New Territories West (1995 constituency)

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New Territories West
Former Geographical constituency
for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Outline map
Boundary of New Territories West in Hong Kong
DistrictNorth-western Tuen Mun District
RegionNew Territories
Electorate137,316
Former constituency
Created1995
Abolished1997
Created fromNew Territories West
Replaced byNew Territories West

New Territories West 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 north-western part of Tuen Mun District in New Territories.[1]

The constituency was merged into the New Territories West constituency in 1998 after the handover of Hong Kong a year before.[2]

Returned members

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Elected members are as follows:[3]

Election Member Party
1995 Albert Ho Democratic

Election results

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1995 Legislative Council election: New Territories West[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Ho Chun-yan 25,255 54.23
ADPL Yim Tin-sang 15,166 32.56
Independent Chan Wan-sang 6,152 13.21
Majority 10,089 21.67
Total valid votes 46,573 100.00
Rejected ballots 342
Turnout 46,915 34.17
Registered electors 137,316
Democratic win (new seat)

References

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  1. ^ Report on the 1995 Legislative Council General Election. 1995.
  2. ^ 殷, 俊; 馬, 春暖 (2018). "香港立法會直選制度變革與政黨體系之演變". 中國大陸研究. 61 (3): 033–052.
  3. ^ a b 選區分界及選舉事務委員會 (1995). 一九九五年立法局普通選舉報告書. 香港: 香港政府印務局.

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