Information Technology (constituency)
| Information Technology 資訊科技界 | |
|---|---|
| Functional constituency for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong | |
| Electorate | 5,749 (2008)[1] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1998 |
| Number of members | One |
| Member(s) | Charles Mok (Professional Commons) |
The Information Technology (Chinese: 資訊科技界) functional constituency is in the elections for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong. Since its creation in 1998, it has been normally held by the pro-democracy camp, with the interruption from 2008 to 2012, where the seat was held by pro-Beijing Samson Tam who defeated pro-democracy candidate Charles Mok by 35 votes with the help of the Internet Professional Association (iProA), a pro-Beijing IT association. In 2012, Mok retook the seat for the pro-democrats from the pro-Beijing camp by defeating Tam.
Composition
The Information Technology constituency is composed of individuals who are members of relevant associations such as the Hong Kong Computer Society, and Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and corporate members of organisations such as the Hong Kong Information Technology Federation, Hong Kong Wireless Technology Industry and Society of Hong Kong External Telecommunications Services Providers who are entitled to vote at general meetings, as well as some other corporations with certain licenses granted by the Telecommunication Authority.[2]
Since 1998, there have been a number of additional associations included in the electorate. In 2006, there were four organisations where individual members were qualified as electorates although they were not allowed to vote in the general meetings, such as the Professional Information Security Association and the Hong Kong and Mainland Software Industry Corporation Association.[2] Since 2003, members of the pro-Beijing Internet Professional Association (iProA) are also eligible to vote in the constituency, which helped its pro-Beijing member Samson Tam to take the seat from pro-democrats' hand in the 2008 Legislative Council election.
In 2006, there were 4,743 individuals (94.9% of the electorate) and 261 registered corporations (4.1% of the electorate).[2] In 2016, it saw a 80% surge in the number of registered voters, from 6,716 in 2012 to 12,046 in 2016, according to provisional voter statistics released by the Registration and Electoral Office. Incumbent legislator Charles Mok questioned whether pro-Beijing forces were getting people to sign up.[3]
Return Members
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| style="background-color: Template:Democratic Party (Hong Kong)/meta/color" | | 1998 | Sin Chung-kai | Democratic Party |
| style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" | | 2008 | Samson Tam Wai-ho | Independent |
| style="background-color: Template:The Professional Commons/meta/color" | | 2012 | Charles Peter Mok | Professional Commons |
Electoral Results
2010s
[4]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent (Prof Commons) | Charles Peter Mok | 2,828 | 57.82 | +8.26 | |
| Independent | Tam Wai-ho | 2,063 | 42.18 | −8.26 | |
| Majority | 765 | 15.64 | |||
| Total valid votes | 4,891 | 100.00 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 204 | ||||
| Turnout | 5,095 | 76.19 | |||
| Registered electors | 6,687 | ||||
| Independent gain from Nonpartisan | Swing | ||||
2000s
[5]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Tam Wai-ho | 2,017 | 50.44 | +7.79 | |
| Nonpartisan | Charles Peter Mok | 1,982 | 49.56 | ||
| Majority | 35 | 0.88 | |||
| Total valid votes | 3,999 | 100.00 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 138 | ||||
| Turnout | 4,137 | 71.96 | |||
| Registered electors | 5,749 | ||||
| Independent gain from Nonpartisan | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Sin Chung-kai | 1,946 | 52.59 | -21.20 | |
| Nonpartisan | Tam Wai-ho | 1,578 | 42.65 | ||
| Independent | Leung Mun-yee | 176 | 4.76 | ||
| Democratic hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Sin Chung-kai | 1,770 | 73.69 | +9.98 | |
| Nonpartisan (New Forum) | Kan Wing-kei | 632 | 26.31 | ||
| Democratic hold | Swing | ||||
1990s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Sin Chung-kai | 1,543 | 63.71 | ||
| Nonpartisan | Yung Kai-ling | 456 | 18.83 | ||
| Nonpartisan | Chan Kei-foo | 423 | 17.46 | ||
| Democratic win (new seat) | |||||
References
- ^ http://www.elections.gov.hk/legco2008/eng/turnout/tt_fc_Z.html
- ^ a b c Young, Simon N.M.; Cullen, Richard (2010). Electing Hong Kong's Chief Executivei. Hong Kong University Press. p. 121.
- ^ =Ng, Kang-chung; Cheung, Tony (1 June 2015). "Hong Kong lawmaker fears Beijing behind jump in voters in IT functional constituency". South China Morning Post.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) - ^ http://www.elections.gov.hk/legco2012/eng/result/rs_fc_Z.html
- ^ http://www.elections.gov.hk/legco2008/eng/result/rs_fc_Z.html
- ^ http://www.elections.gov.hk/elections/legco2004/english/results/rs_fc_overall.html
- ^ http://www.elections.gov.hk/elections/legco2000/update/result/fc_e.htm
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