The Wholesale and Retail functional constituency (Chinese: 批發及零售界功能界別) is a functional constituency in the elections for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong first created in 1995 as one of the nine new functional constituencies under the electoral reform carried out by the then Governor Chris Patten, in which the electorate consisted of total 101,988 eligible voters worked related to the wholesale and retail industry.
| Wholesale and Retail 批發及零售界 | |
|---|---|
| Functional constituency for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong | |
| Country |  Hong Kong |
| Electorate | 2,015 (2021)[1] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1995 |
| Number of members | One |
| Member(s) | Shiu Ka-fai (Liberal) |
The constituency was abolished with the colonial Legislative Council dissolved after the transfer of the sovereignty in 1997. The constituency was recreated for the 1998 Legislative Council election unless its electorate base has been narrowed and from individual voting to bodies that are members of 82 wholesale and retail associations.[2] After the major electoral overhaul in 2021, the registered voters were scrapped from 6,104 to 2,015 corporate members of the 99 wholesale and retail associations.
Since its creation, it has been controlled by the Liberal Party and currently represented by Shiu Ka-fai.
Return members
edit| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Selina Chow | Liberal | |
| Not represented in PLC (1997–1998) | |||
| 1998 | Selina Chow | Liberal | |
| 2000 | |||
| 2004 | Vincent Fang | Liberal | |
| 2008 | |||
| 2012 | |||
| 2016 | Shiu Ka-fai | Liberal | |
| 2021 | |||
Electoral results
edit2020s
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Shiu Ka-fai | 1,116 | 90.88 | +25.84 | |
| Nonpartisan | Lam Chi-wing | 112 | 9.12 | ||
| Majority | 1,004 | 81.76 | +51.68 | ||
| Total valid votes | 1,228 | 100.00 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 18 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,246 | 65.30 | +7.18 | ||
| Registered electors | 2,015 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
2010s
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Shiu Ka-fai | 2,290 | 65.04 | ||
| Democratic | Au Nok-hin | 1,231 | 34.96 | ||
| Majority | 1,059 | 30.08 | |||
| Total valid votes | 3,521 | 100.00 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 282 | ||||
| Turnout | 3,803 | 58.12 | +2.97 | ||
| Registered electors | 6,543 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Vincent Fang Kang | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 7,242 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
2000s
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Vincent Fang Kang | 1,907 | 64.73 | +17.88 | |
| Nonpartisan | Chiu Chun-kwok | 1,039 | 35.27 | ||
| Majority | 868 | 29.46 | |||
| Total valid votes | 2,946 | 100.00 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 185 | ||||
| Turnout | 3,131 | 55.15 | −7.59 | ||
| Registered electors | 6,074 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Vincent Fang Kang | 1,145 | 46.85 | −28.55 | |
| Nonpartisan | Fung Leung-lo | 896 | 36.66 | ||
| Ind. democrat | Samuel Chan Tim-shing | 403 | 16.49 | ||
| Majority | 249 | 10.19 | |||
| Total valid votes | 2,946 | 100.00 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 502 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,549 | 62.74 | |||
| Registered electors | 4,063 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Selina Chow Liang Shuk-yee | 1,459 | 75.40 | +8.99 | |
| DAB | Lau Chi-wing | 476 | 24.60 | ||
| Majority | 983 | 50.80 | |||
| Total valid votes | 1,935 | 100.00 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 57 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,992 | 60.33 | |||
| Registered electors | 3,375 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
1990s
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Selina Chow Liang Shuk-yee | 945 | 66.41 | −1.64 | |
| HKPA | Wong Siu-yee | 276 | 19.40 | ||
| Nonpartisan | Chan Choi-hi | 202 | 14.19 | ||
| Majority | 669 | 47.01 | |||
| Total valid votes | 1,423 | 100.00 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 33 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,456 | 67.56 | |||
| Registered electors | 2,155 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Selina Chow Liang Shuk-yee | 23,357 | 68.05 | ||
| DAB | Wong Kwok-hing | 10,965 | 31.95 | ||
| Majority | 12,392 | 36.10 | |||
| Total valid votes | 34,322 | 100.00 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 2,724 | ||||
| Turnout | 37,046 | 36.32 | |||
| Registered electors | 101,988 | ||||
| Liberal win (new seat) | |||||
References
edit- ^ "Voter Registration Statistics : Functional Constituency". Voter Registration.
- ^ "Guidance Notes - Application for Registration as an Elector in a Functional Constituency and as a Voter in an Election Committee Subsector - Wholesale and Retail" (PDF). Registration and Electoral Office. p. 14.
- ^ "2016 Legislative Council Election". Government of Hong Kong. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
- ^ "2008 Legislative Council Election". Government of Hong Kong. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
- ^ "2004 Legislative Council Election". Government of Hong Kong. Archived from the original on 17 July 2012. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
- ^ a b "2000 Legislative Council Election". Government of Hong Kong. Archived from the original on 29 August 2012. Retrieved 17 November 2012.