Functional constituency (Hong Kong)

This article is about a political group in Hong Kong. For other uses, see Functional constituency (disambiguation).

In the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, a functional constituency (FC; Chinese: 功能界別 and formerly 功能組別 before handover of Hong Kong) is a seat of which member is elected by professional or special interest group only. Eligible voters in a functional constituency may include natural persons as well as other designated legal entities such as organisations and corporations. The functional constituency has long been criticised to be undemocratic and not representative, with persistent calls from the democracy advocates to abolish all of them for a genuine universal suffrage to elect the legislature.

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