Education (constituency)

Education
教育界
Functional Constituency
for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Electorate 88,185 (2016)[1]
Current constituency
Created 1995
Number of members One
Member(s) Ip Kin-yuen (PTU)
Created from Teaching

The Education (Chinese: 教育界), formerly called Teaching (Chinese: 教學界) in the colonial period, is a functional constituency in the elections for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong. It was one of the 12 functional constituency seats created for the 1985 Legislative Council election. It corresponds to the Education Subsector and Higher Education Subsector in the Election Committee.

Since 1998, It has been the functional constituency with most registered voters, including registered teachers, principals, managers of schools, full-time academic staff, members of the councils of the universities in Hong Kong and board of governors of the institutes of higher educations.[2] Since its creation it has been held by the Hong Kong Professional Teachers' Union, the largest teachers' union in Hong Kong.

Return Members

Teaching (1985-95)

ElectionMemberParty
1985 Szeto Wah Non-partisan (PTU)
1991 Cheung Man-kwong PTU/United Democrats

Education (1995 to present)

ElectionMemberParty
1995 Cheung Man-kwong PTU/Democratic
Not represented in the Provisional Legislative Council (1997–98)
1998 Cheung Man-kwong PTU/Democratic
2012 Ip Kin-yuen PTU

Electoral Results

2010s

[3]
Hong Kong legislative election, 2016: Education
Party Candidate Votes % ±
PTU Ip Kin-yuen 45,984 71.69 –3.73
Nonpartisan Choi Yuk-lin 18,158 28.31
Majority 27,826 43.38
Total valid votes 64,142 100.00
Rejected ballots 1,821
Turnout 65,963 74.80 +4.17
Registered electors 88,185
PTU hold Swing
[4]
Hong Kong legislative election, 2012: Education
Party Candidate Votes % ±
PTU Ip Kin-yuen 46,535 75.42 +3.81
Nonpartisan Ho Hon-kuen 15,170 24.58 +1.38
Majority 31,365 50.84
Total valid votes 61,705 100.00
Rejected ballots 3,773
Turnout 65,478 70.44 +10.55
Registered electors 92,957
PTU hold Swing

2000s

[5]
Hong Kong legislative election, 2008: Education
Party Candidate Votes % ±
PTU (Democratic) Cheung Man-kwong 37,876 71.61
Nonpartisan Ho Hon-kuen 12,272 23.20
Nonpartisan Yu Yee-wah 2,746 5.19
Majority 25,604 48.41
Total valid votes 52,894 100.00
Rejected ballots 1,421
Turnout 54,315 59.89
Registered electors 90,693
PTU hold Swing
[6]
Hong Kong legislative election, 2004: Education
Party Candidate Votes % ±
PTU (Democratic) Cheung Man-kwong 44,517 82.94
Nonpartisan Yu Kai-chun 9,155 17.06
PTU hold Swing
[7]
Hong Kong legislative election, 2000: Education
Party Candidate Votes % ±
PTU (Democratic) Cheung Man-kwong 35,793 86.29
Nonpartisan Lee Kit-kong 5,686 13.71
PTU hold Swing

1990s

Hong Kong legislative election, 1998: Education
Party Candidate Votes % ±
PTU (Democratic) Cheung Man-kwong 34,864 86.76
Nonpartisan Li Sze-yuen 5319 13.24
PTU win (new seat)
Hong Kong legislative election, 1995: Education
Party Candidate Votes % ±
PTU (Democratic) Cheung Man-kwong 19,558
Nonpartisan Leung Siu-tong 4,496
PTU win (new seat)

Teaching (1985-95)

Hong Kong legislative election, 1991: Teaching
Party Candidate Votes % ±
PTU (United Democrats) Cheung Man-kwong 15,193
FEW Ho King-on 886
Subsided Teachers' Association Ng Chung-wang 836
PTU hold Swing
Hong Kong legislative election, 1988: Teaching
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Nonpartisan (PTU) Szeto Wah uncontested
Nonpartisan hold Swing
Hong Kong legislative election, 1985: Teaching
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Nonpartisan (PTU) Szeto Wah 12,706
Nonpartisan Ip King-ping 2,655
Civic Ko Ka-yu 2,165
Nonpartisan Chan Yat-tong 577
Nonpartisan Wu Siu-wai 409
Nonpartisan win (new seat)

References

  1. ↑ "2016 Legislative Council Election". elections.gov.hk. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  2. ↑ "Legislative Council Ordinance - Composition of the education functional constituency".
  3. ↑ "2016 LegCo Election - Election Results". elections.gov.hk. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  4. ↑ "2012 LegCo Election - Election Results". elections.gov.hk. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  5. ↑ "2008 Legislative Council Election". elections.gov.hk. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  6. ↑ "2004 Legislative Council Election - Election Results". elections.gov.hk. 7 September 2004. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  7. ↑ "Legislative Council Elections Results". elections.gov.hk. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
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