Education (constituency)
| Education 教育界 | |
|---|---|
|
Functional constituency for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong | |
| Electorate | 90,693 (2008)[1] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1995 |
| Number of members | One |
| Member(s) | Ip Kin-yuen (PTU) |
| Created from | Teaching |
The Education, formerly called Teaching in the colonial period, is a functional constituency in the elections for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong. Since its creation it has been held by the Hong Kong Professional Teachers' Union, the largest teachers' union in Hong Kong. It has been the functional constituency with most registered voters since 1998.
Return Members
Teaching (1985-95)
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Szeto Wah | Non-partisan (PTU) | |
| 1991 | Cheung Man-kwong | PTU/United Democrats | |
Education (1995 to present)
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
[2]| 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 | |||
| PTU hold | Swing | −2.43 | |||
2000s
[3]| 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 | |||
| PTU hold | Swing | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| 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) | |||||