History
The constituency was formed since the 1998 legislative election, replacing a number of single-member constituencies in 1995. These were New Territories East and New Territories North in the 1991 election with dual-seat constituency dual vote system and New Territories North, New Territories East, New Territories Northeast, and New Territories Southeast in the 1995 election. From 1985 to 1991, the seats were elected by the electoral colleges composed of the members of the district boards and Regional Council.
| LegCo members for former New Territories East constituencies, 1985 – 1997 | |||||||||||||
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| Election | 1985 – 1988 | 1988 – 1991 | Election | 1991 – 1995 | Election | 1995 – 1997 | |||||||
| Part of West New Territories constituency | Part of New Territories West constituency | New Territories North | Cheung Hon-chung DAB |
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| East New Territories | Andrew Wong | New Territories North | Tik Chi-yuen Meeting Point (1991–94) Democratic (1994–95) |
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| Fung Chi-wood United Democrat (1991–94) Democratic (1994–95) |
New Territories North-east | Allen Lee Liberal |
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| New Territories East | Emily Lau Independent |
New Territories East | Emily Lau Frontier (1996–97) |
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| Andrew Wong Independent |
New Territories South-east | Andrew Wong Independent |
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| Part of South New Territories constituency | |||||||||||||
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