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.
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All 7 New Territories East seats to the Legislative Council | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Party with most votes in each District Council Constituency. |
Overall results
editBefore election:
4 | 3 |
Pan-democracy | Pro-Beijing |
Change in composition:
5 | 2 |
Pan-democracy | Pro-Beijing |
Party | Seats | Seats change |
Contesting list(s) |
Votes | % | % change | ||
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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
editLegislative Election 2008: New Territories East[1] | |||||
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List | Candidates | Votes | Of total (%) | ± from prev. | |
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
editExternal links
editReferences
edit- ^ "2008 Legislative Election". Electoral Affairs Commission. 8 September 2008. Archived from the original on 16 June 2012. Retrieved 9 March 2012.