Education (constituency)
| Education 教育界 | |
|---|---|
| Functional constituency for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong | |
| Electorate | 90,693 (2008)[1] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1995 |
| Number of members | One |
| Member(s) | Ip Kin-yuen (PTU) |
| Created from | Teaching |
The Education, formerly called Teaching in the colonial period, is a functional constituency in the elections for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong. Since its creation it has been held by the Hong Kong Professional Teachers' Union, the largest teachers' union in Hong Kong. It has been the functional constituency with most registered voters since 1998.
Return Members
Teaching (1985-95)
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| style="background-color: Template:Non-partisan/meta/color" | | 1985 | Szeto Wah | Non-partisan (PTU) |
| style="background-color: Template:Hong Kong Professional Teachers' Union/meta/color" | | 1991 | Cheung Man-kwong | PTU/United Democrats |
Education (1995 to present)
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| style="background-color: Template:Hong Kong Professional Teachers' Union/meta/color" | | 1995 | Cheung Man-kwong | PTU/Democratic |
| Not represented in the Provisional Legislative Council (1997–98) | |||
| style="background-color: Template:Hong Kong Professional Teachers' Union/meta/color" | | 1998 | Cheung Man-kwong | PTU/Democratic |
| style="background-color: Template:Hong Kong Professional Teachers' Union/meta/color" | | 2012 | Ip Kin-yuen | PTU |
Electoral Results
2010s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PTU | Ip Kin-yuen | 46,535 | 75.42 | +3.81 | |
| Nonpartisan | Ho Hon-kuen | 15,170 | 24.58 | +1.38 | |
| Majority | 31,365 | 50.84 | |||
| Total valid votes | 61,705 | 100.00 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 3,773 | ||||
| Turnout | 65,478 | 70.44 | +10.55 | ||
| Registered electors | 92,957 | ||||
| PTU hold | Swing | ||||
2000s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PTU (Democratic) | Cheung Man-kwong | 37,876 | 71.61 | ||
| Nonpartisan | Ho Hon-kuen | 12,272 | 23.20 | ||
| Nonpartisan | Yu Yee-wah | 2,746 | 5.19 | ||
| Majority | 25,604 | 48.41 | |||
| Total valid votes | 52,894 | 100.00 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 1,421 | ||||
| Turnout | 54,315 | 59.89 | |||
| Registered electors | 90,693 | ||||
| PTU hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PTU (Democratic) | Cheung Man-kwong | 44,517 | 82.94 | ||
| Nonpartisan | Yu Kai-chun | 9,155 | 17.06 | ||
| PTU hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PTU (Democratic) | Cheung Man-kwong | 35,793 | 86.29 | ||
| Nonpartisan | Lee Kit-kong | 5,686 | 13.71 | ||
| PTU hold | Swing | ||||
1990s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PTU (Democratic) | Cheung Man-kwong | 34,864 | 86.76 | ||
| Nonpartisan | Li Sze-yuen | 5319 | 13.24 | ||
| PTU win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PTU (Democratic) | Cheung Man-kwong | 19,558 | |||
| Nonpartisan | Leung Siu-tong | 4,496 | |||
| PTU win (new seat) | |||||
Teaching (1985-95)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PTU (United Democrats) | Cheung Man-kwong | 15,193 | |||
| FEW | Ho King-on | 886 | |||
| Subsided Teachers' Association | Ng Chung-wang | 836 | |||
| PTU hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan (PTU) | Szeto Wah | uncontested | |||
| Nonpartisan hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan (PTU) | Szeto Wah | 12,706 | |||
| Nonpartisan | Ip King-ping | 2,655 | |||
| Civic | Ko Ka-yu | 2,165 | |||
| Nonpartisan | Chan Yat-tong | 577 | |||
| Nonpartisan | Wu Siu-wai | 409 | |||
| Nonpartisan win (new seat) | |||||
References
- ^ "2008 Legislative Council Election". elections.gov.hk. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
- ^ "2012 LegCo Election - Election Results". elections.gov.hk. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
- ^ "2008 Legislative Council Election". elections.gov.hk. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
- ^ "2004 Legislative Council Election - Election Results". elections.gov.hk. 7 September 2004. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
- ^ "Legislative Council Elections Results". elections.gov.hk. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
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