New Territories East was a

geographical constituency 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 election for the

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, which elects two members of the Legislative Council using the dual-seat constituency dual vote system. The constituency covers

Tuen Mun District Tuen Mun District is one of the 18 administrative districts of Hong Kong. It is the westernmost continental district of Hong Kong. It had a population of 487,546 in 2011. Part of the district is the Tuen Mun New Town (or simply Tuen Mun), w ...

and

Yuen Long District Yuen Long District (formerly romanised as Un Long) is one of the districts of Hong Kong. Located in the northwest of the New Territories, it had a population of 662,000 in 2021 Geography Yuen Long District contains the largest alluvial pla ...

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. Two by-elections were held on 8 December 1991 and 30 August 1992, after conservative

Tai Chin-wah Tai Chin-wah (born 24 August 1952, in Hong Kong) was a New Territories Justice of Peace until 1992, practicing solicitor member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (1985–91) for the New Territories West electoral college and Yuen Long Dis ...

gave up his seat for forging educational qualifications and after democrat

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died in office respectively. Democrats won Tai's seat while conservatives succeeded Ng. The constituency was divided and replaced by the New Territories Central,

New Territories West New Territories West (NTW) is the western part of Hong Kong's New Territories, covering Yuen Long, Tuen Mun, Tsuen Wan, Kwai Tsing and the Islands District. History Settlements in the area, except the Islands District, have been connected by the ...

, New Territories North-west, and New Territories North constituencies in 1995.

Returned members

Elected members are as follows:

Election results

References

{{Hong Kong Legislative Council constituencies (1991–1995) Constituencies of Hong Kong New Territories Constituencies of Hong Kong Legislative Council 1991 establishments in Hong Kong Constituencies established in 1991