District Council (Second)
District Council (Second) 區議會(第二) | |
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Former Functional constituency for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong | |
Country | Hong Kong |
Electorate | 4,196,680 (2020)[1] |
Former constituency | |
Created | 2012 |
Abolished | 2021 |
Number of members | Five |
Member(s) | Last: Starry Lee (DAB) Holden Chow (DAB) Vacant (3) |
The District Council (Second) functional constituency (Chinese: 區議會(第二)功能界別) was a functional constituency in the elections for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong which was created in the 2012 constitutional reform package. It was the largest functional constituency consisted of registered voters who were not eligible for voting in the other functional constituencies.
Background
In 2009, the government put forward the reform package of the election method of the
The
Electoral method
Only elected members of the
- The voter does not belong to any other functional constituency, regardless of whether that constituency is contested or not in the election,[2] and
- The voter did not request not to be registered for the District Council (Second) constituency when he or she registered as a voter or updated his or her information.
Since its voters are not part of the other functional constituencies, the District Council (Second) constituency is considered a de facto direct election and so the members elected are called the "Super District Councillors" or "5 Super Seats". The constituency is elected using
The constituency covers all regions of Hong Kong.
Returned members
LegCo members for District Council (Second) | |||||||||||
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Term | Election | Member | Member | Member | Member | Member | |||||
5th | 2012 | James To (DP) |
Starry Lee (DAB) |
ADPL )
|
Chan Yuen-han (FTU) |
Albert Ho (DP) | |||||
6th | 2016 | NWSC )
|
Holden Chow (DAB) |
Kwong Chun-yu )
(DP | |||||||
Vacant | Vacant | Vacant |
Summary of seats won
Term | Election | Distribution | ||||
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5th | 2012 |
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6th | 2016 |
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2012 | 2016 | ||
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Democratic | 2 | 2 | |
DAB | 1 | 2 | |
ADPL |
1 | ||
FTU | 1 | ||
NWSC |
1 | ||
Pro-dem | 3 | 3 | |
Pro-Beijing | 2 | 2 | |
Seats | 5 | 5 |
2012 | 2016 | ||
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Democratic | 34.26 | 38.51 | |
DAB | 29.96 | 29.77 | |
ADPL |
16.47 | 0.90 | |
FTU | 15.47 | 12.21 | |
NWSC |
15.89 | ||
Civic | 1.48 | ||
Neo Democrats | 1.24 | ||
Independent and Others |
3.84 | ||
Pro-democracy | 50.73 | 58.02 | |
Pro-Beijing | 45.43 | 41.98 |
Electoral results
1 | 2 | 2 |
2016 Legislative Council election: District Council (Second) | |||||
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List | Candidates | Votes | % | ± | |
Quota | 381,994 | 20.00 | |||
Democratic | Kwong Chun-yu
|
491,667 | 25.74 (20.00+5.74) |
+11.36 | |
DAB | Starry Lee Wai-king , Siu Ka-yi
Hung Lin-cham, Chu Lap-wai, Ngan Man-yu |
304,222 | 15.93 | –1.48 | |
NWSC
|
Leung Yiu-chung | 303,457 | 15.89 | N/A | |
DAB | Holden Chow Ho-ding Li Sai-wing, Nixie Lam Lam, Mo Shing-fung |
264,339 | 13.84 | +1.29 | |
Democratic | James To Kun-sun
|
243,930 | 12.77 | –7.11 | |
FTU | Wong Kwok-hing, Mok Kin-wing, Wong Wang-to, Lau Kwai-yung | 233,236 | 12.21 | –3.26 | |
Civic | Sumly Chan Yuen-sum
|
28,311 | 1.48 | N/A | |
Neo Democrats | Kwan Wing-yip, Hui Yui-yu, Lai Ming-chak | 22,631 | 1.24 | N/A | |
ADPL
|
Kalvin Ho Kai-ming
|
17,175 | 0.90 | N/A | |
Total valid votes | 1,909,968 | 100.00 | |||
Rejected ballots | 73,081 | ||||
Turnout | 1,983,049 | 57.09 | +5.14 | ||
Registered electors | 3,473,792 |
2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
2012 Legislative Council election: District Council (Second) | |||||
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List | Candidates | Votes | % | ± | |
Quota | 318,374 | 20.00 | |||
Democratic | Andrew Chiu Ka-yin, Au Nok-hin
|
316,468 | 19.88 | ||
DAB | 277,143 | 17.41 | |||
ADPL
|
Frederick Fung Kin-kee Hui Kam-shing |
262,172 | 16.47 | ||
FTU | Dennis Leung Tsz-wing , Wong Yun-cheong
|
246,196 | 15.47 | ||
Democratic | Kwong Chun-yu , Lam Siu-fai
|
228,840 | 14.38 | ||
DAB (Civil Force) | Lau Kong-wah | 199,732 | 12.55 | ||
Independent
|
Pamela Peck Wan-kam | 61,321 | 3.85 | ||
Total valid votes | 1,591,872 | 100.00 | |||
Rejected ballots | 80,921 | ||||
Turnout | 1,672,793 | 51.95 | |||
Registered electors | 3,219,755 |