2000 Hong Kong legislative election in New Territories West
These are the New Territories West results of the 2000 Hong Kong legislative election. The election was held on 10 September 2000 and all 6 seats in New Territories West, which consists of Tsuen Wan District, Tuen Mun District, Yuen Long District, Kwai Tsing District and Islands District, were contested. The Democratic Party first applied electoral strategy of dividing three candidate lists in order to avoid wasted votes, as largest remainder method encouraged. Lee Wing-tat failed to be re-elected, losing votes to another Democratic ticket of Albert Chan, while the last seat was won by Tang Siu-tong of the Hong Kong Progressive Alliance who stood with the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong ticket.
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Overall results
Before election:
4 | 1 |
Pro-democracy | Pro-Beijing |
Change in composition:
4 | 2 |
Pro-democracy | Pro-Beijing |
Party | Seats | Seats change |
Contesting list(s) |
Votes | % | % change | ||
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Democratic | 2 | 0 | 3 | 117,733 | 34.3 | −4.9 | ||
NWSC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 59,348 | 17.3 | +7.0 | ||
CTU | 1 | 0 | 1 | 52,202 | 15.2 | +2.7 | ||
Pro-democracy camp | 4 | 0 | 5 | 229,283 | 66.7 | –4.5 | ||
DAB | 2 | +1 | 1 | 101,629 | 29.6 | +10.2 | ||
Liberal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9,408 | 2.7 | +1.9 | ||
Pro-Beijing camp | 2 | 0 | 2 | 111,037 | 32.3 | +3.5 | ||
Independent | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3,274 | 1.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout: | 343,594 | 43.7 |
Candidates list
Legislative Election 2000: New Territories West[1] | |||||
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List | Candidates | Votes | % | ± | |
DAB (HKPA) | Tam Yiu-chung, Tang Siu-tong Leung Che-cheung, Chau Chuen-heung, Chan Yau-hoi, Au Yeung Po-chun |
101,629 | 29.58 (16.67+12.91) |
+10.23 | |
NWSC | Leung Yiu-chung | 59,348 | 17.27 | +6.97 | |
CTU (Frontier) | Lee Cheuk-yan | 52,202 | 15.19 | +2.74 | |
Democratic | Albert Chan Wai-yip Cosmas Kwong Kwok-chuen |
43,613 | 12.69 | N/A | |
Democratic | Ho Chun-yan Josephine Chan Shu-ying, Cheung Yuet-lan, Catherine Wong Lai-sheung |
38,472 | 11.20 | N/A | |
Democratic | Lee Wing-tat, Wong Bing-kuen | 35,648 | 10.38 | N/A | |
Liberal | David Yeung Fuk-kwong | 9,408 | 2.74 | +1.9 | |
Nonpartisan | Angela Man Yun-fei | 3,274 | 0.95 | N/A | |
Total valid votes | 343,594 | 100.00 | |||
Rejected ballots | 2,663 | ||||
Turnout | 346,257 | 43.73 | −9.52 | ||
Registered electors | 791,746 |
See also
References
- "ߪk | | G". Archived from the original on 2012-05-02. Retrieved 2012-03-09.