District Council (First)

District Council (First) 區議會（第一）
Former Functional constituency for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Country	Hong Kong
Electorate	452 (2020)
Former constituency
Created	2000
Abolished	2021
Number of members	One
Created from	Regional Council and Urban Council
Replaced by	HKSAR Deputies to the National People's Congress, HKSAR Members of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and Representatives of Relevant National Organisations

The District Council (First) functional constituency (Chinese: 區議會（第一）功能界別), formerly called District Council until 2012, was a functional constituency in the elections for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong. Its electorate consists of all 431 directly elected members (excluding the 27 ex officio seats held by chairpersons of rural committees) of the 18 District Councils of Hong Kong. Along with Catering, it was created in 2000 to replace the Urban Council and Regional Council constituencies after the councils were abolished. This constituency was abolished in 2021.

Members returned

Election		Member	Party	Votes	%
	2000	Ip Kwok-him	DAB	198	58.41
	2004	Lau Wong-fat	Liberal	267	61.24
	2008	Ip Kwok-him	DAB	259	65.40
	2012			N/A
	2016	Lau Kwok-fan	DAB	N/A

Election results

2010s

2016 Hong Kong legislative election: District Council (First)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DAB	Lau Kwok-fan	Unopposed
Registered electors			431
	DAB hold		Swing

2012 Hong Kong legislative election: District Council (First)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DAB	Ip Kwok-him	Unopposed
Registered electors			410
	DAB hold		Swing

2000s

2008 Hong Kong legislative election: District Council

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DAB	Ip Kwok-him	259	65.40
	Nonpartisan	Lam Wai-keung	137	34.60
Majority			122	30.80
Total valid votes			396	100.00
Rejected ballots			13
Turnout			409	95.56
Registered electors			428
	DAB gain from Liberal		Swing

2004 Hong Kong legislative election: District Council

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Lau Wong-fat	267	61.24	+2.83
	Democratic	Cosmas Kwong Kwok-chuen	126	28.90
	Nonpartisan	Au Chi-yuen	43	9.86
Majority			141	32.34
Total valid votes			436	100.00
Rejected ballots			12
Turnout			448	96.97
Registered electors			462
	Liberal gain from DAB		Swing

2000 Hong Kong legislative election: District Council

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DAB	Ip Kwok-him	198	58.41
	Liberal	Chiang Sai-cheong	141	41.59
Majority			57	16.82
Total valid votes			339	100.00
Rejected ballots			15
Turnout			354	93.65
Registered electors			378
	DAB win (new seat)