Commercial (Second)

The Commercial (Second) functional constituency (Chinese: 商界（第二）功能界別) is a functional constituency in the elections for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong first created in 1985. The constituency is composed of 421 corporates members of the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce entitled to vote at general meetings of the Chamber.^[2] The individual members were no longer eligible to vote after the 2021 electoral overhaul.

Commercial (Second) 商界（第二）
Functional constituency for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Country	Hong Kong
Electorate	421 (2021)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1985
Number of members	One
Member(s)	Martin Liao (Nonpartisan)

No actual election has been held since its creation in 1985 as all candidates have been uncontested until 2021.

Return members

Election		Member	Party
	1985	Ho Sai-chu	Nonpartisan
	1988
	1991	Philip Wong	NHKA
	1995
Not represented in the PLC (1997–1998)
	1998	Philip Wong	Nonpartisan
	2000
	2004
	2008
	2012	Martin Liao	Nonpartisan
	2016
	2021

Electoral results

2020s

2021 Legislative Council election: Commercial (Second)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Martin Liao Cheung-kong	176	71.26
	Nonpartisan	Yip Wing-shing	71	28.74
Majority			105	42.52
Total valid votes			247	100.00
Rejected ballots			7
Turnout			254	78.64
Registered electors			421
	Nonpartisan hold		Swing

2010s

2016 Legislative Council election: Commercial (Second)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Martin Liao Cheung-kong	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,491
	Nonpartisan hold		Swing

2012 Legislative Council election: Commercial (Second)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Martin Liao Cheung-kong	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,749
	Nonpartisan gain from Nonpartisan		Swing

2000s

^[3]

2008 Legislative Council election: Commercial (Second)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Philip Wong Yu-hong	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,882
	Nonpartisan hold		Swing

^[4]

2004 Legislative Council election: Commercial (Second)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Philip Wong Yu-hong	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,835
	Nonpartisan hold		Swing

^[5]

2000 Legislative Council election: Commercial (Second)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Philip Wong Yu-hong	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,831
	Nonpartisan hold		Swing

1990s

^[5]

1998 Legislative Council election: Commercial (Second)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Philip Wong Yu-hong	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,798
	Nonpartisan win (new seat)

1995 Legislative Council election: Commercial (Second)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NHKA	Philip Wong Yu-hong	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,785
	NHKA hold		Swing

1991 Legislative Council election: Second Commercial

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NHKA	Philip Wong Yu-hong	Unopposed
Registered electors			2,348
	NHKA gain from Nonpartisan		Swing

1980s

1988 Legislative Council election: Second Commercial

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Ho Sai-chu	Unopposed
	Nonpartisan hold		Swing

1985 Legislative Council election: Second Commercial

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Ho Sai-chu	Unopposed
	Nonpartisan win (new seat)