This is a list of

constituencies An electoral district, also known as an election district, legislative district, voting district, constituency, riding, ward, division, or (election) precinct is a subdivision of a larger state (a country, administrative region, or other polity ...

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...

, there are currently 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 ...

and 28

functional constituencies 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 ...

that elect 50 out of 90 members to 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 ...

. The structure of both constituency categories has undergone major changes throughout their history.

Legislative Council

Geographical constituencies

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 ...

(GC) were first introduced in Hong Kong's first legislative election with direct elections in

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. The following table charts the evolution of geographical constituencies of the LegCo:

Functional constituencies

Functional constituencies 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 ...

(FC) were first introduced in Hong Kong's first legislative election in

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. The following table charts the evolution of functional constituencies of the LegCo:

Electoral colleges

1985-1991

12 electoral colleges were established to return unofficial members of the Legislative Council in the

and

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Legislative Council elections, composed of members of district boards and municipal councils: * Hong Kong Island East * Hong Kong Island West * Kwun Tong * Wong Tai Sin * Kowloon City * South Kowloon * Sham Shui Po * New Territories East * New Territories West * New Territories South *

Urban Council The Urban Council (UrbCo) was a municipal council in Hong Kong responsible for municipal services on Hong Kong Island and in Kowloon (including New Kowloon). These services were provided by the council's executive arm, the Urban Services ...

* Regional Council

1995

In the 1995 Legislative Council election, 10 seats were returned through the

Election Committee The Election Committee is a Hong Kong electoral college, the function of which is to select the Chief Executive (CE) and, since 2021, to elect 40 of the 90 members of the Legislative Council. Established by Annex I of the Basic Law of Hong ...

, composed of elected members of district boards.

1998–2004; 2021-present

In the

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and

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Legislative Council elections, 10 and 6 seats were returned through the Election Committee Constituency respectively. Most of the 800 Election Committee members were elected by voters who were eligible to vote in the functional constituencies. The Election Committee Constituency has been re-established since the 2021 election, returning 40 seats.

Municipal Councils

Urban Council The Urban Council (UrbCo) was a municipal council in Hong Kong responsible for municipal services on Hong Kong Island and in Kowloon (including New Kowloon). These services were provided by the council's executive arm, the Urban Services ...

Regional Council

District Councils

Legislative Council

Geographical constituencies

Functional constituencies

Electoral colleges

1985-1991

1995

1998–2004; 2021-present

Municipal Councils

Urban Council The Urban Council (UrbCo) was a municipal council in Hong Kong responsible for municipal services on Hong Kong Island and in Kowloon (including New Kowloon). These services were provided by the council's executive arm, the Urban Services ...

Regional Council

District Councils

See also