Engineering (constituency)

The Engineering functional constituency (Chinese: 工程界功能界別) is a functional constituency in the elections for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong first created in 1991, derived from the Engineering, Architectural, Surveying and Planning functional constituency. The constituency is composed of professional engineers and the members of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers.^[2] As of 2021, it was composed of 10,772 registered voters.

Engineering 工程界
Functional constituency for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Country	Hong Kong
Electorate	10,772 (2021)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1991
Number of members	One
Member(s)	Lo Wai-kwok (BPA)
Created from	Engineering, Architectural, Surveying and Planning

Return members

Election		Member	Party
	1991	Samuel Wong	Nonpartisan
	1995
Not represented in the PLC (1997–1998)
	1998	Raymond Ho	Nonpartisan
	2000
	2004		Nonpartisan→Alliance
	2008		Alliance→Professional Forum
	2012	Lo Wai-kwok	Independent→BPA
	2016		BPA
	2021

Electoral results

2020s

2021 Legislative Council election: Engineering

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BPA	Lo Wai-kwok	3,849	75.59	+20.12
	Nonpartisan	Wong Wai-shun	1,243	24.41
Majority			2,606	51.18
Total valid votes			5,092	100.00
Rejected ballots			197
Turnout			5,289	49.10
Registered electors			10,772
	BPA hold		Swing

2010s

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2016 Legislative Council election: Engineering

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BPA	Lo Wai-kwok	3,906	55.47	+13.01
	Independent	Louis Ching Ming-tat	2,097	29.78
	Nonpartisan	John Luk Wang-kwong	1,039	14.75
Majority			1,809	25.69
Total valid votes			7,042	100.00
Rejected ballots			284
Turnout			7,326	77.89
Registered electors			9,406
	BPA hold		Swing

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2012 Legislative Council election:Engineering

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Lo Wai-kwok	2,811	41.46
	Prof Commons (Civic)	Albert Lai Kwong-tak	1,952	28.79	−17.68
	Nonpartisan	Raymond Ho Chung-tai	1,625	23.97	−26.06
	Nonpartisan	Luk Wang-kwong	392	5.78
Majority			859	12.49
Total valid votes			6,780	100.00
Rejected ballots			196
Turnout			6,976	76.06
Registered electors			9,172
	Independent gain from Nonpartisan		Swing

2000s

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2008 Legislative Council election:Engineering

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Raymond Ho Chung-tai	2,715	50.03	−7.26
	Civic	Albert Lai Kwong-tak	2,522	46.47
	Nonpartisan	Raymond Man	190	3.50
Majority			193	3.56
Total valid votes			5,427	100.00
Rejected ballots			110
Turnout			5,537	66.53
Registered electors			8,323
	Nonpartisan hold		Swing

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2004 Legislative Council election: Engineering

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Raymond Ho Chung-tai	2,973	57.29	−3.40
	Nonpartisan	Luk Wang-kwong	2,216	42.71	+3.40
Majority			757	14.58
Total valid votes			5,189	100.00
Rejected ballots			313
Turnout			5,502	75.87
Registered electors			7,252
	Nonpartisan hold		Swing

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2000 Legislative Council election: Engineering

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Raymond Ho Chung-tai	2,186	60.69	+4.74
	Nonpartisan	Luk Wang-kwong	1,416	39.31	+25.82
Majority			770	21.38
Total valid votes			3,602	100.00
Rejected ballots			203
Turnout			3,805	63.40
Registered electors			6,002
	Nonpartisan hold		Swing

1990s

1998 Legislative Council election: Engineering

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Raymond Ho Chung-tai	2,036	55.95	+18.65
	Independent	Wong King-keung	1,112	30.56
	Nonpartisan	Luk Wang-kwong	491	13.49
Majority			924	25.39
Total valid votes			3,639	100.00
Rejected ballots			168
Turnout			3,807	71.55
Registered electors			5,321
	Nonpartisan hold		Swing

1995 Legislative Council election: Engineering

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Samuel Wong Ping-wai	1,382	62.70	−27.13
	Nonpartisan	Raymond Ho Chung-tai	822	37.30
Majority			560	25.40
Total valid votes			2,240	100.00
Rejected ballots			2
Turnout			2,242	64.84
Registered electors			3,458
	Nonpartisan hold		Swing

1991 Legislative Council election: Engineering

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Samuel Wong Ping-wai	1,334	89.83
	Nonpartisan	Hogan Tang Ka-fat	151	10.17
Majority			1,183	79.66
Total valid votes			1,485	100.00
Rejected ballots			26
Turnout			1,511	53.87
Registered electors			2,805
	Nonpartisan win (new seat)

References

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