New Territories West (constituency)


The New Territories West geographical constituency, or simply "NT West" is one of the geographical constituencies in the Legislative Council of Hong Kong. Located in the western part of the New Territories, it is the largest geographical constituency in Hong Kong. It encompasses Tsuen Wan District, Kwai Tsing District, Tuen Mun District, Yuen Long District and Islands District. It currently elects 9 Members of the Legislative Council using the Hare quota of party-list proportional representation.

History

The constituency was formed since the 1998 legislative election, replacing a number of single-member constituencies in 1995. These were New Territories West and New Territories South in the 1991 election with dual-seat constituency dual vote system and New Territories South, New Territories West, New Territories Central, New Territories Southwest and New Territories Northwest in the 1995 election. From 1985 to 1991, the seats were elected by the electoral colleges composed of the members of the district boards and Regional Council.

Members returned

Below are all the members since the creation of the New Territories West constituency. The number of seats allocated to New Territories has been increased from 5 to 9 between 1998 and 2012 due to the enlargement.

Summary of seats won

Vote share summary

Election results

The largest remainder method of the proportional representative electoral system was introduced in 1998, replacing the single-member constituencies of the 1995 election. Elected candidates are shown in bold. Brackets indicate the quota + remainder.

2010s

2000s

1990s

1995 Constituencies

New Territories Central

New Territories North-west

New Territories South

New Territories South-west

New Territories West

1991 Constituencies

system was used with two seats to be filled in each constituency.

New Territories South

New Territories West

Two by-elections were held on 8 December 1991 and 30 August 1992 for the Tai Chin-wah's seat taken away by the court and Ng Ming-yam died in office respectively.

1985–88 Electoral Colleges

New Territories (South)

New Territories (West)