Finance (constituency)

The Finance functional constituency, formerly called the Financial functional constituency, is a functional constituency in the elections for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong first created in 1985. It was one of the 12 original functional constituency seats created for the first ever Legislative Council election in 1985 and was divided into Finance and Financial Services in 1991. It has the fewest electorates among all constituencies, composing of 114 banks and deposit-taking companies as corporate electors.[2]

Finance
金融界
Functional constituency
for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Country Hong Kong
Electorate114 (2021)[1]
Current constituency
Created1985
Number of membersOne
Member(s)Chan Chun-ying (Nonpartisan)
Finance
Traditional Chinese金融界功能界別

Since its creation, it had held by David Li, chairman of the Bank of East Asia, uncontestedly with the exception of 2000 Legislative Council election which was the only election held in the constituency. Li retired from the office in 2012 and was replaced by Ng Leung-sing. Since 2016, it has been represented by Chan Chun-ying, the former board secretary of the state-owned Bank of China (Hong Kong).[3]

Return members

Financial (1985–1991)
ElectionMemberParty
1985 David Li Nonpartisan
1988

Finance (1991–present)
ElectionMemberParty
1991 David Li Nonpartisan
1995
Not represented in the PLC (1997–1998)
1998 David Li Nonpartisan
2000
2004
2008
2012 Ng Leung-sing Nonpartisan
2016 Chan Chun-ying Nonpartisan
2021

Electoral Results

2020s
2021 Legislative Council election: Finance
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nonpartisan Chan Chun-ying 51 75.00
Nonpartisan Owens Chan Chi-fai 17 25.00
Majority 34 50.00
Total valid votes 68 100.00
Rejected ballots 1
Turnout 69 72.63
Registered electors 95
Nonpartisan hold Swing

2010s
2016 Legislative Council election: Finance
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nonpartisan Chan Chun-ying Unopposed
Registered electors 125
Nonpartisan gain from Nonpartisan Swing
2012 Legislative Council election: Finance
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nonpartisan Ng Leung-sing Unopposed
Registered electors 128
Nonpartisan hold Swing

2000s

[4]

2008 Legislative Council election: Finance
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nonpartisan David Li Kwok-po Unopposed
Registered electors 140
Nonpartisan hold Swing

[5]

2004 Legislative Council election: Finance
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nonpartisan David Li Kwok-po Unopposed
Registered electors 154
Nonpartisan hold Swing

[6]

2000 Legislative Council election: Finance
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nonpartisan David Li Kwok-po 89 73.55
Nonpartisan Kung Lin-cheng 32 26.45
Majority 57 47.10
Total valid votes 121 100.00
Rejected ballots 2
Turnout 123 86.01
Registered electors 143
Nonpartisan hold Swing

1990s

[6]

1998 Legislative Council election: Finance
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nonpartisan David Li Kwok-po Unopposed
Registered electors 207
Nonpartisan hold Swing
1995 Legislative Council election: Finance
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nonpartisan David Li Kwok-po Unopposed
Registered electors 246
Nonpartisan hold Swing
1991 Legislative Council election: Finance
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nonpartisan David Li Kwok-po Unopposed
Registered electors 234
Nonpartisan hold Swing

1980s
1988 Legislative Council election: Financial
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nonpartisan David Li Kwok-po Unopposed
Nonpartisan hold Swing
1985 Legislative Council election: Financial
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nonpartisan David Li Kwok-po Unopposed
Nonpartisan win (new seat)

References
  1. "Voter Registration Statistics : Functional Constituency". Voter Registration.
  2. "Voter Registration Statistics : Functional Constituency". Voter Registration.
  3. "Change of Deputy Chief Executive and Company Secretary" (PDF). BOC Hong Kong (Holdings). 20 January 2011.
  4. "2008 Legislative Council Election". Elections.gov.hk. Retrieved 20 November 2012.
  5. "2004 Legislative Council Election". Elections.gov.hk. Archived from the original on 17 July 2012. Retrieved 20 November 2012.
  6. "2000 Legislative Council Election". Elections.gov.hk. Archived from the original on 29 August 2012. Retrieved 20 November 2012.
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