2016 Hong Kong legislative election in Kowloon East

2016 Hong Kong legislative election in Kowloon East

4 September 2016 (2016-09-04)
All 5 Kowloon East seats to the Legislative Council
First party Second party Third party   Leader Wilson Or Wu Chi-wai Paul Tse Party DAB Democratic Independent Alliance Pro-Beijing Pan-democracy Pro-Beijing Last election 1 seat, 16.7% 1 seat, 18.2% 1 seat, 13.5% Seats before 1 1 1 Seats won 1 1 1 Seat change Popular vote 51,516 50,309 47,527 Percentage 15.7% 15.3% 14.5% Swing 1.0% 0.1% 1.0%   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Wong Kwok-kin Jeremy Tam Party FTU Civic Alliance Pro-Beijing Pan-democracy Last election 1 seat, 14.3% 1 seat, 14.6% Seats before 1 1 Seats won 1 1 Seat change Popular vote 47,318 45,408 Percentage 14.4% 13.8% Swing 0.1% 0.8%
Party with most votes in each District Council Constituency.

These are the Kowloon East results of the 2016 Hong Kong Legislative Council election. The election was held on 4 September 2016 and all 5 seats in Kowloon East where consisted of Wong Tai Sin District and Kwun Tong District were contested. The Pro-Beijing camp retained the majority of the Kowloon East seats. The Democratic Party, Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong, Federation of Trade Unions and Civic Party each secured their party's incumbent seat, as well as independent Paul Tse who won the last seat in the last election, with Wilson Or and Jeremy Tam first elected to the Legislative Council.

Overall results

Before election:

↓

2	3
Anti-establishment	Pro-establishment

Change in composition:

↓

2	3
Anti-establishment	Pro-establishment

Party			Seats	Seats change	Contesting list(s)	Votes	%	% change
		DAB	1	0	1	51,516	15.7	−1.0
		FTU	1	0	1	47,318	14.4	+0.1
		VLHK	0	0	1	2,444	0.7	N/A
		Independent	1	0	1	47,527	14.5	N/A
Pro-Beijing camp			3	0	4	148,805	45.2	+0.7
		Democratic	1	0	1	50,309	15.3	−0.1
		Civic	1	0	1	45,408	13.8	−0.8
		People Power	0	0	1	31,815	9.7	–3.2
		Labour	0	0	1	2,535	0.8	N/A
		Frontier	0	0	1	2,603	0.8	−1.2
		Independent	0	0	1	1,393	0.4	N/A
Pro-democracy camp			2	0	6	131,528	40.0	−14.3
		Civic Passion	0	0	1	33,271	10.1	N/A
		KEC	0	0	1	12,854	3.9	N/A
Localist groups			0	0	2	46,125	14.0	N/A
Turnout:						328,993	56.0	+4.0

Candidates list

Vote share

  DAB (15.66%)

  Democratic (15.29%)

  FTU (14.38%)

  Civic (13.80%)

  Civic Passion (10.11%)

  People Power (9.67%)

  KEC (3.91%)

  Frontier (0.79%)

  VLHK (0.74%)

  Other (15.65%)

Legislative Election 2016: Kowloon East
List		Candidates	Votes	%	±
	DAB	Wilson Or Chong-shing Joe Lai Wing-ho, Cheung Ki-tang	51,516	15.66	–0.99
	Democratic	Wu Chi-wai Mok Kin-shing, Cheng Keng-ieong, Wu Chi-kin	50,309	15.29	–0.08
	Nonpartisan	Paul Tse Wai-chun	47,527	14.45	+0.91
	FTU	Wong Kwok-kin Chow Luen-kiu, Kan Ming-tung, Kwok Wang-hing	47,318	14.38	+0.04
	Civic	Jeremy Jansen Tam Man-ho Alan Leong Kah-kit	45,408	13.80	–0.83
	Civic Passion	Wong Yeung-tat	33,271	10.11	N/A
	People Power	Tam Tak-chi	31,815	9.67	–3.18
	KEC	Chan Chak-to	12,854	3.91	N/A
	Frontier	Tam Heung-man	2,603	0.79	–1.17
	Labour	Wu Sui-shan, Chiu Shi-shun	2,535	0.77	N/A
	VLHK	Patrick Ko Tat-pun	2,444	0.74	N/A
	Nonpartisan	Lui Wing-kei	1,393	0.42	N/A
Total valid votes			328,993	100
Rejected ballots			7,754
Turnout			336,738	55.98	+4.01
Registered electors			601,566

Opinion polling

Main article: Opinion polling for the Hong Kong legislative election, 2016 § Kowloon East

See also

• Legislative Council of Hong Kong
• Hong Kong legislative elections
• 2016 Hong Kong legislative election