West Island (1985 constituency)

West Island was a constituency elected by electoral college for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong in 1985 and 1988, which elects one member of the Legislative Council using the multiple-round elimination system and preferential elimination system respectively. The constituency covers Central and Western District and Southern District on Hong Kong Island.[1]

West Island
Former Electoral College constituency
for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
DistrictCentral and Western District
Southern District
RegionHong Kong Island
Former constituency
Created1985
Abolished1991
Number of membersOne
Replaced byHong Kong Island West

The constituency is indirectly elected, with members of the District Boards and Urban Council from the two Districts as the electorates. It was renamed as Hong Kong Island West constituency in 1991 with expanded electorates.

Returned members

Elected members are as follows:[2]

ElectionMemberParty
1985Liu Lit-forIndependent
1980sPHKS
1988So Chau Yim-pingCivic

Election results

Only the final results of the run-off are shown.

1988 Legislative Council election: West Island
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Civic So Chau Yim-ping 18 40.00
PHKS Liu Lit-for 16 35.56 -12.92
Civic Joseph Chan Yuek-sut 11 24.44
Civic gain from PHKS Swing
1985 Legislative Council election: West Island
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Liu Lit-for 16 48.48
HKAS Anthony Ng Sung-man 9 27.27
Independent Keith Lam Hon-keung 8 24.24
Independent win (new seat)

References
  1. The Hong Kong Government (1984). White Paper: The Further Development of Representative Government in Hong Kong. Hong Kong: Government Printer.
  2. 雷, 競璇; 沈, 國祥 (1995). "香港選舉資料匯編, 1982年-1994年". 硏究叢刊. 香港: Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies (19).
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