The Accountancy functional constituency (Chinese: 會計界功能界別) is a functional constituency seat in the Legislative Council of Hong Kong first created for the 1988 Legislative Council election, derived from the Financial functional constituency. In 2020, the constituency was composed of some 25,000 certified public accountants (CPAs) as compared to 222,000 citizens on average for the geographical constituencies.[2]
| Accountancy 會計界 | |
|---|---|
| Functional constituency for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong | |
| Electorate | 27,778 (2021)[1] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1988 |
| Number of members | One |
| Member(s) | Edmund Wong (DAB) |
| Created from | Financial |
It is one of the swing seats between the pro-Beijing and pro-democracy camps. It had the largest field of candidates in the 2004 Legislative Council election among the functional constituencies with nine candidates running in the constituency. Independent democrat Mandy Tam defeated pro-Beijing independent Paul Chan, but the result was reversed in 2008 when Mandy Tam lost her re-election to Paul Chan. Chan was resigned before the 2012 Legislative Council election to be appointed Secretary for Development by Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying.[3] From 2012, the seat was held by Kenneth Leung of the Professional Commons (PC) until his disqualification from the office by the National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) in November 2021.[4]
Return members
edit| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Peter Wong | Group of 89→NHKA→LDF/BPF | |
| 1991 | LDF→Liberal | ||
| 1995 | Eric Li | Independent | |
| Not represented in the PLC (1997–1998) | |||
| 1998 | Eric Li | Independent | |
| 2000 | |||
| 2004 | Mandy Tam | Independent→Civic | |
| 2008 | Paul Chan | Independent | |
| 2012 | Kenneth Leung | Professional Commons | |
| 2016 | |||
| 2021 | Edmund Wong | DAB | |
Electoral results
edit2020s
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAB | Edmund Wong Chun-sek | 3,175 | 39.91 | ||
| Nonpartisan | Wong Wang-tai | 1,981 | 24.90 | ||
| Nonpartisan | Florence Poon Man See-yee | 1,734 | 21.80 | ||
| Nonpartisan | Yung Kin | 1,065 | 13.39 | ||
| Majority | 1,194 | 15.01 | |||
| Total valid votes | 7,955 | 100.00 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 503 | ||||
| Turnout | 8,458 | 30.45 | |||
| Registered electors | 27,778 | ||||
| DAB gain from Prof Commons | Swing | ||||
2010s
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prof Commons | Kenneth Leung Kai-cheong | 12,131 | 63.96 | +13.20 | |
| Independent | Kenneth Chen Yung-ngai | 6,836 | 36.04 | ||
| Majority | 5,297 | 27.92 | |||
| Total valid votes | 18,965 | 100.00 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 1,066 | ||||
| Turnout | 19,535 | 75.11 | +5.45 | ||
| Registered electors | 26,008 | ||||
| Nonpartisan gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Kenneth Leung Kai-cheong | 7,701 | 46.76 | ||
| Independent | Nelson Lam Chi-yuen | 6,538 | 39.70 | ||
| Nonpartisan | Wong Wang-tai | 1,335 | 8.11 | +3.87 | |
| Nonpartisan | Peter Chan Po-fun | 896 | 5.44 | ||
| Majority | 1,163 | 7.06 | |||
| Total valid votes | 16,470 | 100.00 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 1,066 | ||||
| Turnout | 17,536 | 69.66 | |||
| Registered electors | 25,174 | ||||
| Nonpartisan gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
2000s
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Paul Chan Mo-po | 5,659 | 41.67 | +12.93 | |
| Civic | Tam Heung-man | 4,116 | 30.31 | +1.26 | |
| Independent | Elve Kung Yiu-fai | 3,116 | 22.95 | +7.41 | |
| Nonpartisan | Wong Wang-tai | 576 | 4.24 | +2.92 | |
| Nonpartisan | Yim Ting-wai | 112 | 0.82 | ||
| Majority | 1,543 | 11.36 | |||
| Total valid votes | 13,579 | 100.00 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 285 | ||||
| Turnout | 13,864 | 62.24 | |||
| Registered electors | 22,276 | ||||
| Independent gain from Civic | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Tam Heung-man | 3,393 | 29.05 | ||
| Independent | Chan Mo-po | 3,356 | 28.74 | ||
| Independent | Elve Kung Yiu-fai | 1,815 | 15.54 | ||
| Nonpartisan | Edward Chow Kwong-fai | 1,066 | 9.13 | ||
| Independent | Louis Leung Wing-on | 604 | 5.17 | ||
| Nonpartisan | Peter Chan Po-fun | 603 | 5.16 | −7.54 | |
| Independent | Choi Sau-yuk | 444 | 3.80 | ||
| Independent | Wilfred Wu Shek-chun | 244 | 2.09 | ||
| Nonpartisan | Wong Wang-tai | 154 | 1.32 | ||
| Majority | 37 | 0.31 | |||
| Total valid votes | 11,679 | 100.00 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 654 | ||||
| Turnout | 12,333 | 70.47 | |||
| Registered electors | 17,500 | ||||
| Independent gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Eric Li Ka-cheung | 3,867 | 64.55 | −0.49 | |
| Nonpartisan | Edward Chow Kwong-fai | 1,363 | 22.75 | −1.07 | |
| Nonpartisan | Peter Chan Po-fun | 761 | 12.70 | +1.56 | |
| Majority | 2,504 | 41.80 | |||
| Total valid votes | 5,991 | 100.00 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 413 | ||||
| Turnout | 6,404 | 50.22 | |||
| Registered electors | 12,753 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
1990s
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Eric Li Ka-cheung | 3,556 | 65.04 | +1.10 | |
| Nonpartisan | Edward Chow Kwong-fai | 1,302 | 23.82 | +1.65 | |
| Nonpartisan | Peter Chan Po-fun | 609 | 11.14 | −2.75 | |
| Majority | 2,254 | 41.22 | |||
| Total valid votes | 5,467 | 100.00 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 413 | ||||
| Turnout | 5,826 | 59.02 | |||
| Registered electors | 9,871 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Eric Li Ka-cheung | 1,376 | 63.94 | ||
| Liberal | Edward Chow Kwong-fai | 477 | 22.17 | ||
| Nonpartisan | Peter Chan Po-fun | 299 | 13.89 | ||
| Majority | 899 | 41.77 | |||
| Total valid votes | 2,152 | 100.00 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 38 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,190 | 58.84 | |||
| Registered electors | 3,722 | ||||
| Independent gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDF | Peter Wong Hong-yuen | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 2,276 | ||||
| LDF hold | Swing | ||||
1980s
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group of 89 | Peter Wong Hong-yuen | 366 | 48.80 | ||
| Nonpartisan | Peter Chan Po-fun | 301 | 40.13 | ||
| Nonpartisan | Fanny Lai Ip Po-ping | 83 | 11.07 | ||
| Majority | 65 | 8.67 | |||
| Total valid votes | 750 | 100.00 | |||
| Nonpartisan win (new seat) | |||||
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