1998 Hong Kong legislative election in Hong Kong Island

1998 Hong Kong legislative election in Hong Kong Island
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All 4 Hong Kong Island seats to the Legislative Council

These are the Hong Kong Island results of the 1998 Hong Kong legislative election. The election was held on 24 May 1998 and all 4 seats in the newly established Hong Kong Island geographical constituency were contested. The Democratic Party became the biggest winner by taking two seats with Martin Lee and Yeung Sum elected, which followed by Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong's (DAB) Cheng Kai-nam and Citizens Party's Christine Loh.

Overall results

After election:

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3	1
Pro-democracy	Pro-Beijing

Party		Seats	Contesting list(s)	Votes	%
	Democratic	2	1	143,843	46.8
	Citizens	1	1	39,251	12.8
	Independent	0	1	12,377	4.0
Pro-democracy camp		3	3	195,471	63.5
	DAB	1	1	90,182	29.3
	Liberal	0	1	7,845	2.4
	Independent	0	2	13,538	4.4
Pro-Beijing camp		1	4	140,320	36.3
	Independent	0	1	935	0.3
Turnout:				307,611	52.0

Vote share

Democratic (46.8%)

DAB (29.3%)

Citizens (12.8%)

Liberal (2.4%)

Other (8.7%)

Legislative Election 1998: Hong Kong Island^[1]
List		Candidates	Votes	Of total (%)	± from prev.
	Democratic	Martin Lee Chu-ming, Yeung Sum Yuen Bun-keung, Chan Kwok-leung	143,843	46.76 (25+21.76)
	DAB	Cheng Kai-nam Ip Kwok-him, Suen Kai-cheong, Christopher Chung Shu-kun	90,182	29.32 (25+4.32)
	Citizens	Christine Loh Kung-wai	39,251	12.76
	Independent	Chong Chan-yau	12,377	4.02
	Nonpartisan	Jennifer Chow Kit-bing	10,950	3.56
	Liberal	Ada Wong Ying-kay, Alice Tso Shing-yuk, Alice Lam Chui-lin	7,845	2.43
	Nonpartisan	Louis Leong Wing-on	2,588	0.84
	Independent	Li Hung	935	0.3
Total valid votes			307,611	100.00
Rejected ballots			2,203
Turnout			309,814	51.96
Registered electors			596,245