Kowloon West (constituency)


The Kowloon West geographical constituency is one of the five geographical constituencies of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong. It was established in 1998 following a reform to the electoral system for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong. It currently elects six Members of the Legislative Council using the Hare quota of party-list proportional representation. In the 1998 election there were three seats. The number of seats in 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016 were 4, 4, 5, 5 and 6 respectively. The constituency corresponds to the districts of Yau Tsim Mong, Sham Shui Po, and Kowloon City.

History

The constituency was formed since the 1998 legislative election, replacing a number of single-member constituencies in 1995. These were Kowloon West and parts of Kowloon Central in the 1991 election with dual-seat constituency dual-vote system and Kowloon Southwest, Kowloon West, Kowloon South, and Kowloon Central 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.

Returned members

Below are all the members since the creation of the Kowloon West constituency. The number of seats allocated to Kowloon West was increased from three to five between 1998 and 2008 due to its enlargement. Councillors representing this area include:

Summary of seats won

Vote share summary

Election results

The largest remainder method of the proportional representative electoral system was introduced in 1998, replacing the single-member constituencies of the 1995 election. Elected candidates are shown in bold. Brackets indicate the quota + remainder.

2010s

2000s

1990s

1995 Constituencies

Kowloon Central

Kowloon South

Kowloon South-west

Kowloon West

1991 Constituencies

system was used with two seats to be filled in each constituency.

Kowloon Central

A by-election was held on 5 March 1995 after Lau Chin-shek resigned from his office:

Kowloon West

1985–88 Electoral Colleges

Kowloon City

South Kowloon

Sham Shui Po