New Territories North was a geographical constituencies 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 District and northern part of Yuen Long District (Fairview Park and San Tin) in New Territories.[1]
New Territories North | |
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Former Geographical constituency for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong | |
District | North District Northern Yuen Long District |
Region | New Territories |
Electorate | 99,352 |
Former constituency | |
Created | 1995 |
Abolished | 1997 |
Created from | New Territories North (1991) New Territories West (1991) |
Replaced by | New Territories East (1998) New Territories West (1998) |
The constituency was divided and replaced by New Territories East and New Territories West constituencies in 1998 after the handover of Hong Kong a year before.[2]
Returned members
editElected members are as follows:[3]
Election | Member | Party | |
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1995 | Cheung Hon-chung | DAB |
Election results
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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DAB | Cheung Hon-chung | 17,026 | 50.07 | ||
Democratic | Wong Sing-chi | 16,978 | 49.93 | ||
Majority | 48 | 0.14 | |||
Total valid votes | 34,004 | 100.00 | |||
Rejected ballots | 368 | ||||
Turnout | 34,372 | 34.60 | |||
Registered electors | 99,352 | ||||
DAB win (new seat) |