Insurance (constituency)

Insurance
保險界
Functional constituency
for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Electorate 144 (2008)[1]
Current constituency
Created 1998
Number of members One
Member(s) Chan Kin-por

The Insurance functional constituency is a functional constituency in the elections for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong first created in 1998. The constituency is restricted to only 144 insurers.[2]

A similar Financing, Insurance, Real Estate and Business Services functional constituency was created for the 1995 election by Governor Chris Patten with a much larger electorate base of total 171,534 eligible voters.

Return Members

ElectionMemberParty
1998 Bernard Charnwut Chan Nonpartisan
2004 Alliance
2008 Chan Kin-por Nonpartisan

Electoral Results

Instant-runoff voting system is used.

Hong Kong legislative election, 2012: Insurance
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nonpartisan Chan Kin-por uncontested
Nonpartisan hold Swing
[3]
Hong Kong legislative election, 2008: Insurance
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nonpartisan Chan Kin-por 52 45.61
Nonpartisan Choi Chung-fu 42 36.84
Nonpartisan Chun Chi-yuk 20 17.55
Two-party-preferred result
Nonpartisan Chan Kin-por 60 52.63
Nonpartisan Choi Chung-fu 52 45.61
Turnout 113 78.47
Nonpartisan hold Swing
[4]
Hong Kong legislative election, 2004: Insurance
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nonpartisan Bernard Charnwut Chan uncontested
Nonpartisan hold Swing
[5]
Hong Kong legislative election, 2000: Insurance
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nonpartisan Bernard Charnwut Chan uncontested
Nonpartisan hold Swing
Hong Kong legislative election, 1998: Insurance - 2nd Round
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nonpartisan Bernard Charnwut Chan 94 53.11
Liberal Chan Yim-kwong 83 48.69
Nonpartisan win (new seat)

References

  1. ↑ http://www.elections.gov.hk/legco2008/eng/turnout/tt_fc_IN.html
  2. ↑ http://clic.org.hk/hk/legis/en/ord/542/s20c.html
  3. ↑ http://www.elections.gov.hk/legco2008/eng/result/rs_fc_IN.html
  4. ↑ http://www.elections.gov.hk/elections/legco2004/english/results/rs_fc_overall.html
  5. ↑ http://www.elections.gov.hk/elections/legco2000/update/result/fc_e.htm