Hong Kong Island South | |
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Former Geographical constituency for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong | |
District | Eastern District Southern District |
Region | Hong Kong Island |
Electorate | 146,240 |
Former constituency | |
Created | 1995 |
Abolished | 1997 |
Created from | Hong Kong Island East Hong Kong Island West |
Replaced by | Hong Kong Island |
Hong Kong Island South was a geographical constituency in the election for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong in 1995, which elects one member of the Legislative Council using the first-past-the-post voting system. The constituency covers Eastern District and Southern District on Hong Kong Island.
The constituency was merged into the Hong Kong Island constituency in 1998 after the handover of Hong Kong a year before.
Returned members
Elected members are as follows:
Election | Member | Party | |
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1995 | Yeung Sum | Democratic |
Election results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Yeung Sum | 32,875 | 52.36 | ||
DAB | Gary Cheng Kai-nam | 29,910 | 47.64 | ||
Majority | 2,965 | 4.72 | |||
Total valid votes | 62,785 | 100.00 | |||
Rejected ballots | 445 | ||||
Turnout | 63,230 | 43.24 | |||
Registered electors | 146,240 | ||||
Democratic win (new seat) |