Composition of the Legislative Council

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The Sixth Legislative Council has 70 Members, with 35 returned by geographical constituencies through direct elections, and the other 35 by functional constituencies.

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(a) Geographical constituencies The number of seats for each geographical constituency ranges from five to nine, depending on its size of population. The five geographical constituencies have a total of 35 seats. Details are as follows:

Geographical constituencies Number of seats Component districts Hong Kong Island 6 • Central & Western • Wan Chai • Eastern • Southern Kowloon West 6 • Yau Tsim Mong • Sham Shui Po • Kowloon City Kowloon East 5 • Wong Tai Sin • Kwun Tong New Territories West 9 • Tsuen Wan • Tuen Mun • Yuen Long • Kwai Tsing • Islands New Territories East 9 • North • Tai Po • Sha Tin • Sai Kung Total 35

Source: Electoral Affairs Commission website www.eac.gov.hk/en/legco/2016lc_boundaries_map.htm( )

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(b) Functional constituencies Functional constituencies represent different sectors of the community. The Legislative Council has 29 functional constituencies. A total of 35 Members are returned by the functional constituencies. The District Council (second) functional constituency returns five Members, the Labour functional constituency returns three Members, and each of the other 27 functional constituencies returns one Member. Details are as follows:

Functional constituencies Number of seats Heung Yee Kuk 1 Agriculture & Fisheries 1 Insurance 1 Transport 1 Education 1 Legal 1 Accountancy 1 Medical 1 Health Services 1 Engineering 1 Architectural, Surveying, Planning & Landscape 1 Labour 3 Social Welfare 1 Real Estate & Construction 1 Tourism 1 Commercial (first) 1 Commercial (second) 1 Industrial (first) 1 Industrial (second) 1 Finance 1 Financial Services 1 Sports, Performing Arts, Culture & Publication 1 Import & Export 1 Textiles & Garment 1 Wholesale & Retail 1 Information Technology 1 Catering 1 District Council (first) 1 District Council (second) 5 Total 35

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(c) Election of the President of the Legislative Council In accordance with Article 71 of the Basic Law, the President of the Legislative Council is elected by and from among Legislative Council Members. (d) Term of office of the Legislative Council In accordance with Article 69 of the Basic Law, the term of office of the Legislative Council is four years except the first term.

Questions and answers

Q1: How many Members are there in the Legislative Council? Please also indicate the respective numbers of Members returned by geographical constituencies and functional constituencies. There are 70 Members in the Legislative Council, with 35 returned by geographical constituencies through direct elections and the other 35 by functional constituencies. Q2: How many geographical constituencies are there in the direct elections of the Legislative Council? Please also name all the geographical constituencies. There are five geographical constituencies in the direct elections of the Legislative Council, namely Hong Kong Island, Kowloon West, Kowloon East, New Territories West, and New Territories East. Q3: How many Members are returned by each geographical constituency? Five to nine Members are returned by each of the five geographical constituencies (six seats each for Hong Kong Island and Kowloon West, five seats for Kowloon East, and nine seats each for New Territories West and New Territories East). Q4: How many constituencies are there in the functional constituency election of the Legislative Council? There are 29 functional constituencies in the functional constituency election of the Legislative Council. Q5: How many Members are returned by each functional constituency? With the exception of the Labour functional constituency which has three seats and the District Council (second) functional constituency which has five seats, all the other 27 functional constituencies are each allocated one seat.

Online resources

(a) Legislative Council in Brief Legislative Council Website (www.legco.gov.hk) Education Education Resources Legislative Council in Brief (b) Animations and Videos Legislative Council Website (www.legco.gov.hk) Education Education Resources Animations and Videos (c) Exhibition Panels Legislative Council Website (www.legco.gov.hk) Education Education Resources Exhibition Panels (d) Powerpoint Slides Legislative Council Website (www.legco.gov.hk) Education Education Resources Powerpoint Slides

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(e) LegCo Today Legislative Council Website (www.legco.gov.hk) About LegCo LegCo Today (f) Members Legislative Council Website (www.legco.gov.hk) Members (g) Members Database Legislative Council Website (www.legco.gov.hk) Members Database (h) 2016 Legislative Council Election website www.elections.gov.hk/legco2016/eng/index.html

Legislative Council Secretariat Education Service Team Aug 2021

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