New Territories South West (2021 constituency)

The New Territories South West geographical constituency is one of the ten geographical constituencies in the elections for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong which elects two members of the Legislative Council using the single non-transferable vote (SNTV) system. The constituency covers Kwai Tsing District and Tsuen Wan District in New Territories.^[3]

New Territories South West
Geographical constituency for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Boundary of New Territories South Westin Hong Kong
District	Kwai Tsing District Tsuen Wan District
Region	New Territories
Population	824,600[1]
Electorate	510,558[2]
Current constituency
Created	2021
Number of members	Two
Member(s)	Chan Han-pan (DAB) Joephy Chan (FTU)
Created from	New Territories West (1998)

History

The constituency was created under the overhaul of the electoral system imposed by the Beijing government in 2021, replacing Kwai Tsing District and Tsuen Wan District of the New Territories West used from 1998 to 2021. A constituency with the same name were also created for the 1995 Legislative Council election in the late colonial period.

Returning members

Election	Member		Party	Member		Party
2021		Chan Han-pan	DAB		Joephy Chan	FTU

Election results

2020s

2021 Legislative Council election: New Territories South West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DAB	Chan Han-pan	83,303	52.45
	FTU	Joephy Chan Wing-yan	62,690	39.47
	Nonpartisan	Lau Cheuk-yu	12,828	8.08
Total valid votes			158,821	100.00
Rejected ballots			2,862
Turnout			161,683	31.67
Registered electors			510,558
	DAB win (new seat)
	FTU win (new seat)

References

1. "Delineation of Geographical Constituencies of the Seventh Term of the Legislative Council" (PDF). Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau.
2. "Distribution of registered electors by geographical constituencies in 2021". Hong Kong Government.
3. "Method for the Formation of the Legislative Council". Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau.