The District Council (First) functional constituency (), formerly called District Council until 2012, was a

functional constituency A functional constituency is an electoral device (a non-geographical constituency) used within the political systems of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China: * Functional constituency (Hong Kong) * Functional cons ...

in the elections for the

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. Its electorate consists of all 431 directly elected members (excluding the 27 ''ex officio'' seats held by chairpersons of

rural committee Rural committee () is a body representing the welfare of indigenous residents in the New Territories of Hong Kong. The chairman of each rural committee is the representative in the Heung Yee Kuk, and is ''ex officio'' member of a district coun ...

s) of the 18

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. Along with Catering, it was created in 2000 to replace the

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and Regional Council constituencies after the councils were abolished. This constituency was abolished in 2021.

Members returned

Election results

2010s

2000s

References

{{Hong Kong Legislative Council constituencies 2016-2024 Constituencies of Hong Kong Constituencies of Hong Kong Legislative Council Functional constituencies (Hong Kong) 2000 establishments in Hong Kong Constituencies established in 2000