New Territories West (1991 constituency)

New Territories East was a geographical constituency in the election for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong in 1991, which elects two members of the Legislative Council using the dual-seat constituency dual vote system. The constituency covers Tuen Mun District and Yuen Long District in New Territories.^[1]

New Territories West
Former Geographical constituency for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Boundary of New Territories West in Hong Kong
District	Tuen Mun District Yuen Long District
Region	New Territories
Electorate	198,817
Former constituency
Created	1991
Abolished	1995
Number of members	Two
Replaced by	New Territories Central New Territories West New Territories North-west New Territories North

Two by-elections were held on 8 December 1991 and 30 August 1992, after conservative Tai Chin-wah gave up his seat for forging educational qualifications and after democrat Ng Ming-yum died in office respectively. Democrats won Tai's seat while conservatives succeeded Ng.

The constituency was divided and replaced by the New Territories Central, New Territories West, New Territories North-west, and New Territories North constituencies in 1995.^[2]

Returned members

Elected members are as follows:^[3]

Election	Member		Party	Member		Party
1991		Ng Ming-yum	UDHK		Tai Chin-wah	FSHK
1991 (b)					Zachary Wong	MP
1992 (b)		Tang Siu-tong	Independent
1994						Democratic

Election results

1992 New Territories West by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Tang Siu-tong	33,038	51.3	+16.7
	United Democrats	Ho Chun-yan	30,466	47.3
	Independent	Sui See-chun	743	1.2
Majority			2,572	4.0
Total valid votes			64,247	100.0
	Independent gain from United Democrats		Swing

1991 New Territories West by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Meeting Point	Zachary Wong Wai-yin	21,559	39.5	+20.5
	Independent	Tang Siu-tong	18,858	34.6	+18.3
	ADPL	Yim Tin-sang	7,780	14.3
	Independent	Kingsley Sit Ho-yin	5,745	10.5
Majority			2,701	4.9
Total valid votes			53,942	100.0
Rejected ballots			592
Turnout			54,534	27.4
Registered electors			198,812
	Meeting Point gain from FSHK		Swing

1991 Legislative Council election: New Territories West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Democrats	Ng Ming-yum	42,319	29.42
	FSHK	Tai Chin-wah	30,871	21.46
	Meeting Point	Zachary Wong Wai-yin	27,243	18.94
	Independent	Tang Siu-tong	23,389	16.26
	LDF	Tso Shiu-wai	20,018	13.92
Turnout			81,468	40.98
Registered electors			198,817
	United Democrats win (new seat)
	FSHK win (new seat)