District Council (First) Explained

Type:	Functional
District Council (First)
Year:	2000
Abolished:	2021
Parl Name:	Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Region Label:	Country
Elects Howmany:	One
Electorate:	452 (2020)^[1]
Previous:	Regional Council and Urban Council
Next:	HKSAR Deputies to the National People's Congress, HKSAR Members of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and Representatives of Relevant National Organisations

The District Council (First) functional constituency, formerly called District Council until 2012, was a functional constituency in the elections for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong. Its electorate consists of all 431 directly elected members (excluding the 27 ex officio seats held by chairpersons of rural committees) of the 18 District Councils of Hong Kong. Along with Catering, it was created in 2000 to replace the Urban Council and Regional Council constituencies after the councils were abolished. This constituency was abolished in 2021.

Members returned

Election		Member	Party	Votes	%
	2000	Ip Kwok-him	DAB	198	58.41
	2004	Lau Wong-fat	Liberal	267	61.24
	2008	Ip Kwok-him	DAB	259	65.40
	2012			align=center colspan=2	N/A
	2016	Lau Kwok-fan	DAB	align=center colspan=2	N/A

Election results

2000s

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Voter Registration Statistics : Functional Constituency. Voter Registration.
2. Web site: 2008 Legislative Council Election . 2012-03-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120913064020/http://www.elections.gov.hk/legco2008/eng/result/rs_fc_DC.html . 2012-09-13 . dead .
3. Web site: Election Results - Functional Constituency Election . 2012-11-17 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120717015945/http://www.elections.gov.hk/elections/legco2004/english/results/rs_fc_overall.html . 2012-07-17 .
4. Web site: Legislative Council Elections Results . 2012-11-17 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120829065944/http://www.elections.gov.hk/elections/legco2000/update/result/fc_e.htm . 2012-08-29 .