The Hong Kong Island East geographical constituency is one of the ten geographical constituencies in the elections for the

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which elects two members of the Legislative Council using the

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(SNTV) system. The constituency covers Eastern District and

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History

The constituency was created under the overhaul of the electoral system imposed by the Beijing government in 2021, replacing Eastern District and

in the Hong Kong Island constituency used from 1998 to 2021. Constituencies with the same name were also created for the

1991 It was the final year of the Cold War, which had begun in 1947. During the year, the Soviet Union Dissolution of the Soviet Union, collapsed, leaving Post-soviet states, fifteen sovereign republics and the Commonwealth of Independent State ...

and

1995 1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...

elections in the late colonial period, while the 1991 constituency also elected two seats with each voter having two votes with the same boundary.

Returning members

Election results

2020s

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hong Kong Island East (constituency) Constituencies of Hong Kong Hong Kong Island Constituencies of Hong Kong Legislative Council 2021 establishments in Hong Kong Constituencies established in 2021