District Council (First)

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District Council (First)
區議會(第一)
Former Functional constituency
for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Country Hong Kong
Electorate452 (2020)[1]
Former constituency
Created2000
Abolished2021
Number of membersOne
Created fromRegional Council and Urban Council
Replaced byHKSAR Deputies to the National People's Congress, HKSAR Members of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and Representatives of Relevant National Organisations

The District Council (First) functional constituency (Chinese: 區議會(第一)功能界別), formerly called District Council until 2012, was a functional constituency in the elections for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong. Its electorate consists of all 431 directly elected members (excluding the 27 ex officio seats held by chairpersons of rural committees) of the 18 District Councils of Hong Kong. Along with Catering, it was created in 2000 to replace the Urban Council and Regional Council constituencies after the councils were abolished. This constituency was abolished in 2021.

Members returned[edit]

Election Member Party Votes %
2000 Ip Kwok-him DAB 198 58.41
2004 Lau Wong-fat Liberal 267 61.24
2008 Ip Kwok-him DAB 259 65.40
2012 N/A
2016 Lau Kwok-fan DAB N/A

Election results[edit]

2010s[edit]

2016 Hong Kong legislative election: District Council (First)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DAB Lau Kwok-fan Unopposed
Registered electors 431
DAB hold Swing
2012 Hong Kong legislative election: District Council (First)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DAB Ip Kwok-him Unopposed
Registered electors 410
DAB hold Swing

2000s[edit]

[2]
2008 Hong Kong legislative election: District Council
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DAB Ip Kwok-him 259 65.40
Nonpartisan Lam Wai-keung 137 34.60
Majority 122 30.80
Total valid votes 396 100.00
Rejected ballots 13
Turnout 409 95.56
Registered electors 428
DAB gain from Liberal Swing
[3]
2004 Hong Kong legislative election: District Council
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Lau Wong-fat 267 61.24 +2.83
Democratic Cosmas Kwong Kwok-chuen 126 28.90
Nonpartisan Au Chi-yuen 43 9.86
Majority 141 32.34
Total valid votes 436 100.00
Rejected ballots 12
Turnout 448 96.97
Registered electors 462
Liberal gain from DAB Swing
[4]
2000 Hong Kong legislative election: District Council
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DAB Ip Kwok-him 198 58.41
Liberal Chiang Sai-cheong 141 41.59
Majority 57 16.82
Total valid votes 339 100.00
Rejected ballots 15
Turnout 354 93.65
Registered electors 378
DAB win (new seat)

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Voter Registration Statistics : Functional Constituency". Voter Registration.
  2. ^ "2008 Legislative Council Election". Archived from the original on 2012-09-13. Retrieved 2012-03-15.
  3. ^ "Election Results - Functional Constituency Election". Archived from the original on 2012-07-17. Retrieved 2012-11-17.
  4. ^ "Legislative Council Elections Results". Archived from the original on 2012-08-29. Retrieved 2012-11-17.