1995 Hong Kong legislative election

1995 Hong Kong legislative election

← 1991 17 September 1995 1996 (Provisional) →
←  60 seats to the Legislative Council 31 seats needed for a majority
Registered	2,572,124 (GC) 34.18%
Turnout	920,567 (35.80%) 3.35pp
First party Second party Third party   Leader Martin Lee Allen Lee Tsang Yok-sing Party Democratic Liberal DAB Alliance Pro-democracy Pro-Beijing Pro-Beijing Leader's seat Hong Kong Island East New Territories Northeast Kowloon Central (defeated) Last election 16 seats, 52.35% New party New party Seats won 19 10 6 Seat change 4 5 5 Popular vote 385,428 15,126 142,801 Percentage 42.26% 1.64% 15.66%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Frederick Fung Ambrose Lau Hu Fa-kuang Party ADPL HKPA LDF Alliance Pro-democracy Pro-Beijing Pro-Beijing Leader's seat Kowloon West Election Committee Did not stand Last election 1 seat, 4.44% New party 3 seats, 5.16% Seats won 4 1 1 Seat change 3 1 Popular vote 87,072 25,964 11,572 Percentage 9.55% 2.85% 1.27% Swing 5.11pp N/A 3.99pp
Elected candidates by each constituency
Party control before election Liberals Party control after election Pro-democracy camp

The 1995 Hong Kong Legislative Council election for members of the

In consequence of

The pro-democrats controlled about half of the seats in the legislature and supported moderate Andrew Wong to become President of the Legislative Council. Since Beijing overthrew the promise of "through train" which guaranteed the legislature could travel through 1997 as the reaction to Chris Patten's reform, the legislature lasted for only 21 months and was replaced by the Beijing-controlled Provisional Legislative Council after the handover of Hong Kong, becoming the only pro-democracy legislature in history.

Background

The electoral bases were largely expanded under the 1994 Hong Kong electoral reform carried out by the last colonial governor Chris Patten as the last step of democratisation as following:^[1]

• Using the "
  Regional Council
  ) and Legislative Council;
• Lowering the minimum voting age from 21 to 18;
• Abolishing all appointed seats on the District Boards and Municipal Councils;
• Removing all the restrictions on local deletes to China's National People's Congress to stand for election;
• Broadening the franchise of certain existing functional constituencies by replacing corporate voting with individual voting;
• Introducing nine new functional constituency seats; and
• The introduction of an
  Election Committee of District Board members, which would return 10 members to the Legislative Council using the single transferable vote.^[2]

1. Primary Production, Power and Construction
2. Textiles and Garment
3. Manufacturing
4. Import and Export
5. Wholesale and Retail
6. Hotels and Catering
7. Transport and Communication
8. Financing, Insurance, Real Estate and Business Services
9. Community, Social and Personal Services

Overview

The

Solicitor

The Government of the People's Republic of China overthrew the promise of the "through train" (letting the members elected in the 1995 election travel safely through 1997 and beyond) and set up the Provisional Legislative Council in 1996, after the proposal package of electoral changes for the 1995 Legislative Council elections that was deemed unconstitutional by the PRC was passed in the Legislative Council.

General outcome

Vote summary

Seat summary

Result breakdown

Geographical Constituencies

Functional Constituencies

Election Committee Constituency

References