History
The constituency was formed since the 1998 legislative election, replacing a number of single-member constituencies in 1995. These were New Territories West and New Territories South in the 1991 election with dual-seat constituency dual vote system and New Territories South, New Territories West, New Territories Central, New Territories Southwest and New Territories Northwest 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 West constituencies, 1985 – 1997 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Election | 1985 – 1988 | 1988 – 1991 | Election | 1991 – 1995 | Election | 1995 – 1997 | |||||||||||
| West New Territories | Tai Chin-wah | New Territories West | Tai Chin-wah FSHK |
Zachary Wong Meeting Point (1991–94) Democratic (1994–95) |
Becoming part of New Territories North constiteuncy | ||||||||||||
| New Territories North-west | Zachary Wong Democratic |
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| Ng Ming-yam United Democrat |
Tang Siu-tong | New Territories West | Albert Ho Democratic |
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| New Territories Central | Albert Chan Democratic |
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| South New Territories | Richard Lai | Daniel Lam | New Territories South | Albert Chan United Democrat (1991–94) Democratic (1994–95) |
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| New Territories South-west | Lee Wing-tat Democratic |
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| Lee Wing-tat United Democrat (1991–94) Democratic (1994–95) |
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| New Territories South | Sin Chung-kai Democratic |
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| Becoming part of New Territories East constituency | Becoming part of New Territories South-east constituency | ||||||||||||||||
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