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Following is a question by the Hon Alan Leong and a written reply by the Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs, Mr Raymond Tam, in the Legislative Council today (November 26):
Question:
According to the paper submitted to the Panel on Constitutional Affairs of this Council by the Government on the 20th of last month, the 2014 Final Register of electors contained 3 507 786 registered electors for geographical constituencies, representing a registration rate of 73.5 per cent. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council:
(1) of the annual numbers of persons eligible for registration as electors from 2012 to 2014;
(2) of (i) the annual numbers of persons eligible for registration as electors in each District Council (DC) district from 2012 to 2014, and (ii) among them, the number of those who had not registered as electors, with a breakdown by the age group and gender to which they belong set out in Table 1 of the annex to the question; and
(3) in respect of each of the past three DC general elections (held in 2003, 2007 and 2011), of (i) the number of persons eligible for registration as electors in each DC district and (ii) among them, the number of those who had not registered as electors, as well as (iii) the number of persons who voted in the elections, with a breakdown by the age group and gender to which they belong set out in tables of the same format as Table 2 of the annex to the question?
Reply:
President,
(1) The Registration and Electoral Office (REO) estimates the number of persons eligible for voter registration on the basis of the population estimates of Hong Kong compiled by the Census and Statistics Department and the number of Hong Kong permanent identity card holders. Accordingly, the estimated number of persons eligible for voter registration is 4 711 900 in 2012, 4 744 300 in 2013 and 4 773 800 in 2014 respectively.
(2) In estimating the number of persons eligible for voter registration, the REO takes the population in Hong Kong as a whole instead of using District Council delineation as the basis. Hence, we only have the estimated number of persons eligible for voter registration in Hong Kong as a whole according to age groups and gender, but not the estimated number of persons eligible for voter registration by District Council delineation.
The number of registered electors is an actual figure based on the Final Registers published by the REO annually.
The number of persons eligible for voter registration but yet to be registered is derived by subtracting the actual number of registered electors from the estimated number of persons eligible for voter registration. Hence, the number of persons eligible for voter registration but yet to be registered is an estimate as well.
According to the estimation and calculation mentioned above, in 2012-2014, the number of persons eligible for voter registration in Hong Kong, registered electors, and persons eligible for voter registration but yet to be registered according to age groups and gender, are set out in Table 1.
(3) Regarding the estimates of the number of persons eligible for voter registration in 2003, 2007 and 2011, similar to the reason given in the reply to part 2 of this question, the REO only has the estimated number of persons eligible for voter registration in Hong Kong according to age groups and gender but not the estimates according to District Council delineation. For the 2003, 2007 and 2011 District Council Election, the number of persons eligible for voter registration in Hong Kong, registered electors, persons eligible for voter registration but yet to be registered, as well as the statistical breakdown of electors who have cast their votes according to age groups, gender and District Council delineation are set out in Table 2.
Ends/Wednesday, November 26, 2014
LCQ22 Annex to question
LCQ22 Table 1a (2012)
LCQ22 Table 1b (2013)
LCQ22 Table 1c (2014)
LCQ22 Table 2a (2003)
LCQ22 Table 2b (2007)
LCQ22 Table 2c (2011)
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