Legal (constituency)

The Legal functional constituency (Chinese: 法律界功能界別) is a functional constituency in the elections for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong first created in 1985. Electors include the members of the Law Society of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Bar Association, and the officers in the Government's judicial departments. It is one of the few strongholds of the pro-democracy camp in functional constituencies, having been held by pro-democrats since its creation.

Legal 法律界
Functional Constituency for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Country	Hong Kong
Electorate	7,455 (2020)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1985
Number of members	One
Member(s)	Vacant

Return members

Election		Member	Party
	1985	Martin Lee Chu-ming	Independent
	1991	Simon Ip Sik-on	Independent
	1995	Margaret Ng Ngoi-yee	Independent
Not represented in the Provisional Legislative Council (1997–98)
	1998	Margaret Ng Ngoi-yee	Independent
	2006		Civic
	2012	Dennis Kwok Wing-hang	Civic
2020		Vacant

Electoral results

2010s

[2]

2016 Hong Kong legislative election: Legal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Civic	Dennis Kwok Wing-hang	3,405	69.48	+13.28
	Independent	Catherine Mun Lee-ming	1,496	30.52
Majority			1,909	38.96	+26.61
Total valid votes			4,901	100.00
Rejected ballots			129
Turnout			5,030	74.27	+2.84
Registered electors			6,773
	Civic hold		Swing

[3]

2012 Hong Kong legislative election: Legal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Civic	Dennis Kwok Wing-hang	2,528	56.20	–9.54
	Independent	Albert Wong Kwai-huen	1,970	43.85
Majority			558	12.35
Total valid votes			4,498	100.00
Rejected ballots			132
Turnout			4,630	71.43
Registered electors			6,482
	Civic hold		Swing

2000s

[4]

2008 Hong Kong legislative election: Legal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Civic	Margaret Ng Ngoi-yee	2,468	65.74	−8.99
	Independent	Junius Ho Kwan-yiu	1,286	34.26
Majority			182	6.60
Total valid votes			3,745	100.00
Rejected ballots			127
Turnout			3,872	63.36
Registered electors			6,111
	Civic hold		Swing

[5]

2004 Hong Kong legislative election: Legal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent (A45CG)	Margaret Ng Ngoi-yee	2,597	74.73	+13.98
	Independent	Kwong Ka-yin	598	17.21
	Independent	Tong Kei-yuk	280	8.06
Majority			1,999	57.52
Total valid votes			3,475	100.00
Rejected ballots			127
Turnout			3,666	72.26
Registered electors			5,073
	Independent hold		Swing

[6]

2000 Hong Kong legislative election: Legal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Margaret Ng Ngoi-yee	1,520	60.75	−15.84
	Independent	Anthony Chow Wing-kin	982	39.25
Majority			538	21.50
Total valid votes			2,502	100.00
Rejected ballots			37
Turnout			2,539	61.15
Registered electors			4,152
	Independent hold		Swing

1990s

[6]

1998 Hong Kong legislative election: Legal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Margaret Ng Ngoi-yee	1,741	76.59	+22.07
	Independent	Siu Wing-yee	394	17.33
	Independent	Chong Wing-charn	138	6.07
Majority			1,347	59.26
Total valid votes			2,273	100.00
Rejected ballots			47
Turnout			2,320	65.56
Registered electors			3,539
	Independent hold		Swing

1995 Hong Kong legislative election: Legal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Margaret Ng Ngoi-yee	723	54.52
	Independent	Ip Tim-yeung	444	33.48
	Independent	Lee Wai-ip	159	12.00
Majority			279	21.04
Total valid votes			1,326	100.00
	Independent gain from Independent		Swing

1991 Hong Kong legislative election: Legal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ip Sik-on	542	77.43
	Independent	Man Yit-loi	158	22.57
Majority			384	54.86
Total valid votes			700	100.00
	Independent gain from Independent		Swing

1980s

1988 Hong Kong legislative election: Legal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Martin Lee Chu-ming	Uncontested
	Nonpartisan hold		Swing

1985 Hong Kong legislative election: Legal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Martin Lee Chu-ming	488	57.89
	Nonpartisan	Henry Denis Litton	312	37.01
	Civic	Edmund Chow Wai-hung	43	5.10
Majority			176	20.88
Total valid votes			843	100.00
	Nonpartisan win (new seat)

References

1. "Voter Registration Statistics : Functional Constituency". Voter Registration.
2. "2016 Legislative Council Election". Government of Hong Kong. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
3. "2008 Legislative Council Election". Government of Hong Kong. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
4. "2008 Legislative Council Election". Government of Hong Kong. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
5. "2004 Legislative Council Election – Election Results". Government of Hong Kong. 7 September 2004. Archived from the original on 17 July 2012. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
6. "Legislative Council Elections Results". Government of Hong Kong. Archived from the original on 29 August 2012. Retrieved 12 May 2015.