Real Estate and Construction (constituency)

The Real Estate and Construction functional constituency (Chinese: 地產及建造界功能界別) is a functional constituency in the elections for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong first created in 1991. The constituency is composed of 463 corporate members of the Real Estate Developers Association of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Construction Association, and Hong Kong E&M Contractors' Association to vote at general meetings of the Associations. Prior to the 2021 electoral overhaul, the eligible voters included individual members.

Real Estate and Construction 地產及建造界
Functional constituency for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Country	Hong Kong
Electorate	463 (2021)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1991
Number of members	One
Member(s)	Louis Loong (Nonpartisan)

Return members

Election		Member	Party
	1991	Ronald Arculli	Nonpartisan→Liberal
	1995		Liberal
Not represented in the PLC (1997–1998)
	1998	Ronald Arculli	Liberal
	2000	Abraham Shek	Independent
	2004		Independent→Alliance
	2008		Alliance→Professional Forum
	2012		Professional Forum→BPA
	2016		BPA
	2021	Louis Loong	Nonpartisan

Electoral results

2020s

2021 Legislative Council election: Real Estate and Construction

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Louis Loong Hon-biu	242	63.68
	Nonpartisan	Howard Chao	138	36.32
Majority			104	27.36
Total valid votes			380	100.00
Rejected ballots			1
Turnout			381	83.19
Registered electors			463
	Nonpartisan gain from BPA		Swing

2010s

2016 Legislative Council election: Real Estate and Construction

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BPA	Abraham Shek Lai-him	Unopposed
Registered electors			714
	BPA hold		Swing

2012 Legislative Council election: Real Estate and Construction

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	"Abraham Razack" Shek Lai-him	Unopposed
Registered electors			767
	Independent hold		Swing

2000s

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2008 Legislative Council election: Real Estate and Construction

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	"Abraham Razack" Shek Lai-him	Unopposed
Registered electors			751
	Independent hold		Swing

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2004 Legislative Council election: Real Estate and Construction

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	"Abraham Razack" Shek Lai-him	Unopposed
Registered electors			757
	Independent hold		Swing

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2000 Legislative Council election: Real Estate and Construction

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	"Abraham Razack" Shek Lai-him	357	75.48
	Nonpartisan	Tse Lai-leung	116	22.53	−8.34
Majority			241	52.95
Total valid votes			473	100.00
Rejected ballots			12
Turnout			485	75.08
Registered electors			646
	Independent gain from Liberal		Swing

1990s

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1998 Legislative Council election: Real Estate and Construction

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ronald Joseph Arculli	206	69.13
	Nonpartisan	Tse Lai-leung	92	30.87
Majority			114	38.26
Total valid votes			298	100.00
Rejected ballots			2
Turnout			300	85.23
Registered electors			352
	Liberal hold		Swing

1995 Legislative Council election: Real Estate and Construction

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ronald Joseph Arculli	Unopposed
Registered electors			371
	Liberal hold		Swing

1991 Legislative Council election: Real Estate and Construction

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ronald Joseph Arculli	Unopposed
Registered electors			373
	Independent win (new seat)