,672 100.00
Rejected ballots 2,284
Turnout 55,956 72.02
Registered electors 77,696
PTU hold Swing

[7]

2000 Hong Kong legislative election: Education
Party Candidate Votes % ±
PTU (Democratic) Cheung Man-kwong 35,793 86.29 −0.47
Nonpartisan Lee Kit-kong 5,686 13.71
Majority 30,107 72.58
Total valid votes 41,479 100.00
Rejected ballots 900
Turnout 42,379 59.45
Registered electors 71,284
PTU hold Swing

1990s
1998 Hong Kong legislative election: Education
Party Candidate Votes % ±
PTU (Democratic) Cheung Man-kwong 34,864 86.76 +5.54
Nonpartisan Li Sze-yuen 5,319 13.24
Majority 29,545 73.52
Total valid votes 40,183 100.00
Rejected ballots 679
Turnout 40,862 66.79
Registered electors 61,184
PTU win (new seat)
1995 Hong Kong legislative election: Education
Party Candidate Votes % ±
PTU (Democratic) Cheung Man-kwong 19,558 81.31 −8.51
Nonpartisan Leung Siu-tong 4,496 18.69
Majority 15,062 62.62
Total valid votes 24,054 100.00
PTU hold Swing

Teaching (1985–95)
1991 Hong Kong legislative election: Teaching
Party Candidate Votes % ±
PTU (United Democrats) Cheung Man-kwong 15,193 89.82
FEW Ho King-on 886 5.24
STA Walter Wou Tchong-hong 836 4.94
Majority 14,307 84.58
Total valid votes 16,915 100.00
PTU hold Swing
1988 Hong Kong legislative election: Teaching
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Nonpartisan (PTU) Szeto Wah Uncontested
Nonpartisan hold Swing
1985 Hong Kong legislative election: Teaching
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Nonpartisan (PTU) Szeto Wah 12,706 68.64
Nonpartisan Luk Yip Jing-ping 2,655 14.34
Civic Ko Gra-yee 2,165 11.70
Nonpartisan Chan Yat-tong 577 3.12
Nonpartisan Wu Siu-wai 409 2.21
Majority 10,051 54.30
Total valid votes 18,512 100.00
Nonpartisan win (new seat)
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References
  1. "Voter Registration Statistics : Functional Constituency". Voter Registration.
  2. "Legislative Council Ordinance – Composition of the education functional constituency".
  3. "2016 LegCo Election – Election Results". Government of Hong Kong. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  4. "2012 LegCo Election – Election Results". Government of Hong Kong. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  5. "2008 Legislative Council Election". Government of Hong Kong. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  6. "2004 Legislative Council Election – Election Results". Government of Hong Kong. 7 September 2004. Archived from the original on 17 July 2012. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  7. "Legislative Council Elections Results". Government of Hong Kong. Archived from the original on 29 August 2012. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
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