Heung Yee Kuk (constituency)
| Heung Yee Kuk 鄕議局 | |
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| Functional constituency for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong | |
 Logo of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong | |
| Country |  Hong Kong |
| Electorate | 155 (2020)[1] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1991 |
| Number of members | One |
| Member(s) | Kenneth Lau (BPA) |
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| Traditional Chinese | 鄕議局功能界別 | ||||||||
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The Heung Yee Kuk functional constituency, formerly called the Rural functional constituency, is a functional constituency in the elections for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong first created in 1991. The constituency is composed of the Chairman and Vice-Chairmen of the Heung Yee Kuk and the Ex Officio, Special and Co-opted Councillors of the Full Council of the Kuk.[2] It has been represented by the chairman of the Kuk, Kenneth Lau since 2016, replacing his father, former chairman of the Kuk Lau Wong-fat who held the seat from 1991 to 2004 and from 2004 to 2016.
No actual election has been held since its creation in 1991 as all candidates have been uncontested.
Return Members
Rural (1991–97)
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| style="background-color: Template:Federation for the Stability of Hong Kong/meta/color" | | 1991 | Lau Wong-fat | FSHK |
| style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (Hong Kong)/meta/color" | | 1993 | Liberal | |
Heung Yee Kuk (1997 to present)
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (Hong Kong)/meta/color" | | 1998 | Lau Wong-fat | Liberal |
| style="background-color: Template:Non-partisan/meta/color" | | 2004 | Daniel Lam Wai-keung | Nonpartisan |
| style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (Hong Kong)/meta/color" | | 2008 | Lau Wong-fat | Liberal |
| style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" | | 2008 | Independent | |
| style="background-color: Template:Economic Synergy/meta/color" | | 2009 | Economic Synergy | |
| style="background-color: Template:Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong/meta/color" | | 2012 | BPA | |
| style="background-color: Template:Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong/meta/color" | | 2016 | Kenneth Lau Ip-keung | BPA |
Electoral Results
2010s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BPA | Kenneth Lau Ip-keung | Uncontested | |||
| BPA hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Economic Synergy | Lau Wong-fat | Uncontested | |||
| Economic Synergy hold | Swing | ||||
2000s
[3]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Lau Wong-fat | Uncontested | |||
| Liberal gain from Nonpartisan | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Lam Wai-keung | Uncontested | |||
| Nonpartisan gain from Nonpartisan | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Lau Wong-fat | Uncontested | |||
| Nonpartisan hold | Swing | ||||
1990s
[5]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Lau Wong-fat | Uncontested | |||
| Nonpartisan hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Lau Wong-fat | Uncontested | |||
| Nonpartisan hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FSHK | Lau Wong-fat | Uncontested | |||
| FSHK win (new seat) | |||||
References
- ^ "Voter Registration Statistics : Functional Constituency". Voter Registration.
- ^ "Hong Kong e-Legislation". Hong Kong e-Legislation.
- ^ 2008 Legislative Council Election[permanent dead link]
- ^ 2004 Legislative Council Election - Election Results Archived 2012-07-17 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b Legislative Council Elections Results Archived 2012-08-29 at the Wayback Machine