Hong Kong Island was divided into one or more constituencies of the
Legislative Council following the first-ever election in 1985.
History
In 1985, "
East Island" and "
West Island" electoral-college constituencies were created. East Island consisted of
Eastern District and
Wan Chai District
Wan Chai District is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. Of the four on Hong Kong Island, it is north-central, and had 152,608 residents in 2011, a fall from 167,146 residents in 2001. The district has the second-highest educationally quali ...
, while West Island consisted of
Central and Western District
The Central and Western District () located on northwestern part of Hong Kong Island is one of the 18 administrative districts of Hong Kong. It had a population of 243,266 in 2016. The district has the most educated residents with the secon ...
and
Southern District. The electoral colleges lasted for two terms until they were replaced by the
geographical constituencies in 1991 when the
first direct election to the Legislative Council was introduced.
The Hong Kong Island was then divided into "
Hong Kong Island East" and "
Hong Kong Island West" with the same boundaries, each returning two members to the Legislative Council using the
two-seat-constituency two-votes system. All four seats were won by the
United Democrats of Hong Kong
The United Democrats of Hong Kong (; UDHK) was a short-lived political party in Hong Kong founded in 1990 as the united front of the liberal democracy forces in preparation of the 1991 first ever direct election for the Legislative Council of ...
(UDHK) in the
pro-democracy
Democratization, or democratisation, is the transition to a more democratic political regime, including substantive political changes moving in a democratic direction. It may be a hybrid regime in transition from an authoritarian regime to a full ...
electoral landslide. The
electoral system was overhauled after one term, replaced by the
single-constituency single-vote system in the
1995 Legislative Council election with four new constituencies, namely "
Hong Kong Island Central", "
Hong Kong Island East", "
Hong Kong Island South" and "
Hong Kong Island West". All four seats were again won by the pro-democrats, three of them taken by the
Democratic Party and one by independent
Christine Loh
Christine Loh Kung-wai, SBS, OBE, JP, Chevalier de l’Ordre National du Mérite (born 1 February 1956), is a former Hong Kong Legislative Councillor, founder and CEO of Civic Exchange, founder of the Citizens Party, and founder of Hong ...
.
Following the
handover in 1997, all constituencies on the Hong Kong Island were merged into one, the "
Hong Kong Island" constituency. It remained in place until 2021 under the
change of electoral system. "
Hong Kong Island East" and "
Hong Kong Island West", which includes
Islands District for the first time, were installed as the new constituencies.
Evolution
References
{{Hong Kong Island constituencies for Legislative Council
Constituencies of Hong Kong
Hong Kong Island
Constituencies of Hong Kong Legislative Council