1985 Hong Kong legislative election
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The 1985 Hong Kong Legislative Council election was an indirect election for members of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (LegCo) held on 26 September 1985. It was the first ever election of the Legislative Council in Hong Kong which marked the beginning of the Hong Kong representative democracy.
After the
Composition
Electoral colleges
12
- East Island: Eastern District and Wan Chai District
- West Island: Central & Western District and Southern District
- Kwun Tong District
- Wong Tai Sin District
- Kowloon City District
- Sham Shui Po District
- Yau Ma Tei District
- Shatin District
- Tuen Mun District
- Sai Kung District
- Urban Council
- Regional Council
Functional constituencies
Nine functional constituencies returned 12 unofficial members to the Legislative Council. The commercial, industrial, and labour constituencies would each return two unofficial members to the Legislative Council. The remaining six constituencies would each return one unofficial member. The nine functional constituencies and their representative organizations were:[1]
- Commercial (2 seats):
- Industrial (2 seats):
- Financial: Hong Kong Association of Banks
- trade unions
- Hong Kong Council of Social Service
- Hong Kong Medical Association
- Teaching
- Legal
- Engineering, Architectural, Surveying and Planning
Results
Electoral College Constituencies
The Electoral College constituencies adopted the exhaustive ballot voting method. Only the results of the final rounds are shown below.
Constituency | Candidates | Party | Votes | |
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Urban Council | Hilton Cheong-Leen | Civic | 16 | |
Elsie Tu | 13 | |||
Provisional Regional Council | Lau Wong-fat | Uncontested | ||
East Island | Desmond Lee Yu-tai
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Civic/PHKS | 24 | |
Kwan Lim-ho | Reform | 16 | ||
Albert Cheung Chi-piu | 0 | |||
Lee Kam-kee | 0 | |||
Peggy Lam Pei
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0 | |||
Chum Ting-pong | 0 | |||
West Island | Liu Lit-for | 18 | ||
Anthony Ng Sung-man | HKAS | 16 | ||
Keith Lam Hon-keung
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8 | |||
Kwun Tong | Poon Chi-fai | 18 | ||
Cheng Kwan-suen | Civic | 11 | ||
Li Wah-ming
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Meeting Point | 0 | ||
Wong Tai Sin | Conrad Lam Kui-shing
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16 | ||
Liu Koon-sing | 15 | |||
Kowloon City | Daniel Tse Chi-wai
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13 | ||
Pao Ping-wing | PHKS | 11 | ||
Peter Chan Chi-kwan | Civic | 0 | ||
Sham Shui Po | Chung Pui-lam | PHKS | 19 | |
Ambrose Cheung Wing-sum
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8 | |||
South Kowloon | Jackie Chan Chai-keung
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12 | ||
Ena Yuen Yin-hung | 7 | |||
Jacob Chan Lai-sang | 6 | |||
Ip Kwok-chung | FTU | 0 | ||
East New Territories | Andrew Wong Wang-fat
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29 | ||
Pang Hang-yin | 25 | |||
Liu Ching-leung | 0 | |||
Wong Yuen-cheung | 0 | |||
Wai Hon-leung | 0 | |||
West New Territories | Tai Chin-wah | 22 | ||
Man For-tai | 18 | |||
Alfred Tso Shiu-wai
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0 | |||
Kingsley Sit Ho-yin
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0 | |||
Tang Siu-tong | 0 | |||
South New Territories | Richard Lai Sung-lung
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34 | ||
Lam Wai-keung
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28 | |||
John Ho Tung-ching | 0 |
Functional Constituencies
Constituency | Candidates | Party | Votes | |
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First Commercial | Thomas Clydesdale | 470 | ||
A. C. William Blaauw | 320 | |||
Second Commercial | Ho Sai-chu | Uncontested | ||
First Industrial | Stephen Cheong Kam-chuen
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Uncontested | ||
Second Industrial | Ngai Shiu-kit | 544 | ||
Ho Yuk-wing | 31 | |||
Financial | David Li Kwok-po
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Uncontested | ||
Labour (2 seats) |
Pang Chun-hoi | TUC | Uncontested | |
Tam Yiu-chung | FTU | Uncontested | ||
Social Services | Hui Yin-fat | 76 | ||
Mak Hoi-wah | 41 | |||
Chan Sau-han | 22 | |||
Medical | Chiu Hin-kwong | 1,168 | ||
Edward Leong Che-hung
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1,049 | |||
Teaching | Szeto Wah | 12,706 | ||
Luk Yip Jing-ping | 2,655 | |||
Ko Gra-yee | Civic | 2,165 | ||
Chan Yat-tong | 577 | |||
Wu Siu-wai | 409 | |||
Legal | Martin Lee Chu-ming
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488 | ||
Henry Denis Litton
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312 | |||
Edmund Chow Wai-hung
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Civic | 43 | ||
Engineering, Architectural, Surveying and Planning |
Cheng Hon-kwan | 1,129 | ||
Raymond Ho Chung-tai
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1,074 | |||
To Leung-tak | 496 |
See also
- Democratic development in Hong Kong
- History of Hong Kong