Elections

Elections

1998 Legislative Council General Election

The Electoral Affairs Commission published provisional recommendations on the delineation of geographical constituency boundaries for the 1998 Legislative Council Election on October 11, 1997 for a two-week public consultation.

  • Nine open meetings were held to listen to public views and a total of 104 written representations were received during the consultation period.
  • A report on the final recommendations on the delineation of geographical constituency boundaries for the Legislative Council general election in 1998 was submitted to the Chief Executive on October 31, 1997.
  • Under the final recommendations, Hong Kong is divided into five geographical constituencies :


  • Hong Kong Island (Central and Western, Wan Chai, Eastern and Southern) Four seats
    Kowloon East (Wong Tai Sin and Kwun Tong) Three seats
    Kowloon West (Yau Tsim Mong, Sham Shui Po and Kowloon City) Three seats
    New Territories East (North, Tai Po, Sha Tin and Sai Kung) Five seats
    New Territores West (Tsuen Wan, Tuen Mun, Yuen Long, Kwai Tsing and Islands) Five seats

    The Chief Executive in Council accepted all the recommendations and the Declaration of Constituencies (Legislative Council) Order 1997 was gazetted on November 14, 1997 and tabled in the Provisional Legislative Council on November 19, 1997.