The Hong Kong Island East geographical constituency is one of the ten
geographical constituencies
In Hong Kong, geographical constituencies, as opposed to functional constituencies, are elected by all eligible voters according to geographically demarcated constituencies. There are currently 5 geographical constituencies in Hong Kong, returnin ...
in the elections for the
Legislative Council of Hong Kong
The Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (LegCo) is the unicameral legislature of Hong Kong. It sits under China's " one country, two systems" constitutional arrangement, and is the power centre of Hong Kong ...
which elects two members of the Legislative Council using the
single non-transferable vote
Single non-transferable vote or SNTV is an electoral system used to elect multiple winners. It is a generalization of first-past-the-post, applied to multi-member districts with each voter casting just one vote. Unlike FPTP, which is a single-winn ...
(SNTV) system. The constituency covers
Eastern District and
Wan Chai District on
Hong Kong Island
Hong Kong Island is an Islands and peninsulas of Hong Kong, island in the southern part of Hong Kong. Known colloquially and on road signs simply as Hong Kong, the island has a population of 1,289,500 and its population density is 16,390/km ...
.
History
The constituency was created under the
overhaul of the electoral system imposed by the Beijing government in 2021, replacing
Eastern District and
Wan Chai District in the
Hong Kong Island constituency
The Hong Kong Island geographical constituency was one of the five geographical constituencies in the elections for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong from 1998 to 2021. It was established in 1998 for the first SAR Legislative Council electi ...
used from 1998 to 2021. Constituencies with the same name were also created for the
1991
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and
1995
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elections in the late
colonial period, while the 1991 constituency also elected two seats with each voter having two votes with the same boundary.
Returning members
Election results
2020s
References
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Constituencies of Hong Kong
Hong Kong Island
Constituencies of Hong Kong Legislative Council
2021 establishments in Hong Kong
Constituencies established in 2021