Kowloon North-east (1995 constituency)
Geographical constituency in 1995
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Kowloon North-east was a geographical constituencies 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 Wong Tai Sin District in Kowloon.[1]
| Kowloon North-east | |
|---|---|
| Former Geographical constituency for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong | |
Boundary of Kowloon North-east in Hong Kong | |
| District | Wong Tai Sin District |
| Region | Kowloon |
| Electorate | 106,296 |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | 1995 |
| Abolished | 1997 |
| Created from | Kowloon Central |
| Replaced by | Kowloon East |
The constituency was replaced by the Kowloon East constituency in 1998 after the handover of Hong Kong a year before.[2]
Returned members
Elected members are as follows:[3]
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Chan Yuen-han | DAB | |
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAB (FTU) | Chan Yuen-han | 25,922 | 52.77 | ||
| Democratic | Mak Hoi-wah | 23,201 | 47.23 | ||
| Majority | 2,721 | 5.54 | |||
| Total valid votes | 49,123 | 100.00 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 442 | ||||
| Turnout | 49,565 | 36.94 | |||
| Registered electors | 134,159 | ||||
| DAB win (new seat) | |||||