District Council (Second)

District Council (Second) 區議會 (第二)
Functional Constituency for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Electorate	3,219,755
Current constituency
Created	2012
Number of members	Five
Member(s)	James To (Democratic) Starry Lee (DAB Frederick Fung (ADPL) Chan Yuen-han (FTU) Albert Ho (Democratic)

The District Council (Second) is a functional constituency in the elections for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong.

Background

Main article: Consultation Document on the Methods for Selecting the Chief Executive and for Forming the LegCo in 2012

In the 2009, the government put forward the reform package of the election method of the 5th Legislative Council of Hong Kong in the 2012 LegCo election. Due to the resolution of the National People's Congress in 2007 the ratio of geographical constituency and functional constituency remained the same, the government's package suggested to add extra five seats in geographical constituency and functional constituency respectively. The five new functional constituency seats would be same as the District Council functional constituency, in which only district councillors could stand, nominate, and be elected.

The Democratic Party put forward a revised proposal suggesting only elected district councillors could be eligible to run in the new District Council constituency and the electorate should be expanded to all registered in Hong Kong. The Democratic Party's proposal was accepted by the central authorities. In 2010, the LegCo passed the Consultation Document on the Methods for Selecting the Chief Executive and for Forming the LegCo in 2012 and the total 10 new seats in the sum of 5 seats of geographical constituencies and 5 seats of District Council (Second) functional constituency were created in the following 2012 LegCo election in September.

Electoral method

Only the elected members of the District Councils can become nominees and nominate candidates. Nominees have to get at least 15 nominations in order to run and are elected by all registered voters who are not the voters of other functional constituencies (including uncontested functional constituencies). The constituency covers all regions of Hong Kong.

Since most of the voters are not in the other functional constituencies, the District Council (Second) constituency is considered as a de facto direct election and the members elected is thus called the "Super District Councillors" or "5 Super Seats". The constituency is elected with the proportional representative method with largest remainder method.

Return members

Election		2012 (5th LegCo)
Councilor Party		James To Democratic
Councilor Party		Starry Lee DAB
Councilor Party		Frederick Fung ADPL
Councilor Party		Chan Yuen-han FTU
Councilor Party		Albert Ho Democratic

Electoral results

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Vote share

  Democratic (34.26%)

  DAB (29.96%)

  ADPL (16.47%)

  FTU (15.47%)

  Other (3.84%)

Legislative Election 2012: District Council (Second)
List		Candidates	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	James To Kun-sun Andrew Chiu Ka-yin, Au Nok-hin	316,468	19.88
	DAB	Starry Lee Wai-king Hung Lin-cham, Chan Hok-fung, Chu Lap-wai, Ngan Man-yu	277,143	17.41
	ADPL	Frederick Fung Kin-kei Hui Kam-shing	262,172	16.47
	FTU	Chan Yuen-han Dennis Leung Tsz-wing, Wong Yun-cheong	246,196	15.47
	Democratic	Ho Chun-yan Kwong Chun-yu, Lam Siu-fai	228,840	14.38
	DAB (Civil Force)	Lau Kong-wah	199,732	12.55
	Independent	Pamela Peck Wan-kam	61,321	3.85
Total valid votes			1,591,872	100.00
Rejected ballots			80,921
Turnout			1,672,793	51.95
Registered electors			3,219,755

See also

• Legislative Council of Hong Kong
• Hong Kong legislative elections