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Geographical constituency in Hong Kong From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
New Territories South was a geographical constituency in the election for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong in 1995, which elects one member of the Legislative Council using the first-past-the-post voting system. The constituency covers south-eastern part of Tsuen Wan District and northern part of Kwai Tsing District in New Territories.[1]
| New Territories South | |
|---|---|
| Former Geographical constituency for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong | |
Boundary of New Territories South in Hong Kong | |
| District | South-eastern Tsuen Wan District Northern Kwai Tsing District |
| Region | New Territories |
| Electorate | 137,318 |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | 1995 |
| Abolished | 1997 |
| Created from | New Territories South |
| Replaced by | New Territories West |
The constituency was merged into the New Territories West constituency in 1998 after the handover of Hong Kong a year before.[2]
Elected members are as follows:[3]
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Sin Chung-kai | Democratic | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Sin Chung-kai | 26,048 | 70.74 | ||
| Independent | Hui Chiu-fai | 8,179 | 22.21 | ||
| Pioneer | Lam Chi-leung | 2,594 | 7.04 | ||
| Majority | 17,869 | 48.53 | |||
| Total valid votes | 36,821 | 100.00 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 567 | ||||
| Turnout | 37,388 | 27.23 | |||
| Registered electors | 137,318 | ||||
| Democratic win (new seat) | |||||
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