2008 Hong Kong legislative election in New Territories East

2008 Hong Kong legislative election in New Territories East

7 September 2008 (2008-09-07)
All 7 New Territories East seats to the Legislative Council
First party Second party Third party   Leader Lau Kong-wah Wong Sing-chi & Andrew Cheng Leung Kwok-hung Party DAB Democratic LSD Alliance Pro-Beijing Pan-democracy Pan-democracy Last election 2 seats, 22.1% 1 seat, 16.8% 1 seat, 14.1% Seats before 2 1 1 Seats won 2 2 1 Seat change 1 Popular vote 102,434 86,105 44,763 Percentage 28.4% 23.8% 12.4% Swing 6.3% 7.0% 1.7%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Ronny Tong Emily Lau James Tien Party Civic Frontier Liberal Alliance Pan-democracy Pan-democracy Pro-Beijing Last election 1 seat, 5.6% 1 seat, 5.6% 1 seat, 15.9% Seats before 1 1 1 Seats won 1 1 0 Seat change 1 Popular vote 39,957 33,205 28,875 Percentage 11.1% 9.2% 8.0% Swing 5.5% 3.6% 7.9%
Party with most votes in each District Council Constituency.

These are the New Territories East results of the 2008 Hong Kong legislative election. The election was held on 7 September 2008 and all 7 seats in New Territories East where consisted of North District, Tai Po District, Sai Kung District and Sha Tin District were contested. The pro-democracy camp succeeded in holding five seats out of seven seats, with James Tien lost his seat to Wong Sing-chi of the Democratic Party.

Overall results

Before election:

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4	3
Pan-democracy	Pro-Beijing

Change in composition:

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5	2
Pan-democracy	Pro-Beijing

Party			Seats	Seats change	Contesting list(s)	Votes	%	% change
		Democratic	2	+1	2	86,105	23.8	+7.0
		LSD	1	0	1	44,763	12.4	−1.7
		Civic	1	0	1	39,957	11.1	+5.5
		Frontier	1	0	1	33,205	9.2	+3.6
Pro-democracy camp			5	+1	5	204,030	56.5	–2.2
		DAB	2	0	1	102,434	28.4	+6.3
		Liberal	0	–1	1	28,875	8.0	−7.9
		Independent	0	0	3	25,591	7.1	N/A
Pro-Beijing camp			3	–1	5	156,900	44.7	+3.4
Turnout:						360,930	44.3

Candidates list

Legislative Election 2008: New Territories East
List		Candidates	Votes	%	±
	DAB	Lau Kong-wah, Chan Hak-kan Mok Kam-kwai, Wong Pik-kiu, Chan Kwok-kai, Lau Kwok-fan, Calvin Lin Chor-keung	102,434	28.4 (14.29+14.09)	+6.26
	LSD	Leung Kwok-hung	44,763	12.4	−1.74
	Democratic	Wong Sing-chi Mok Siu-lun	44,174	12.2	N/A
	Democratic	Andrew Cheng Kar-foo Yam Kai-bong, Shirley Ho Suk-ping, Leung Li, Kwan Wing-yip, Michael Yung Ming-chau, Frankie Lam Siu-chung	41,931	11.6	N/A
	Civic	Ronny Tong Ka-wah Tsang Kwok-fung, Tsang Kin-chiu	39,957	11.1	N/A
	Frontier	Emily Lau Wai-hing Ricky Or Yiu-lam	33,205	9.2	N/A
	Liberal	James Tien Pei-chun, Terry Kan Wing-fai, Christine Fong Kwok-shan	28,875	8.0	−7.91
	Independent	Scarlett Pong Oi-lan	20,455	5.7	N/A
	Nonpartisan	Alvin Lee Chi-wing	4,007	1.1	N/A
	Party for Civil Rights and Livelihood	Siu See-kong, David Yung Chiu-wing	1,129	0.3	N/A
Total valid votes			360,930	100.00
Rejected ballots			2,029
Turnout			362,959	44.25	–12.17
Registered electors			820,205

See also

• Legislative Council of Hong Kong
• Hong Kong legislative elections
• 2008 Hong Kong legislative election

External links

• Legislative Council Elections