Hong Kong Island East (1995 constituency)

Hong Kong Island East was a geographical constituency in the election for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong in 1995, which elects one member of the Legislative Council using the first-past-the-post voting system. The constituency covers part of the Eastern District from east of North Point to west of Chai Wan.^[1]

Hong Kong Island East
Former Geographical constituency for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Boundary of Hong Kong Island East in Hong Kong
District	Eastern District
Region	Hong Kong Island
Electorate	144,468
Former constituency
Created	1995
Abolished	1997
Created from	Hong Kong Island East
Replaced by	Hong Kong Island

The constituency was merged into the Hong Kong Island constituency in 1998 after the handover of Hong Kong a year before.^[2]

Returned members

Elected members are as follows:^[3]

Election		Member	Party
	1995	Martin Lee	Democratic

Election results

1995 Legislative Council election: Hong Kong Island East^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Martin Lee Chu-ming	37,459	72.28
	HKPA	Choy So-yuk	14,119	27.37
Majority			23,340	44.91
Total valid votes			51,578	100.00
Rejected ballots			467
Turnout			52,045	36.03
Registered electors			144,468
	Democratic win (new seat)