Hong Kong Island (constituency)

The Hong Kong Island geographical constituency is one of the five geographical constituencies 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.

Hong Kong Island
Geographical Constituency for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Boundary of Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong
District	Central and Western District Wan Chai District Eastern District Southern District
Region	Hong Kong Island
Population	1,253,417
Electorate	623,273
Current constituency
Created	1998
Number of members	6
Member(s)	Pro-Beijing (3):      Regina Ip (NPP)      Kwok Wai-keung (FTU)      Horace Cheung (DAB) Pro-democracy (2):      Hui Chi-fung (Democratic)      Tanya Chan (Civic) Vacant (1)
Created from	Hong Kong Island Central, Hong Kong Island West, Hong Kong Island South, Hong Kong Island East

Background

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.

LegCo members for former Hong Kong Island constituencies, 1985–1997
1985–1988	Hong Kong Island (West)				Hong Kong Island (East)
		Liu Lit-for (Ind→PHKS)				Desmond Lee (HKCA→ADPL)
1988–1991		So Chau Yim-ping (HKCA)				Chan Ying-lun (PHKS→DF)
1991–1995	Hong Kong Island West				Hong Kong Island East
		Yeung Sum (UD→DP)		Huang Chen-ya (UD→DP)		Martin Lee (UD→DP)		Man Sai-cheong (UD→DP)
1995–1997	Hong Kong Island South		Hong Kong Island West		Hong Kong Island East		Hong Kong Island Central
		Yeung Sum (DP)		Huang Chen-ya (DP)		Martin Lee (DP)		Christine Loh (Ind→CP)

Return Members

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.

LegCo members for Hong Kong Island, 1998–present
Term	Election	Member		Member		Member		Member		Member		Member		Member
1st	1998		Martin Lee (DP)		Cheng Kai-nam (DAB)		Yeung Sum (DP)		Christine Loh (CP)
2nd	2000								Cyd Ho (TF)		Choy So-yuk (DAB)
	2000 (b)				Audrey Eu (Ind→A45→CP)
3rd	2004								Ma Lik (DAB)				Rita Fan (Ind)
	2007 (b)								Anson Chan (Ind)
4th	2008		Tanya Chan (CP)				Kam Nai-wai (DP)		Cyd Ho (CAU→Lab/CAU)		Jasper Tsang (DAB)		Regina Ip (Ind→NPP)
	2010 (b)
5th	2012		Kenneth Chan (CP)		Christopher Chung (DAB)		Sin Chung-kai (DP)								Wong Kwok-hing (FTU)
6th	2016		Tanya Chan (CP)		Horace Cheung (DAB)		Hui Chi-fung (DP)		Nathan Law (Demosistō)	Seat abolished					Kwok Wai-keung (FTU)
	2018 (b)								Au Nok-hin (Ind)
								Vacant

Summary of seats won

Term	Election	Distribution
1st	1998	1 2 1
2nd	2000	1 2 2
3rd	2004	1 2 1 2
4th	2008	1 2 1 1 1
5th	2012	1 1 1 1 2 1
6th	2016	1 1 1 1 1 1

		1998	2000	2004	2008	2012	2016
	Democratic	2	2	2	1	1	1
	DAB	1	2	2	1	2	1
	Citizens	1
	Frontier		1
	Civic				2	1	1
	Civic Act-up				1
	Labour					1
	NPP					1	1
	FTU					1	1
	Demosistō						1
	Independent			2	1
Pro-democracy		3	3	3	4	3	3
Pro-Beijing		1	2	3	2	4	3
Seats		4	5	6	6	7	6

Vote share summary

		1998	2000	2004	2008	2012	2016
	Democratic	46.8	35.3	37.2	12.7	12.3	11.3
	DAB	29.3	27.8	21.1	19.3	21.3	10.9
	Citizens	12.8
	Liberal	2.4			0.7	5.4
	Frontier		10.0	10.4
	New Forum		5.5
	Civic				26.4	21.3	9.4
	Civic Act-up				9.9
	LSD				3.3	1.0
	Labour					9.5	5.2
	NPP					9.2	16.1
	FTU					8.3	12.2
	People Power					5.6	1.9
	Demosistō						13.5
	Civic Passion						6.0
	Path of Democracy						2.6
	Independent	8.7	21.4	31.3	27.9	6.2	10.8
Pro-democracy		59.5	49.1	59.6	60.1	49.8	48.1
Pro-Beijing		36.2	38.9	39.6	39.5	45.0	40.0

History

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.

2010s

Hong Kong Island by-election 2018[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Au Nok-hin	137,181	50.70
	NPP	Judy Kapui Chan	127,634	47.17
	Nonpartisan	Edward Yum Liang-hsien	3,580	1.32
	Nonpartisan	Ng Dick-hay	2,202	0.81
Majority			9,547	3.53
Total valid votes			270,597	100.00
Rejected ballots			2,377
Turnout			272,974	43.80
Registered electors			623,273
	Independent gain from Demosistō		Swing

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Vote share

  NPP (16.13%)

  Demosisto (13.49%)

  FTU (12.20%)

  Democratic (11.29%)

  DAB (10.93%)

  Civic (9.40%)

  Civic Passion (5.99%)

  Labour (5.15%)

  Path of Democracy (2.66%)

  People Power (1.93%)

  Other (10.83%)

Legislative Election 2016: Hong Kong Island
List		Candidates	Votes	%	±
	NPP	Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee Judy Chan Ka-pui, Joey Lee Man-lung, Marcus Tse Tsz-kei, Larry Hung Lung-chuen, Gigi Wong Ching-chi	60,760	16.13	+6.97
	Demosistō	Nathan Law Kwun-chung	50,818	13.49	N/A
	FTU	Kwok Wai-keung Ng Chau-pei, Stanely Ho Ngai-kam, Lui Hung-pan, Chan Wing-yan	45,925	12.20	+3.94
	Democratic	Hui Chi-fung Sin Chung-kai	42,499	11.29	–0.97
	DAB	Cheung Kwok-kwan Christopher Chung Shu-kun, Jacqueline Chung Ka-man, Ada Mak Tse How-ling, Eddie Ting Kong-ho, Dominic Wong Chi-chung	41,152	10.93	–11.66
	Civic	Tanya Chan Cheng Tat-hung	35,404	9.40	–11.91
	Nonpartisan	Ricky Wong Wai-kay	33,323	8.85	N/A
	Civic Passion	Cheng Kam-mun, Bonix Chung Yuen-wun	22,555	5.99	N/A
	Labour	Cyd Ho Sau-lan, Mak Tak-ching, Cheng Sze-lut	19,376	5.15	–4.38
	Path of Democracy	Gary Wong Chi-him	10,028	2.66	N/A
	People Power	Christopher Lau Gar-hung, Erica Yuen Mi-ming	7,276	1.93	–3.71
	Nonpartisan	Chim Pui-chung	2,587	0.69	N/A
	Ind. democrat	Paulus Johannes Zimmerman	2,550	0.68	N/A
	Nonpartisan	Shum Chee-chiu	1,654	0.44	N/A
	Nonpartisan	Chui Chi-kin	670	0.18	N/A
Total valid votes			376,577	100.00
Rejected ballots			4,753
Turnout			381,330	60.74	+5.61
Registered electors			627,804

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Vote share

  Civic (21.31%)

  DAB (21.29%)

  Democratic (12.26%)

  Labour (9.53%)

  NPP (9.16%)

  FTU (8.26%)

  People Power (5.64%)

  Liberal (5.35%)

  LSD (0.96%)

  Other (6.24%)

Legislative Election 2012: Hong Kong Island
List		Candidates	Votes	%	±
	Civic	Chan Ka-lok Tanya Chan	70,475	21.31 (14.29+7.02)	−5.09
	Democratic	Sin Chung-kai Yeung Sum, Chai Man-hon, Cheng Lai-king, Leung Suk-ching, Hui Chi-fung	40,558	12.26	−0.44
	DAB	Jasper Tsang Yok-sing	36,517	11.04	−8.26
	DAB	Christopher Chung Shu-kun Eddie Ting Kong-ho, Jennifer Chow Kit-bing, Kung Pak-cheung, Ngan Chun-lim, Kenny Lee Kwun-yee, Cheng Chi-sing	33,901	10.25	N/A
	Labour	Cyd Ho Sau-lan Cheng Sze-lut, Chung Chung-fai	31,523	9.53	−0.37
	NPP	Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee Wong Chor-fung, Tse Tsz-kei	30,289	9.16	−10.34
	FTU	Wong Kwok-hing Pan Pey-chyou, Chu Ting-lok, Stanley Ho Ngai-kam, Chan Chi-hang	27,336	8.26	N/A
	People Power	Christopher Lau Gar-hung, Shiu Yeuk-yuen, Jeff Au Yeung Ying-kit	18,667	5.64	N/A
	Liberal	Miriam Lau Kin-yee, Shiu Ka-fai, Lee Chun-keung	17,686	5.35	+4.65
	Independent	Lo Wing-lok	16,900	5.11	−1.39
	LSD	Avery Ng Man-yuen	3,169	0.96	−2.34
	Nonpartisan	Hui Ching-on	2,980	0.90	N/A
	Independent	Ng Wing-chun	422	0.13	N/A
	Nonpartisan	Ho Kar-tai	343	0.10	N/A
Total valid votes			330,766	100.00
Rejected ballots			3,666
Turnout			334,432	55.13	+9.12
Registered electors			606,678

Hong Kong Island by-election 2010[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Civic	Tanya Chan	103,564	94.97
	Nonpartisan	Tai Cheuk-yin	3,144	2.88
	Tertiary 2012	Leung Wing-ho	2,715	2.49
	Nonpartisan	Lee Chun-hung	1,542	1.41
	Nonpartisan	Wong Hing	799	0.73
Majority			100,420	92.09
Total valid votes			111,764	100.00
Rejected ballots			3,409
Turnout			115,173	18.49
Registered electors			622,756
	Civic hold		Swing

2000s

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  Civic (26.4%)

  DAB (19.3%)

  Democratic (12.7%)

  Civic Act-up (9.9%)

  LSD (3.3%)

  Liberal (0.7%)

  Other (27.7%)

Legislative Election 2008: Hong Kong Island[3]
List		Candidates	Votes	%	±
	Civic	Tanya Chan, Audrey Eu Yuet-mee Amy Yung Wing-sheung	82,600	26.35 (16.67+9.68)	N/A
	Independent	Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee Louis Shih Tai-cho, Wong Kin-hing, Ronald Chan Ngok-pang	61,073	19.48 (16.67+2.82)	N/A
	DAB	Jasper Tsang Yok-sing Choy So-yuk, Christopher Chung Shu-kun, Cheung Kwok-kwan, Chan Hok-fung, Kwok Wai-keung	60,417	19.28 (16.67+2.61)	−1.80
	Democratic	Kam Nai-wai Yeung Sum, Tsui Yuen-wa	39,808	12.70	−24.52
	Civic Act-up	Cyd Ho Sau-lan	30,887	9.85	N/A
	Independent	Lo Wing-lok	20,523	6.55	N/A
	LSD	Tsang Kin-shing	10,202	3.25	+1.75
	Ind. democrat	Joseph Lai Chi-keong	3,955	1.26	N/A
	Liberal	Lam Chui-lin, Wong Kam-chuen, Ngan Choi-chik	2,166	0.69	N/A
	Nonpartisan	Myra Sophia Siu Man-wa	1,798	0.57	N/A
Total valid votes			313,429	100.00
Rejected ballots			1,441
Turnout			314,870	50.17	−7.45
Registered electors			627,657

Hong Kong Island by-election 2007[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Nonpartisan	Anson Chan Fang	175,874	54.84
	Nonpartisan	Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee	137,550	42.89
	Nonpartisan	Tandon Lai Chiang	3,518	1.10
	Nonpartisan	Ho Loy	1,593	0.50
	Nonpartisan	Ling Wai-wan	822	0.19
	Nonpartisan	Siu See-kong	613	0.19
	Nonpartisan	Lee Wing-kin	401	0.12
	Nonpartisan	Lau Yuk-shing	344	0.11
Majority			38,324	11.95
Total valid votes			320,715	100.00
Rejected ballots			1,223
Turnout			321,938	52.06
Registered electors			618,398
	Nonpartisan gain from DAB		Swing

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Vote share

  Democratic (37.2%)

  DAB (21.1%)

  Other (41.7%)

Legislative Election 2004: Hong Kong Island[5]
List		Candidates	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Yeung Sum, Martin Lee Chu-ming Joseph Lai Chi-keong	131,788	37.22 (16.67+16.67+3.88)	+1.91
	DAB	Ma Lik, Choy So-yuk Christopher Chung Shu-kun, Yeung Wai-foon, Lee Yuen-kwong, Cheung Kwok-kwan	74,659	21.08 (16.67+4.42)	−6.77
	Independent (Frontier)	Audrey Eu Yuet-mee Cyd Ho Sau-lan	73,844	20.85 (16.67+4.15)	N/A
	Nonpartisan	Rita Fan Hsu Lai-tai	65,661	18.54	N/A
	Grass-root pro-democrats	Tsang Kin-shing, Chung Chung-fai, Tang Chui-chung	5,313	1.50	−2.29
	Nonpartisan	Kelvin Wong Kam-fai	2,830	0.80	N/A
Total valid votes			354,095	100.00
Rejected ballots			2,270
Turnout			356,365	57.62	+15.59
Registered electors			618,451

Hong Kong Island by-election 2000[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Audrey Eu Yuet-mee	108,401	52.11
	DAB	Christopher Chung Shu-kun	78,282	37.23
	Independent	Jennifer Chow Kit-bing	13,717	6.59
	Independent	Paul Tse Wai-chun	5,076	0.50
	Independent	Simon Lo Ching-cheung	1,317	0.25
	Independent	Shi Kai-biu	1,231	0.19
Majority			30,119	17.61
Total valid votes			208,024	100.00
Rejected ballots			648
Turnout			208,672	33.27
Registered electors			627,208
	Independent gain from DAB		Swing

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  Democratic (35.3%)

  DAB (27.8%)

  Frontier (10.0%)

  New Forum (5.5%)

  Other (21.4%)

Legislative Election 2000: Hong Kong Island[7]
List		Candidates	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Martin Lee Chu-ming, Yeung Sum Kam Nai-wai, Joseph Lai Chi-keong, Cheng Lai-king	92,074	35.31 (20+15.31)	−11.46
	DAB	Cheng Kai-nam, Choy So-yuk Suen Kai-cheong, Christopher Chung Shu-kun, Yeung Wai-foon	72,617	27.85 (20+7.85)	−1.52
	Frontier	Cyd Ho Sau-lan	25,988	9.97	N/A
	Nonpartisan	Fung Leung-lo	15,419	5.91	N/A
	Nonpartisan	Jennifer Chow Kit-bing	14,534	5.57	+2.04
	New Forum	David Lan Hong-tsung, Fung Ho-keung, Chan Choi-hi, Regina Yeung Sum-yu	14,329	5.49	N/A
	Ind. democrat	Tsang Kin-shing, Manuel Chan Tim-shing, Steve Chan Kwok-leung	9,896	3.79	N/A
	Nonpartisan	Angel Leung On-kay	6,967	2.67	N/A
	Nonpartisan	Paul Tse Wai-chun	6,398	2.45	N/A
	Nonpartisan	Allen Yung Chan-lung	1,434	0.55	N/A
	Nonpartisan	Andrew Shuen Pak-man	1,132	0.43	N/A
Total valid votes			260,788	100.00
Rejected ballots			2,776
Turnout			263,564	42.03	−9.93
Registered electors			618,451

1990s

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  Democratic (46.8%)

  DAB (29.3%)

  Citizens (12.8%)

  Liberal (2.4%)

  Other (8.7%)

Legislative Election 1998: Hong Kong Island[8]
List		Candidates	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Martin Lee Chu-ming, Yeung Sum Yuen Bun-keung, Chan Kwok-leung	143,843	46.76 (25+21.76)
	DAB	Cheng Kai-nam Ip Kwok-him, Suen Kai-cheong, Christopher Chung Shu-kun	90,182	29.32 (25+4.32)
	Citizens	Christine Loh Kung-wai	39,251	12.76
	Independent	Chong Chan-yau	12,377	4.02
	Nonpartisan	Jennifer Chow Kit-bing	10,950	3.56
	Liberal	Ada Wong Ying-kay, Alice Tso Shing-yuk, Alice Lam Chui-lin	7,845	2.43
	Nonpartisan	Louis Leong Wing-on	2,588	0.84
	Independent	Li Hung	935	0.30
Total valid votes			307,611	100.00
Rejected ballots			2,203
Turnout			309,814	51.96
Registered electors			596,245

1995 Constituencies

Hong Kong Island Central

Legislative Election 1995: Hong Kong Island Central[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Christine Loh Kung-wai	27,199	65.33
	Independent	Peggy Lam Pei	14,437	34.67
Majority			12,762	30.66
Total valid votes			41,636	100.00
Rejected ballots			271
Turnout			41,907	34.99
Registered electors			119,771
	Independent win (new seat)

Hong Kong Island East

Legislative Election 1995: Hong Kong Island East[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Martin Lee Chu-ming	37,459	72.28
	Progressive Alliance	Choy So-yuk	14,119	27.37
Majority			23,340	44.91
Total valid votes			51,578	100.00
Rejected ballots			467
Turnout			52,045	36.03
Registered electors			144,468
	Democratic win (new seat)

Hong Kong Island South

Legislative Election 1995: Hong Kong Island South[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Yeung Sum	32,875	52.36
	DAB	Cheng Kai-nam	29,910	47.64
Majority			2,965	4.72
Total valid votes			62,785	100.00
Rejected ballots			445
Turnout			63,230	43.24
Registered electors			146,240
	Democratic win (new seat)

Hong Kong Island West

Legislative Election 1995: Hong Kong Island West[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Huang Chen-ya	31,156	66.32
	Progressive Alliance	Lam Kin-lai	11,845	25.21
	ACE	Guy Lam Kwok-hung	3,979	8.47
Majority			16,732	41.11
Total valid votes			46,980	100.00
Rejected ballots			658
Turnout			47,638	33.31
Registered electors			143,030
	Democratic win (new seat)

1991 Constituencies

Dual-seat constituency dual vote system was used with two seats to be filled in each constituency.

Hong Kong Island East

Legislative Election 1991: Hong Kong Island East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	United Democrats	Martin Lee Chu-ming	76,831	40.2
	United Democrats	Man Sai-cheong	43,615	22.8
	Citizen Forum	Cheng Kai-nam	29,902	15.6
	DF	Chan Ying-lun	19,806	10.4
	Independent	Diana Leung Wai-tung	15,230	8.0
	Independent	Jennifer Chow Kit-bing	5,805	3.0
Turnout			103,028	39.4
	United Democrats win (new seat)
	United Democrats win (new seat)

Hong Kong Island West

Legislative Election 1991: Hong Kong Island West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	United Democrats	Yeung Sum	45,108	37.8
	United Democrats	Huang Chen-ya	31,052	24.0
	Independent	David Chan Yuk-cheung	29,413	22.7
	LDF	Alexander Chang Yau-hung	12,145	9.4
	NHKA	Ronnie Wong Man-chiu	6,113	4.7
	NHKA	Winnie Cheung Wai-sun	5,821	4.5
Turnout			68,979	40.3
	United Democrats win (new seat)
	United Democrats win (new seat)

1985–88

Hong Kong Island (East)

Legislative Election 1988: Hong Kong Island (East)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PHKS	Chan Ying-lun	21	51.22
	ADPL (Civic)	Desmond Lee Yu-tai	20	48.78	-11.22
	Nonpartisan gain from Civic		Swing

Legislative Election 1985: Hong Kong Island (East)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PHKS (Civic)	Desmond Lee Yu-tai	24	60
	Reform	Kwan Lim-ho	16	40
	Nonpartisan	Albert Cheung Chi-piu	0	0
	Nonpartisan	Lee Kam-kee	0	0
	Nonpartisan	Peggy Lam Pei	0	0
	Nonpartisan	Chum Ting-pong	0	0
	PHKS win (new seat)

Hong Kong Island (West)

Legislative Election 1988: Hong Kong Island (West)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Civic	So Chau Yim-ping	18	40.00
	PHKS	Liu Lit-for	16	35.56	-12.92
	Civic	Joseph Chan Yuek-sut	11	24.44
	Civic gain from PHKS		Swing

Legislative Election 1985: Hong Kong Island (West)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Nonpartisan	Liu Lit-for	16	48.48
	HKAS	Anthony Ng Sung-man	9	27.27
	Nonpartisan	Keith Lam Hon-keung	8	24.24
	Nonpartisan win (new seat)

References

1. "Election Result – Hong Kong Island". Electoral Affairs Commission.
2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 13 May 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
3. "2008 Legislative Election". Electoral Affairs Commission. 8 September 2008. Archived from the original on 16 June 2012. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 15 December 2007. Retrieved 2 December 2007.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
5. "2004 Legislative Election". Electoral Affairs Commission. 15 December 2004. Archived from the original on 5 August 2011. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
7. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 9 March 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
8. http://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/199805/25/0525201.htm
9. http://ebook.lib.hku.hk/HKG/B35838851.pdf

External links

• Legislative Council of Hong Kong