2000 Hong Kong legislative election in New Territories East

These are the New Territories East results of the 2000 Hong Kong legislative election. The election was held on 10 September 2000 and all 5 seats in New Territories East where consisted of North District, Tai Po District, Sai Kung District and Sha Tin District were contested. The Democratic Party gained one new seat with Wong Sing-chi, as Cyd Ho of The Frontier ran in Hong Kong Island.

2000 Hong Kong legislative election in New Territories East

10 September 2000 (2000-09-10)
All 5 New Territories East seats to the Legislative Council
First party Second party   Leader Andrew Cheng Lau Kong-wah Party Democratic DAB Alliance Pro-democracy Pro-Beijing Last election 2 seats, 25.6% 1 seats, 17.2% Seats before 1 1 Seats won 2 1 Seat change 1 Popular vote 75,213 66,943 Percentage 24.4% 21.8% Swing 1.2% 4.6%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Emily Lau Andrew Wong Party Frontier Independent Alliance Pro-democracy Pro-democracy Last election 2 seats, 30.8% 1 seat, 13.4% Seats before 2 1 Seats won 1 1 Seat change 1 Popular vote 63,541 44,899 Percentage 20.6% 14.6% Swing 10.2% 1.2%

Overall results

Before election:

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4	1
Pro-democracy	Pro-Beijing

Change in composition:

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4	1
Pro-democracy	Pro-Beijing

Party			Seats	Seats change	Contesting list(s)	Votes	%	% change
		Democratic	2	+1	2	75,213	24.4	–1.2
		Frontier	1	–1	1	63,541	20.6	–10.2
		April Fifth Action	0	0	1	18,235	5.9	N/A
		Independent	1	0	1	44,899	14.6	N/A
Pro-democracy camp			4	0	5	201,888	65.6	–5.0
		DAB	1	0	1	66,943	21.8	+4.6
		Liberal	0	0	1	15,450	5.0	–5.2
		HKPA	0	0	1	8,835	2.9	N/A
		New Forum	0	0	1	6,774	2.2	N/A
		Independent	0	0	1	7,945	2.6	N/A
Pro-Beijing camp			1	0	5	105,947	34.4	+5.0
Turnout:						307,835	44.8

Candidates list

Legislative Election 2000: New Territories East
List		Candidates	Votes	Of total (%)	± from prev.
	DAB	Lau Kong-wah Wan Yuet-kau, Wong Mo-tai, Wan Chung-ping, Li Kwok-ying	66,943	21.75 (20+1.75)	+4.58
	Frontier	Emily Lau Wai-hing Richard Tsoi Yiu-cheong	63,541	20.64 (20+0.64)	−10.17
	Democratic	Andrew Cheng Kar-foo Gary Fan Kwok-wai, Shirley Ho Suk-ping, Leung Wing-hung, Kwan Wing-yip	49,242	16.00	N/A
	Nonpartisan	Andrew Wong Wang-fat	44,899	14.59	+1.16
	Democratic	Wong Sing-chi Chow Wai-tung, Wong Leung-hi	25,971	8.44	N/A
	April Fifth Action	Leung Kwok-hung	18,235	5.92	N/A
	Liberal	Lau Hing-kee, Leung Chi-wai, Susana Ho Shu-tee	15,450	5.02	−5.23
	HKPA	Choy Kan-pui, Ling Man-hoi, Cheng Chun-wo, Ho Sau-mo	8,835	2.87	N/A
	Nonpartisan	Brian Kan Ping-chee	7,945	2.58	+0.57
	New Forum	Law Cheung-kwok	6,774	2.20	N/A
Total valid votes			307,835	100.00
Rejected ballots			2,112
Turnout			309,947	44.78	–11.1
Registered electors			692,164

See also

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