Kowloon West is the western part of Kowloon, covering the Yau Tsim Mong and

Sham Shui Po District Sham Shui Po District is one of 18 districts of Hong Kong. It is the poorest district in Hong Kong, with a predominantly working-class population of 405,869 in 2016 and the lowest median household income of all districts. Sham Shui Po has long ...

, with Kowloon City District occasionally included.

History

The boundary of Kowloon West is not strictly defined and hence varies. While traditionally the Kowloon–Canton Railway (now the East Rail line) serves as the separation of eastern and western part, the Kowloon City District, located at the east of the railway, was part of the Kowloon West (1998 constituency), Kowloon West Legislative Council constituency in order to balance the population between the two halves. Nevertheless, both the Yau Tsim Mong District and

have long been regarded as the part of Kowloon West. West Kowloon, a similar name and sharing similar definition, is also a part of Kowloon West, despite the name usually refers to the reclaimed area located west of the Kowloon Peninsula. In 1985, "Sham Shui Po (1985 constituency), Sham Shui Po" and "South Kowloon (1985 constituency), South Kowloon" electoral-college constituencies were created. Sham Shui Po consisted of

while South Kowloon consisted of Mong Kok District and Yau Ma Tei District. The electoral colleges lasted for two terms until they were replaced by the geographical constituencies in 1991 when the 1991 Hong Kong legislative election, first direct election to the Legislative Council were introduced. In the 1991 election, "Kowloon West (1991 constituency), Kowloon West" was consisting of Sham Shui Po, Mong Kok and Yau Tsim Districts, returning two members to the Legislative Council using the plurality at-large voting, two-seat constituency two vote system. All two seats were won by the pro-democracy camp (Hong Kong), pro-democracy camp in the electoral landslide, with United Democrats of Hong Kong and Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood gained one each. The 1994 Hong Kong electoral reform, electoral system was overhauled after one term, replaced by the first-past-the-post, single-constituency single-vote system in the 1995 Hong Kong legislative election, 1995 Legislative Council election with four new constituencies, namely "Kowloon West (1995 constituency), Kowloon West" and "Kowloon South-west (1995 constituency), Kowloon South-west". All two seats were again won by the pro-democrats. Following the Handover of Hong Kong, handover in 1997, the "Kowloon West (1998 constituency), Kowloon West" constituency replaced the colonial constituencies, which included the Kowloon City. It remained in place until 2021 under the 2021 Hong Kong electoral changes, change of electoral system, "Kowloon West (2021 constituency), Kowloon West" was kept but shrank to the 1991-constituency boundary.

Evolution

References

{{Kowloon constituencies for Legislative Council Constituencies of Hong Kong Kowloon Constituencies of Hong Kong Legislative Council