Heung Yee Kuk (constituency)

Heung Yee Kuk 鄕議局
Functional constituency for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Country	Hong Kong
Electorate	161 (2021)
Current constituency
Created	1991
Number of members	One
Member(s)	Kenneth Lau (BPA)

Heung Yee Kuk
Traditional Chinese	鄕議局功能界別
Simplified Chinese	鄕议局功能界别
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Xiāng Yì Jú Gōngnéng Jièbié Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Heung yíh guhk gūng nàhng gaai biht Jyutping Hoeng1 ji5 guk6 gung1 nang4 gaai3 bit6

The Heung Yee Kuk functional constituency, formerly called the Rural functional constituency, is a functional constituency in the elections for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong first created in 1991. The constituency is composed of the chairman and vice chairmen of the Heung Yee Kuk and the ex officio, special and co-opted councillors of the full Council of the Kuk. One of the functional constituencies with the fewest electorates, it had only 155 registered voters in 2020. It corresponds to the Heung Yee Kuk Subsector in the Election Committee.

Since the 2016 Legislative Council election, it has been represented by the chairman of the Kuk, Kenneth Lau, succeeding his father, former longtime Kuk chairman Lau Wong-fat who held the seat from 1991 to 2004 and from 2008 until he stepped down in 2016 due to his absence from the office because of ill health. Lau Wong-fat's tenure was interrupted when he represented the District Council functional constituency from 2004 to 2008 while Kuk vice chairman Lam Wai-keung took the seat in his place. No actual election has been held since its creation as all candidates have been uncontested.

Return Members

Rural (1991–1997)

Election		Member	Party
	1991	Lau Wong-fat	FSHK→Liberal
	1995		Liberal

Heung Yee Kuk (1997–present)

Election		Member	Party
	1998	Lau Wong-fat	Liberal
	2000
	2004	Daniel Lam	Nonpartisan
	2008	Lau Wong-fat	Liberal→Independent→Economic Synergy
	2012		Economic Synergy→BPA
	2016	Kenneth Lau	BPA
	2021

Electoral Results

Instant-runoff voting system was used from 1998 to 2021. Since 2021, first-past-the-post voting system is in use.

2020s

2021 Legislative Council election: Heung Yee Kuk

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BPA	Kenneth Lau Ip-keung	119	77.27
	BPA	Mok Kam-kwai	35	22.72
Majority			84	54.55
Total valid votes			154	100.00
Rejected ballots			0
Turnout			154	95.65
Registered electors			161
	BPA hold		Swing

2010s

2016 Legislative Council election: Heung Yee Kuk

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BPA	Kenneth Lau Ip-keung	Unopposed
Registered electors			147
	BPA hold		Swing

2012 Legislative Council election: Heung Yee Kuk

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Economic Synergy	Lau Wong-fat	Unopposed
Registered electors			147
	Economic Synergy hold		Swing

2000s

2008 Legislative Council election: Heung Yee Kuk

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Lau Wong-fat	Unopposed
Registered electors			157
	Liberal gain from Nonpartisan		Swing

2004 Legislative Council election: Heung Yee Kuk

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Lam Wai-keung	Unopposed
Registered electors			149
	Nonpartisan gain from Nonpartisan		Swing

2000 Legislative Council election: Heung Yee Kuk

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Lau Wong-fat	Unopposed
Registered electors			148
	Nonpartisan hold		Swing

1990s

1998 Legislative Council election: Heung Yee Kuk

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Lau Wong-fat	Unopposed
Registered electors			132
	Nonpartisan hold		Swing

1995 Legislative Council election: Rural

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Lau Wong-fat	Unopposed
Registered electors			125
	Nonpartisan hold		Swing

1991 Legislative Council election: Rural

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	FSHK	Lau Wong-fat	Unopposed
Registered electors			112
	FSHK win (new seat)