New Territories East (constituency)


The New Territories East geographical constituency, or NT East, is the one of the five geographical constituencies in the Legislative Council of Hong Kong. It encompasses Sha Tin District, Tai Po District, North District and Sai Kung District. It currently elects nine members of the Legislative Council using the Hare quota of party-list proportional representation.

History

The constituency was formed in 1995 for the 1998 legislative election, replacing the six previous single-member constituencies: New Territories East and New Territories North, formed for the 1991 election using a dual-seat constituency dual-vote system, and New Territories North, New Territories East, New Territories Northeast, and New Territories Southeast, formed for the 1995 election. From 1985 to 1991, the seats were elected by the electoral colleges composed of the members of the district boards and Regional Council.

Returned members

Below are all the members returned for the New Territories East constituency since its creation. The number of seats increased from five to nine between 1998 and 2012.

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

New Territories North

New Territories North-east

New Territories South-east

New Territories East

1991 Constituencies

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

New Territories North

New Territories East

1985–88 Electoral College

New Territories (East)