Kowloon West | |
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Former Geographical constituency for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong | |
District | Yau Tsim Mong District Sham Shui Po District Kowloon City District |
Region | Kowloon |
Population | 1,205,300 (2020)[1] |
Electorate | 602,733 (2020)[2] |
Former constituency | |
Created | 1998 |
Abolished | 2021 |
Number of members | Three (1998–2000) Four (2000–2008) Five (2008–2016) Six (2016–2021) |
Created from | Kowloon South-west, Kowloon West (1995), Kowloon South, Kowloon Central (1995) |
Replaced by | Kowloon Central (2021), Kowloon West (2021) |
The Kowloon West geographical constituency was one of the five geographical constituencies of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong from 1998 to 2021. It was established in 1998 for the first SAR Legislative Council election and was abolished under the 2021 overhaul of the Hong Kong electoral system. In the 2016 Legislative Council election, it elected six members of the Legislative Council using the Hare quota of party-list proportional representation. It had 602,733 registered electorates in 2020. The constituency corresponded to the districts of Yau Tsim Mong, Sham Shui Po, and Kowloon City.