Real Estate and Construction (constituency)

The Real Estate and Construction functional constituency (Chinese: 地產及建造界功能界別) is a functional constituency in the elections for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong first created in 1991. The constituency is composed of 463 corporate members of the Real Estate Developers Association of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Construction Association, and Hong Kong E&M Contractors' Association to vote at general meetings of the Associations. Prior to the 2021 electoral overhaul, the eligible voters included individual members.

Real Estate and Construction
地產及建造界
Functional constituency
for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Country Hong Kong
Electorate463 (2021)[1]
Current constituency
Created1991
Number of membersOne
Member(s)Louis Loong (Nonpartisan)

Return members

ElectionMemberParty
1991 Ronald Arculli NonpartisanLiberal
1995 Liberal
Not represented in the PLC (1997–1998)
1998 Ronald Arculli Liberal
2000 Abraham Shek Independent
2004 IndependentAlliance
2008 AllianceProfessional Forum
2012 Professional ForumBPA
2016 BPA
2021 Louis Loong Nonpartisan

Electoral results

2020s

2021 Legislative Council election: Real Estate and Construction
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nonpartisan Louis Loong Hon-biu 242 63.68
Nonpartisan Howard Chao 138 36.32
Majority 104 27.36
Total valid votes 380 100.00
Rejected ballots 1
Turnout 381 83.19
Registered electors 463
Nonpartisan gain from BPA Swing

2010s

2016 Legislative Council election: Real Estate and Construction
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BPA Abraham Shek Lai-him Unopposed
Registered electors 714
BPA hold Swing
2012 Legislative Council election: Real Estate and Construction
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent "Abraham Razack" Shek Lai-him Unopposed
Registered electors 767
Independent hold Swing

2000s

[2]

2008 Legislative Council election: Real Estate and Construction
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent "Abraham Razack" Shek Lai-him Unopposed
Registered electors 751
Independent hold Swing

[3]

2004 Legislative Council election: Real Estate and Construction
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent "Abraham Razack" Shek Lai-him Unopposed
Registered electors 757
Independent hold Swing

[4]

2000 Legislative Council election: Real Estate and Construction
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent "Abraham Razack" Shek Lai-him 357 75.48
Nonpartisan Tse Lai-leung 116 22.53 −8.34
Majority 241 52.95
Total valid votes 473 100.00
Rejected ballots 12
Turnout 485 75.08
Registered electors 646
Independent gain from Liberal Swing

1990s

[4]

1998 Legislative Council election: Real Estate and Construction
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ronald Joseph Arculli 206 69.13
Nonpartisan Tse Lai-leung 92 30.87
Majority 114 38.26
Total valid votes 298 100.00
Rejected ballots 2
Turnout 300 85.23
Registered electors 352
Liberal hold Swing
1995 Legislative Council election: Real Estate and Construction
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ronald Joseph Arculli Unopposed
Registered electors 371
Liberal hold Swing
1991 Legislative Council election: Real Estate and Construction
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Ronald Joseph Arculli Unopposed
Registered electors 373
Independent win (new seat)

References

  1. "Voter Registration Statistics : Functional Constituency". Voter Registration.
  2. "2008 Legislative Council Election". Government of Hong Kong. Retrieved 20 November 2012.
  3. "2004 Legislative Council Election". Government of Hong Kong. Archived from the original on 28 February 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2012.
  4. "2000 Legislative Council Election". Government of Hong Kong. Archived from the original on 28 February 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2012.
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