East Island (1985 constituency)

East Island was a constituency elected by electoral college for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong in 1985 and 1988, which elects one member of the Legislative Council using the multiple-round elimination system and preferential elimination system respectively. The constituency covers Eastern District and Wan Chai District on Hong Kong Island.[1]

East Island
Former Electoral College constituency
for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
DistrictEastern District
Wan Chai District
RegionHong Kong Island
Former constituency
Created1985
Abolished1991
Number of membersOne
Replaced byHong Kong Island East

The constituency is indirectly elected, with members of the District Boards and Urban Council from the two Districts as the electorates. It was renamed as Hong Kong Island East constituency in 1991 with expanded electorates.

Returned members

Elected members are as follows:[2]

ElectionMemberParty
1985Desmond LeeCivic
1980sADPL/Civic
1988Chan Ying-lunPHKS
1990sHKDF

Election results

Only the final results of the run-off are shown.

1988 Legislative Council election: East Island
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PHKS Chan Ying-lun 21 51.22
ADPL (Civic) Desmond Lee Yu-tai 20 48.78 -11.22
PHKS gain from Civic Swing
1985 Legislative Council election: East Island
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PHKS (Civic) Desmond Lee Yu-tai 24 60
Reform Kwan Lim-ho 16 40
Independent Albert Cheung Chi-piu 0 0
Independent Lee Kam-kee 0 0
Independent Peggy Lam Pei 0 0
Independent Chum Ting-pong 0 0
PHKS win (new seat)

References

  1. The Hong Kong Government (1984). White Paper: The Further Development of Representative Government in Hong Kong. Hong Kong: Government Printer.
  2. 雷, 競璇; 沈, 國祥 (1995). "香港選舉資料匯編, 1982年-1994年". 硏究叢刊. 香港: Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies (19).
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