Wholesale and Retail (constituency)

The Wholesale and Retail functional constituency (Chinese: 批發及零售界功能界別) is a functional constituency in the elections for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong first created in 1995 as one of the nine new functional constituencies under the electoral reform carried out by the then Governor Chris Patten, in which the electorate consisted of total 101,988 eligible voters worked related to the wholesale and retail industry.

Wholesale and Retail
批發及零售界
Functional Constituency
for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Country Hong Kong
Electorate6,104 (2020)[1]
Current constituency
Created1995
Number of membersOne
Member(s)Shiu Ka-fai (Liberal)

The constituency was abolished with the colonial Legislative Council dissolved after the transfer of the sovereignty in 1997. The constituency was recreated for the 1998 Legislative Council election unless its electorate base has been narrowed and from individual voting to bodies that are members of 82 wholesale and retail associations.[2] Since its creation, it has been controlled by the Liberal Party and currently represented by Shiu Ka-fai.

Return members
ElectionMemberParty
1995 Selina Chow Liang Shuk-yee Liberal
Not represented in Provisional Legislative Council (1997–98)
1998 Selina Chow Liang Shuk-yee Liberal
2004 Vincent Fang Kang Liberal
2016 Shiu Ka-fai Liberal

Electoral results

2010s

[3]

2016 Hong Kong legislative election: Wholesale and Retail
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Shiu Ka-fai 2,290 65.04
Democratic Au Nok-hin 1,231 34.96
Majority 1,059 30.08
Total valid votes 3,521 100.00
Rejected ballots 282
Turnout 3,803 58.12 +2.97
Registered electors 6,543
Liberal hold Swing
2012 Hong Kong legislative election: Wholesale and Retail
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Vincent Fang Kang Uncontested
Liberal hold Swing

2000s

[4]

2008 Hong Kong legislative election: Wholesale and Retail
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Vincent Fang Kang 1,907 64.73 +17.88
Nonpartisan Chiu Chun-kwok 1,039 35.27
Majority 868 29.46
Total valid votes 2,946 100.00
Rejected ballots 185
Turnout 3,131 55.15 −7.59
Registered electors 6,074
Liberal hold Swing

[5]

2004 Hong Kong legislative election: Wholesale and Retail
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Vincent Fang Kang 1,145 46.85 −28.55
Nonpartisan Fung Leung-lo 896 36.66
Ind. democrat Samuel Chan Tim-shing 403 16.49
Majority 249 10.19
Total valid votes 2,946 100.00
Rejected ballots 502
Turnout 2,549 62.74
Registered electors 4,063
Liberal hold Swing

[6]

2000 Hong Kong legislative election: Wholesale and Retail
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Selina Chow Liang Shuk-yee 1,459 75.40 +8.99
DAB Lau Chi-wing 476 24.60
Majority 983 50.80
Total valid votes 1,935 100.00
Rejected ballots 57
Turnout 1,992 60.33
Registered electors 3,375
Liberal hold Swing

1990s

[6]

1998 Hong Kong legislative election: Wholesale and Retail
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Selina Chow Liang Shuk-yee 945 66.41 −1.64
Progressive Alliance Wong Siu-yee 276 19.40
Nonpartisan Chan Choi-hi 202 14.19
Majority 669 47.01
Total valid votes 1,423 100.00
Rejected ballots 33
Turnout 1,456 67.56
Registered electors 2,155
Liberal hold Swing
1995 Hong Kong legislative election: Wholesale and Retail
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Selina Chow Liang Shuk-yee 23,357 68.05
DAB Wong Kwok-hing 10,965 31.95
Majority 12,392 36.10
Total valid votes 34,322 100.00
Liberal win (new seat)

References
  1. "Voter Registration Statistics : Functional Constituency". Voter Registration.
  2. "Guidance Notes - Application for Registration as an Elector in a Functional Constituency and as a Voter in an Election Committee Subsector - Wholesale and Retail" (PDF). Registration and Electoral Office. p. 14.
  3. "2016 Legislative Council Election". Government of Hong Kong. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
  4. "2008 Legislative Council Election". Government of Hong Kong. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
  5. "2004 Legislative Council Election". Government of Hong Kong. Archived from the original on 17 July 2012. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
  6. "2000 Legislative Council Election". Government of Hong Kong. Archived from the original on 29 August 2012. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
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