Election Committee (constituency) explained

Type:Election Committee
Election Committee
Year:1995 (first)
1998 (second)
2021 (third)
Parl Name:Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Elects Howmany:10 (1995–1997; 1998–2000)
6 (2000–2004)
40 (2021–)
Electorate:283 (1995–1997)
800 (1998–2004)
1,500 (2021)

The Election Committee constituency (ECC; Chinese: 選舉委員會界別) is a constituency in the elections for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong. It was first created in 1995, re-created with a different composition in 1998 until it was abolished in 2004, and created for the third time in the 2021 electoral overhaul. It is the single largest constituency, taking 40 out of the 90 seats in the Legislative Council.

The Election Committee constituency was one of the three sectors designed in the Basic Law of Hong Kong next to the directly elected geographical constituencies and the indirectly elected functional constituencies in the early SAR period. With the last British Governor Chris Patten's electoral reform, the ECC was composed of all elected District Board members who had been elected in 1994. The Single Transferable Vote system was used in the 1995 election.[1]

After the handover of Hong Kong, the ECC was allocated 10 seats out of the total 60 seats in the SAR Legislative Council, comprising all members of the Election Committee which also elected the Chief Executive every five years. The size of the constituency reduced to six seats in 2000 and was entirely abolished and replaced by the directly elected geographical constituency seats in the 2004 election. The plurality-at-large voting system was used in 1998 and 2000.

In the 2021 electoral overhaul, the Election Committee constituency was reintroduced, taking 40 of the 90 seats, almost half, of the Legislative Council with plurality-at-large voting system. The electorate is composed of all newly expanded 1,500 members in the Election Committee.

Returning members

1995–1997

MembersParty
Law Cheung-kwok
Yum Sin-ling
Cheung Bing-leung
John Tse Wing-ling
Lo Suk-ching
Choy Kan-pui (CF)
Lau Hon-chuen
David Chu Yu-lin
Chan Kam-lam
Ip Kwok-him

1998–2004

19982001 (b)
Rita Fan
Ng Leung-sing
Ng Ching-fai
Ma Fung-kwok
Ambrose Lau
David Chu
Yeung Yiu-chung
Ma Fung-kwok
abolished
Chan Kam-lam
Choy So-yuk
Ho Sai-chu

2021–2025

20212022 (b)2025
Rock Chen
to be elected
Nixie Lam
Elizabeth Quat
Lillian Kwok
Horace Cheung
Chan Wing-kwong
Luk Chung-hung
Kingsley Wong
Aice Mak
Adrian Ho
Judy Kapui Chan
Yung Hoi-yan
Lai Tung-kwok
Benson Luk
Priscilla Leung
Ma Fung-kwok
Tang Fei
Lee Chun-keung
Lam Chun-sing
Junius Ho
Paul Tse
Chan Hoi-yan
Peter Douglas Koon
Andrew Lam
Chow Man-kong
Doreen Kong
Chan Yuet-ming
Hoey Simon Lee
Maggie Chan
So Cheung-wing
Tan Yueheng
Johnny Ng
Chan Siu-hung
Wendy Hong
Dennis Lam
Chan Pui-leung
Lau Chi-pang
Carmen Kan
Stephen Wong
Kenneth Leung
Sun Dong
Shang Hailong
Nelson Lam
William Wong

Election results

The elected candidates are shown in bold.

2000s

[2]

1990s

[3]

Single transferable vote was used in the 1995 election.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Report on the 1995 Legislative General Election, Boundary and Election Commission . 23 October 2012 . 19 October 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161019113453/http://ebook.lib.hku.hk/HKG/B35838851.pdf . dead .
  2. Web site: Legislative Council Elections Results . 23 October 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120829065610/http://www.elections.gov.hk/elections/legco2000/update/result/ec_e.htm . 29 August 2012 . dead .
  3. Web site: Legco election overall result.
  4. Web site: Report on the 1995 Legislative General Election, Boundary and Election Commission . 23 October 2012 . 19 October 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161019113453/http://ebook.lib.hku.hk/HKG/B35838851.pdf . dead .