District Council (First)
| District Council (First) 區議會（第一） | |
|---|---|
| Functional constituency for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong | |
 Logo of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong | |
| Country |  Hong Kong |
| Electorate | 431 (2016)[1] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2000 |
| Number of members | One |
| Member(s) | Lau Kwok-fan (DAB) |
The District Council (First) functional constituency (Chinese: 區議會（第一）功能界別), formerly called District Council until 2012, is 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.
Return Members
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| style="background-color: Template:Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong/meta/color" | | 2000 | Ip Kwok-him | DAB |
| style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (Hong Kong)/meta/color" | | 2004 | Lau Wong-fat | Liberal |
| style="background-color: Template:Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong/meta/color" | | 2008 | Ip Kwok-him | DAB |
| style="background-color: Template:Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong/meta/color" | | 2016 | Lau Kwok-fan | DAB |
Electoral Results
2010s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAB | Lau Kwok-fan | Uncontested | |||
| DAB hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAB | Ip Kwok-him | Uncontested | |||
| DAB hold | Swing | ||||
2000s
[2]| 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 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| 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
- ^ "Voter Registration Statistics : Functional Constituency". Voter Registration.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-09-13. Retrieved 2012-03-15.
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