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Constitution and Administration
representatives are also available at five designated centres on specified days to advise on tenancy matters. The service centres and the Home Affairs Department's Central Telephone Enquiry Centre together served 2.1 million people in 2015.
The Electoral System
Electoral System for the Legislative Council
The composition of the first to fifth terms of the Legislative Council is as follows:
Membership
First term
Second term
Third &
Fourth terms
Fifth term
(1998-2000)
(2000-2004) (2004-2008 and
(2012-2016)
2008-2012)
elected by geographical
20
24
30
35
constituencies through
direct elections
elected by functional
30
30
30
35
constituencies
elected by an election
10
6
committee
Total
Geographical Constituencies
610
81
18
60
60
70
All eligible persons aged 18 or above have the right to be registered as electors and to vote in geographical constituency elections, which are held on the basis of universal suffrage. There are about 3.69 million registered electors.
The HKSAR is divided into five geographical constituencies, with each returning five to nine seats in the fifth-term Legislative Council. Electors choose lists of candidates using the List Voting System, which operates under the Largest Remainder formula, a form of proportional representation.
Any permanent resident of the HKSAR who is a Chinese citizen with no right of abode in any foreign country may stand for election in any geographical constituency, provided this person is a registered elector, has attained the age of 21, and has ordinarily resided in Hong Kong for the preceding three years.
Functional Constituencies
For the fifth-term Legislative Council, the functional constituencies are: (1) Heung Yee Kuk1; (2) agriculture and fisheries; (3) insurance; (4) transport; (5) education; (6) legal; (7) accountancy; (8) medical; (9) health services; (10) engineering; (11) architectural, surveying, planning and
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Heung Yee Kuk is a statutory advisory body on New Territories affairs.
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