The Legal functional constituency () is a

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in the elections for the

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. It was one of the 12 original functional constituency seats created for the first ever Legislative Council election in 1985. As of 2021, there were 7,549 registered voters, including the members of the Law Society of Hong Kong and the

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, and the officers in the government's judicial departments. It is one of the few strongholds of the

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in functional constituencies, having been held by pro-democrats since 1995, was held by

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until he was disqualified from his office in 2020. Following electoral overhaul, the seat was controlled by the

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for the first time.

Composition

The Legal functional constituency is composed of— * members of The Law Society of Hong Kong entitled to vote at general meetings of the Society; and * members of the

entitled to vote at general meetings of the Association; and * legal officers within the meaning of the Legal Officers Ordinance (); and * persons appointed under section 3 of the Legal Aid Ordinance (; and * persons deemed to be legal officers for the purpose of the Legal Officers Ordinance () by section 75(3) of the Bankruptcy Ordinance () or section 3(3) of the Director of Intellectual Property (Establishment) Ordinance (); and * the Legal Adviser of the Legislative Council Secretariat and his or her assistants who are in the full-time employment of The Legislative Council Commission and are barristers or solicitors as defined in the Legal Practitioners Ordinance ().

Return members

Electoral results

2020s

2010s

2000s

1990s

1980s

References

{{Hong Kong Legislative Council constituencies (2021-2025) Constituencies of Hong Kong Constituencies of Hong Kong Legislative Council Functional constituencies (Hong Kong) 1985 establishments in Hong Kong Constituencies established in 1985