The Electoral Affairs Commission (EAC) today released for public consultation until May 31, its recommendations on the boundaries of geographical constituencies (GCs) for the 2025 Legislative Council General Election.
Speaking at a press conference this afternoon, EAC Chairman David Lok said the 2025 LegCo General Election will be held on December 7, adding that the Legislative Council Ordinance stipulates there are 10 GCs in Hong Kong with two members to be returned for each GC.
The recommendations were drawn up in accordance with the statutory provisions of the Legislative Council Ordinance and the amended Electoral Affairs Commission Ordinance as well as the EAC’s working principles.
“Using the boundaries of the existing 10 GCs as the basis and taking into account the projected population in the respective GCs, the commission endeavoured to adopt the existing GC boundaries as far as possible,” Mr Lok said.
According to the Planning Department’s projection, the total population of Hong Kong as at mid-2025 will be 7,559,800. The average population to each GC seat is therefore 377,990, which is the “population quota”.
The Electoral Affairs Commission Ordinance provides that the population in each GC shall not fall short of 85% or exceed 115% of “the resulting number” of the GC concerned. “The resulting number” is obtained by multiplying the “population quota” with the number of seats in that GC.
“Based on the latest population projection as at mid-2025, the population for the existing LegCo GCs are all within the statutory permissible range. Therefore, in principle, it is not necessary for the EAC to adjust the existing boundaries of GCs,” Mr Lok noted.
He added that according to the EAC’s past experience in delineation exercises, members of the public have prevalently advocated to maintain the GC boundaries status quo as far as possible.
Noting the ongoing development and construction works in the Loop, the EAC proposed to include it in the only contiguous GC, ie New Territories North in the delineation exercise to tie in with the Loop’s development, while the boundaries of the remaining nine GCs would remain unchanged.
Written representations on the recommendations can emailed to the EAC Secretariat, faxed to 2511 1682 or posted to 8/F, Treasury Building, 3 Tonkin Street West, Cheung Sha Wan.
A forum will be held at 7pm on May 19 at the Multi-purpose Hall, 3/F, City Gallery, 3 Edinburgh Place, Central for the public to express their views.
Call 2891 1001 for enquiries.
