2008 Hong Kong legislative election in Hong Kong Island

These are the Hong Kong Island results of the 2008 Hong Kong legislative election. The election was held on 7 September 2008 and all 6 seats in Hong Kong Island were contested. The pan-democracy camp retained four seats as compared to pro-Beijing camp's two seats, with Civic Party successfully get two candidates, newcomer Tanya Chan and Audrey Eu who stood as second candidate on their list. Pro-Beijing independent Regina Ip who lost the 2007 Hong Kong Island by-election less than a year ago, won a new seat.

2008 Hong Kong legislative election in Hong Kong Island

7 September 2008 (2008-09-07)
All 6 Hong Kong Island seats to the Legislative Council
First party Second party Third party   Leader Tanya Chan Regina Ip Jasper Tsang Party Civic Independent DAB Alliance Pan-democracy Pro-Beijing Pro-Beijing Last election 1 seat, 20.9% N/A 2 seats, 21.1% Seats before 1 0 1 Seats won 2 1 1 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 82,600 61,073 60,417 Percentage 26.4% 19.5% 19.3% Swing 5.5% N/A 1.8%   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Kam Nai-wai Cyd Ho Party Democratic Civic Act-up Alliance Pan-democracy Pan-democracy Last election 2 seats, 37.2% New party Seats before 2 0 Seats won 1 1 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 39,808 30,887 Percentage 12.7% 9.9% Swing 24.5% N/A
Party with most votes in each District Council Constituency.

Overall results

Before election:

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4	2
Pan-democracy	Pro-Beijing

Change in composition:

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4	2
Pan-democracy	Pro-Beijing

Party			Seats	Seats change	Contesting list(s)	Votes	%	% change
		Civic	1	+1	1	82,600	26.4	+5.5
		Democratic	1	–1	1	39,808	12.7	−24.5
		Civic Act-up	1	+1	1	30,887	9.9	N/A
		LSD	0	0	1	10,202	3.3	N/A
		Independent	0	0	2	24,478	7.8	N/A
Pro-democracy camp			4	0	6	187,975	60.0	+0.5
		DAB	1	0	1	60,417	19.3	–1.8
		Liberal	0	0	1	2,166	0.7	N/A
		Independent	1	0	1	61,073	19.5	N/A
Pro-Beijing camp			2	0	2	123,656	39.5	–0.1
		Independent	0	0	1	1,798	0.6	N/A
Turnout:						313,429	50.2

Candidates list

Legislative Election 2008: Hong Kong Island
List		Candidates	Votes	Of total (%)	± from prev.
	Civic	Tanya Chan, Audrey Eu Yuet-mee Amy Yung Wing-sheung	82,600	26.4 (16.67+9.68)	N/A
	Independent	Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee Louis Shih Tai-cho, Wong Kin-hing, Ronald Chan Ngok-pang	61,073	19.5 (16.67+2.82)	N/A
	DAB	Jasper Tsang Yok-sing Choy So-yuk, Christopher Chung Shu-kun, Cheung Kwok-kwan, Chan Hok-fung, Kwok Wai-keung	60,417	19.3 (16.67+2.61)	−1.8
	Democratic	Kam Nai-wai Yeung Sum, Tsui Yuen-wa	39,808	12.7	−24.5
	Civic Act-up	Cyd Ho Sau-lan	30,887	9.9	N/A
	Independent	Lo Wing-lok	20,523	6.5	N/A
	LSD	Tsang Kin-shing	10,202	3.3	+1.8
	Ind. democrat	Joseph Lai Chi-keong	3,955	1.3	N/A
	Liberal	Lam Chui-lin, Wong Kam-chuen, Ngan Choi-chik	2,166	0.7	N/A
	Nonpartisan	Myra Sophia Siu Man-wa	1,798	0.6	N/A
Total valid votes			313,429	100.00
Rejected ballots			1,441
Turnout			314,870	50.17	−7.45
Registered electors			627,657

See also

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