In Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...

 and Macau

Macau

Macau , also spelled Macao , is, along with Hong Kong, one of the two special administrative regions of the People's Republic of China...

, geographical constituencies, as opposed to functional constituencies, are elected by all eligible voters according to geographically demarcated constituencies. There are currently 5 geographical constituencies in Hong Kong. There are currently 1 general geographical constituency in Macau splitting into three sub-geographical constituencies.

Hong Kong

The 5 geographical constituencies consist of the following:

• Hong Kong Island
• Kowloon West
• Kowloon East
• New Territories West
• New Territories East

On 21 January 2010, 5 pro-democracy lawmakers resigned from the Legislative Council

Legislative Council

A Legislative Council is the name given to the legislatures, or one of the chambers of the legislature of many nations and colonies.A Member of the Legislative Council is commonly referred to as an MLC.- Unicameral legislatures :...

 in order to trigger a by-election in the 5 geographical constituencies. They claimed that the by-election can serve as a de facto referendum

Referendum

A referendum is a direct vote in which an entire electorate is asked to either accept or reject a particular proposal. This may result in the adoption of a new constitution, a constitutional amendment, a law, the recall of an elected official or simply a specific government policy. It is a form of...

 on universal suffrage

Universal suffrage

Universal suffrage consists of the extension of the right to vote to adult citizens as a whole, though it may also mean extending said right to minors and non-citizens...

 and the abolishment of functional constituencies

Functional constituency

In the political systems of Hong Kong and Macau, a functional constituency is a professional or special interest group involved in the electoral process...

. This is known as the Five Constituencies Referendum.

Macau

The 1 geographical constituency and 3 sub-geographical constituencies consist of the following:

• Macau
  Macau
  Macau , also spelled Macao , is, along with Hong Kong, one of the two special administrative regions of the People's Republic of China...
  
  
  • Macau Peninsula
    Municipality of Macau
    The Municipality of Macau was one of the two municipalities of Macau. Its organs were the municipal council and the municipal assembly...
    
    
  • Taipa
    Taipa
    Taipa is the smaller of the two islands in the Chinese special administrative region of Macao .- Geography :It is 2.5 kilometres from Macau Peninsula and east of the Lesser Hengqin Island of Zhuhai, Guangdong Province...
    
    
  • Coloane
    Coloane
    Coloane is one of the two main islands of the Macau Special Administrative Region, located directly south of Macau's other main island, Taipa , and east of Hengqin Island of Zhuhai in Guangdong province....
    
     (with Cotai
    Cotai
    Cotai is a 5.2 km2 piece of newly reclaimed land between Taipa and Coloane islands in Macau, that has not yet been assigned to any of the freguesias. The Chinese and Portuguese names are a portmanteau of the two islands, Coloane and Taipa....
    
    )