The Chief Executive in Council has accepted all the Electoral Affairs Commission's recommendations on the delineation and names of geographical constituencies, and the allocation of seats to each constituency for the 2016 Legislative Council general election.
The commission recommended that the boundaries and names of the five existing geographical constituencies - Hong Kong Island, Kowloon West, Kowloon East, New Territories West and New Territories East - should remain unchanged.
A total of 35 seats will be allocated to the five constituencies. According to the population distribution, the commission proposed allocating five seats for Kowloon East, six seats each for Hong Kong Island and Kowloon West, and nine seats each for New Territories West and New Territories East.
The commission conducted a public consultation on its provisional recommendations from May 21 to June 19.
It also examined options on the basis of the relevant statutory requirements and criteria and established working principles before making its final recommendation.
The council's decision would be effected by way of the Declaration of Geographical Constituencies (Legislative Council) Order 2015, which will be gazetted on Friday and tabled at the Legislative Council on October 28.
The commission's report was submitted to the Chief Executive on August 28 and was tabled at LegCo today.
