2000 Hong Kong legislative election in Kowloon East

These are the Kowloon East results of the 2000 Hong Kong legislative election. The election was held on 10 September 2000 and all 4 seats in Kowloon East which consisted of Wong Tai Sin District and Kwun Tong District were contested. The Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong received more votes than the Democratic Party for the first time, with Chan Kam-lam getting elected.

2000 Hong Kong legislative election in Kowloon East

10 September 2000 (2000-09-10)
All 4 Kowloon East seats to the Legislative Council
First party Second party   Leader Chan Yuen-han Szeto Wah Party DAB Democratic Alliance Pro-Beijing Pro-democracy Last election 1 seat, 41.8% 2 seats, 55.8% Seats before 1 2 Seats won 2 2 Seat change 1 Popular vote 108,587 103,863 Percentage 47.4% 45.3% Swing 5.6% 10.5%

Overall results

Before election:

↓

2	1
Pro-democracy	Pro-Beijing

Change in composition:

↓

2	2
Pro-democracy	Pro-Beijing

Party			Seats	Seats change	Contesting list(s)	Votes	%	% change
		DAB	2	+1	1	108,587	47.4	+5.6
		Democratic	2	0	1	103,863	45.3	–10.5
		Independent or others	0	0	2	16,828	7.4	N/A
Turnout:						229,278	44.7

Candidates list

Legislative Election 2000: Kowloon East
List		Candidates	Votes	Of total (%)	± from prev.
	DAB	Chan Yuen-han, Chan Kam-lam Lam Man-fai, Angelis Chan Joy-kong	108,587	47.4 (25+22.36)	+5.62
	Democratic	Szeto Wah, Fred Li Wah-ming Wu Chi-wai, Andrew To Kwan-hang	103,863	45.3 (25+20.3)	−10.5
	Nonpartisan	Lam Hoi-shing	9,805	4.3	N/A
	Nonpartisan	Shi Kai-biu, Lam Wai-yin	7,023	3.1	N/A
Total valid votes			229,278	100.00
Rejected ballots			2,384
Turnout			296,370	44.72	–9.69
Registered electors			518,035

See also

• Legislative Council of Hong Kong
• Hong Kong legislative elections
• 2000 Hong Kong legislative election