While traditionally the Kowloon–Canton Railway (now the East Rail line) serves as the separation of eastern and western part, the Kowloon City District, located at the east of the railway, was part of the Kowloon West Legislative Council constituency in order to balance the population between the two halves.
In 1985, "Kowloon City", "Kwun Tong" and "Wong Tai Sin" electoral-college constituencies were created, composing of the members of the District Boards of Kowloon City District, Kwun Tong and Wong Tai Sin and corresponding members of the Urban Council for the first ever Legislative Council election.
The electoral colleges lasted for two terms until they were replaced by the geographical constituencies in 1991 when the first direct election to the Legislative Council were introduced.
The pro-democrats again won all of the seats, with ADPL's Bruce Liu defeated pro-Beijing Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong (DAB) chairman Jasper Tsang in Kowloon Central.
except Kowloon North-east which elected veteran pro-Beijing trade unionist Chan Yuen-han of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong (DAB).