Electorate 488,129 Number of members 6 | Region Kowloon | |
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Created from Kowloon South-west,
Kowloon West,
Kowloon South,
Kowloon Central Created Hong Kong legislative election, 1998 | ||
Kowloon West is a geographical constituency of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong. It was established in 1998 following a reform to the electoral system for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong. In the 1998 election there were 3 seats. The number of seats in 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016 were 4, 4, 5, 5 and 6 respectively.
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Boundaries
The constituency loosely corresponds to the today's districts of Yau Tsim Mong, Sham Shui Po, and Kowloon City.
History
The constituency was formed since the 1998 legislative election, replacing a number of single-member constituencies in 1995. These were Kowloon West and parts of Kowloon Central in the 1991 election with dual-seat constituency dual vote system and Kowloon Southwest, Kowloon West, Kowloon South, and Kowloon Central in the 1995 election. From 1985 to 1991, the seats were elected by the electoral colleges composed of the members of the district boards and Urban Council.
Returned members
Below are all the members since the creation of the Kowloon West constituency. The number of seats allocated to Kowloon West has been increased from 3 to 5 between 1998 and 2008 due to the enlargement. Councillors representing this area include:
Election results
The largest remainder method (with Hare quota) 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.
1991 Constituencies
Dual-seat constituency dual vote system was used with two seats to be filled in each constituency.
Kowloon Central
A by-election was held on 5 March 1995 after Lau Chin-shek resigned from his office: