New Territories East 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 western part of Sha Tin District in New Territories.[1]
| New Territories East | |
|---|---|
| Former Geographical constituency for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong | |
 Boundary of New Territories East in Hong Kong | |
| District | Western Sha Tin District |
| Region | New Territories |
| Electorate | 165,127 |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | 1995 |
| Abolished | 1997 |
| Created from | New Territories East |
| Replaced by | New Territories East |
The constituency was replaced by New Territories East constituency in 1998 after the handover of Hong Kong a year before.[2]
Returned members
editElected members are as follows:[3]
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Emily Lau | Independent | |
| 1996 | Frontier | ||
Election results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Emily Lau Wai-hing | 39,265 | 58.51 | ||
| Civil Force | Lau Kong-wah | 27,841 | 41.49 | ||
| Majority | 11,424 | 17.02 | |||
| Total valid votes | 67,106 | 100.00 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 432 | ||||
| Turnout | 67,538 | 40.90 | |||
| Registered electors | 165,127 | ||||
| Independent win (new seat) | |||||