2012 Hong Kong legislative election

The 2012 Hong Kong Legislative Council election was held on 9 September 2012 for the 5th Legislative Council (LegCo) since the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

2012 Hong Kong legislative election

9 September 2012

All 70 seats to the Legislative Council
36 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered3,466,201 (GC) Increase2.79%
Turnout1,838,722 (53.05%) Increase7.85pp
  First party Second party Third party
  Tam Yiu-chung Alan Leong Albert Ho
Leader Tam Yiu-chung Alan Leong Albert Ho
Party DAB Civic Democratic
Alliance Pro-Beijing Pan-democracy Pan-democracy
Leader's seat New Territories West Kowloon East District Council (Second)
Last election 10 seats, 22.92% 5 seats, 13.66% 8 seats, 20.63%
Seats won 13 6 6
Seat change Increase3 Increase1 Decrease2
Popular vote 366,140 255,007 247,220
Percentage 20.22% 14.08% 13.65%
Swing Decrease2.70pp Increase0.42pp Decrease6.98pp

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
  Lam Shuk-yee Miriam Lau Lee Cheuk-yan
Leader Lam Shuk-yee Miriam Lau Lee Cheuk-yan
Party FTU Liberal Labour
Alliance Pro-Beijing Pro-Beijing Pan-democracy
Leader's seat Did not stand Hong Kong Island
(defeated)
New Territories West
Last election 4 seats, 5.70% 7 seats, 4.33% New party
Seats won 6 5 4
Seat change Increase2 Increase2 Increase1
Popular vote 127,857 48,702 112,140
Percentage 7.06% 2.64% 6.19%
Swing Increase1.36pp Decrease1.64pp N/A

  Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party
  Christopher Lau Andrew Leung Regina Ip
Leader Christopher Lau Andrew Leung
and others
Regina Ip
Party People Power Economic Synergy NPP
Alliance Pan-democracy Pro-Beijing Pro-Beijing
Leader's seat Hong Kong Island
(defeated)
Industrial (First) Hong Kong Island
Last election New party New party New party
Seats won 3 3 2
Seat change Increase1 Decrease1 Increase1
Popular vote 176,250 5,717 68,097
Percentage 9.73% 0.32% 3.76%
Swing N/A N/A N/A


Party control before election

Pro-Beijing camp

Party control after election

Pro-Beijing camp

The election was for the new total of 70 seats in LegCo, ten more than previously, with 35 members elected in geographical constituencies through direct elections, and 35 members in functional constituencies.[1] Under new arrangements agreed in a contentious LegCo vote in 2010, five District Council (Second) functional constituency seats each represent all 18 District Councils of Hong Kong voted for by all resident voters in Hong Kong (who did not have a vote in any other functional constituency), effectively increasing the number of seats elected with universal suffrage to 40.[2]

The pro-Beijing camp scored a major success, maintaining its dominance in the functional constituencies and winning 17 of the 35, nearly half, of the geographical constituency seats, which were considered to be the stronghold of the pan-democracy camp. The Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB), the flagship Beijing-loyalist party, won 13 seats in total, more than double the tally of either the pro-democracy Democratic Party or Civic Party, or of its sister organisation, the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions (FTU), which each won six seats.

The Democratic Party, the flagship pro-democracy party, suffered the worst defeat since its creation in 1994, winning only six seats and lost all its seats in the New Territories West, while the radical democrats League of Social Democrats and the newly formed People Power doubled their total votes. Despite the addition of five new geographical constituency seats, the pan-democrats won one seat fewer than in the 2008 election; infighting within the camp was blamed.[3] The Civic Party failed in their election strategy as two of their incumbents, Audrey Eu and Tanya Chan, placed second on the lists in Hong Kong Island and New Territories West both received over 70,000 votes, far more than other lists, but still unable to get re-elected.[4]

The pro-business Liberal Party's chairwoman Miriam Lau failed to gain a seat in Hong Kong Island, winning the least seat in party history although James Tien regained his seat in New Territories East. Both Miriam Lau from the Liberals and Albert Ho from the Democrats resigned their seats as chairs after the defeat.

The pan-democracy and pro-Beijing camps both placed three lists in contest of the five new District Council (Second) functional constituency seats. Three of them went to the Democrats Albert Ho and James To and Frederick Fung from the Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood (ADPL). The Beijing-loyalists could only win two seats with FTU's Chan Yuen-han and DAB's Starry Lee each got one seat. Veteran Lau Kong-wah became the only DAB candidate who was placed first on a candidate list but lost in the election.

Eligibility

Right to vote

As at 9 September 2012, a person has the right to vote in a Legislative Council election if he/she fulfils all of the below criteria :[5]

  • Hong Kong permanent resident (regardless of nationality),
  • ordinarily resides in Hong Kong,
  • holds a Hong Kong identity card or another identity document,
  • has registered to vote on or before 16 May 2012,
  • aged 18 or above on 25 July 2012,
  • not a member of any armed forces nor found to be incapable under the Mental Health Ordinance (Cap. 136), by reason of mental incapacity, of managing and administering his/her property and affairs.

Right to stand

To stand as a candidate in a geographical constituency, a person must fulfil all of the below criteria:[6]

  • a Hong Kong permanent resident with Chinese citizenship,
  • does not have any foreign citizenship nor the right of abode in any country outside China,
  • aged 21 or above on the date of nomination,
  • a registered voter on the date of nomination,
  • has ordinarily resided in Hong Kong for the 3 years immediately preceding the date of nomination,
  • not a member of any national, regional or municipal legislature, assembly or council of any place outside Hong Kong, other than a people's congress or people's consultative body of the People's Republic of China, whether established at the national or local level,
  • not a member of any armed forces nor found to be incapable under the Mental Health Ordinance (Cap. 136), by reason of mental incapacity, of managing and administering his/her property and affairs,
  • submits a nomination form to the returning officer on or before 31 July 2012.

New structure of the Legislative Council

An electoral advertisement on a tram

Geographical constituencies

Under the constitutional reform package passed in 2010, this election saw LegCo increase its total size from 60 seats to 70 seats, half of which are geographical constituencies (GCs) and half functional constituencies (FCs). The GC seats are returned by universal suffrage, with the Kowloon West constituency once again returning five seats, while the Hong Kong Island, Kowloon East, and New Territories West constituencies each gain one new seat and New Territories East, the second largest constituency, gaining two extra seats.[7] The election uses a system of party-list proportional representation, with seats allocated by the largest remainder method using the Hare quota as the quota for election.

Geographical constituencies No. of seats
20082012Change
Hong Kong Island67+1
Kowloon West55±0
Kowloon East45+1
New Territories West89+1
New Territories East79+2
Total3035+5

Functional constituencies

While the electoral methods in the 30 'traditional' FC seats remain unchanged, the five new seats form a new constituency called the District Council, for which candidates may be nominated by the District councillors and are elected by all registered voters who are not in any 'traditional' FC,[8] creating the largest constituency with a total of more than 3.2 million eligible electors.[9] The vote counting system used is the same as that in the GCs: the party-list proportional representation with the largest remainder method and Hare quota.

Retiring incumbents

Thirteen incumbents chose not to run for re-election. Paul Chan's Accountancy seat was vacant since 29 July 2012 and Chim Pui-chung withdrew his nomination on 27 July 2012.

Constituency Departing incumbents Party
Hong Kong IslandKam Nai-wai Democratic
Kowloon EastFred Li Wah-ming Democratic
New Territories WestCheung Hok-ming DAB
New Territories EastAndrew Cheng Kar-foo Independent
Agriculture and FisheriesWong Yung-kan DAB
LegalMargaret Ng Ngoi-yee Civic
AccountancyPaul Chan Mo-po Independent
LabourLi Fung-ying FLU
Commercial (Second)Philip Wong Yu-hong Nonpartisan
FinanceDavid Li Kwok-po Nonpartisan
Financial ServicesChim Pui-chung Nonpartisan
Sports, Performing Arts,
Culture and Publication
Timothy Fok Tsun-ting Nonpartisan
Textiles and GarmentSophie Leung Lau Yau-fun Economic Synergy

Pre-election issues

New leadership under Leung Chun-ying

As Leung Chun-ying sworn in on 1 July, he sought a foothold in the Legislative Council against his defeated rival, Henry Tang.[10] The Tang supporter for the Financial Services functional constituency, Chim Pui-chung, decided to withdraw his nomination for re-election on 27 July, while Christopher Cheung Wah-fung, who voted for CY Leung and was also a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, decided to run in the constituency.[11]

Other Leung's supporters including Martin Liao Cheung-kong, Ng Leung-sing and Ma Fung-kwok also ran in other functional constituencies, replacing the original pro-Tang legislators Philip Wong, David Li and Timothy Fok.

On the day CY Leung assumed the Chief Executive, there were about 400,000 participants in the July 1 marches, the biggest anti-government rally in recent history.

Moral and National Education controversy

Moral and civic education was one of the four key tasks in the 2001 curriculum reform undertaken by the Education and Manpower Bureau (superseded by the Education Bureau in 2007), and its framework was revised by the Education Bureau in 2008. On 13 October 2010, Chief Executive Donald Tsang stated in the "Policy Address 2010–2011" that moral and national education would replace MCE to "strengthen national education". The government planned to introduce the new subject in primary schools in 2012 and secondary schools in 2013.

In July 2012, the "Civil Alliance Against the National Education" (民間反對國民教育科大聯盟) was formed. On 29 July 2012, 30 organisations protested in a march. According to the organisers, more than 90,000 protesters, including many parents with their children, participated in the march.[12]

Members of the student activist group Scholarism (學民思潮) began their occupation of the Hong Kong government headquarters on 30 August 2012. Fifty members occupied the public park beneath the government offices, of which three began a hunger strike. The goal of the protest was, expressly, to force the government to retract its plans to introduce Moral and National Education as a compulsory subject. The initial planned length of the occupation was three days.[13] On 3 September 2012 the Civil Alliance Against National Education announced that they would continue their occupation of the government headquarters indefinitely.[14] On 7 September, up to 120,000 people attended a demonstration outside the government headquarters; police said there were 36,000 attendees at 9:30 pm.[15][16][17]

Following opposition from the public, the government postponed the commencement of the subject by introducing a three-year trial run period, such that the schools were allowed to commence the latest in 2015.[18]

Opinion polling

  DAB
  Democratic
  Civic
  FTU
  Liberal
  People Power
  Labour
  LSD
  NPP

Results

Leaflets of the Hong Kong Island candidates in a mailbox in Central.

The election was marked with the record of 287 candidates. 67 lists with a total of 216 candidates contested the 35 geographical constituencies, while 53 candidates contested in the traditional functional constituencies, in which 16 of them returned to LegCo uncontested.[19]

The largest pro-democracy party, the Democratic Party, suffered the largest defeat since its creation in 1994, while the radical democrats League of Social Democrats and the newly formed People Power doubled their votes. Despite the addition of five new geographical constituency seats, the pan-democrats won one seat fewer than in the 2008 poll; infighting within the camp was blamed.[20] Audrey Eu and Tanya Chan, the incumbent Civic Party legislators, placed second on the lists in Hong Kong Island and New Territories West both received over 70,000 votes, far more than other lists, but still were not re-elected.[21] (see 2012 Hong Kong legislative election in Hong Kong Island and New Territories West)

The Beijing-loyalist Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong remained the largest party, winning 13 seats in total. All the lists in the geographical constituencies were elected as they split their candidates into several lists to avoid wasting votes under the largest remainder method.[22] Christopher Chung revealed the DAB, of which he is a member, had secretly engaged in illegally allocating votes with the FTU based on the results of the party's own exit polling results; he said that both he and Jasper Tsang switched over to campaigning for the Wong Kwok-hing of the FTU at around 6 pm, after the DAB had reached their quota of vote.[23]

Following the election, Albert Ho, resigned as leader of the Democratic Party, citing failure to present a united front for the pan-democratic camp, failure to retain seats from the previous elections, and infighting between pro-democracy parties. Miriam Lau, the leader of the Liberal Party, also resigned as leader, citing her failure to win a seat in this election and a need for new leadership in the party.[24]

Nine of the 16 uncontested functional constituency seats went to the Liberal Party, Economic Synergy and nonpartisan Lam Tai-fai from the "Tang camp", who are mostly the business and commercial sectors.

Leung's supporters took several seats in the functional constituencies. Pro-Leung Lo Wai-kwok defeated incumbent Raymond Ho Chung-tai who nominated Henry Tang in the CE election and pro-democrat Albert Lai in the Engineering sector. In Tourism, Architectural, Surveying and Planning and Sports, Performing Arts, Culture and Publication constituencies, Yiu Si-wing, Tony Tse Wai-chuen and Ma Fung-kwok were also elected. Leung's backers Ng Leung-sing and Martin Liao Cheung-kong won seats unopposed to the finance and Commercial (Second) functional constituencies respectively.

The acting president of the Hong Kong Professional Teachers' Union Ip Kin-yuen and Civic Party Dennis Kwok retained their seats in the traditionally pro-democracy Education and Legal sectors. Cheung Kwok-che of the Labour Party and nonpartisan Joseph Lee Kok-long also secured their seats in the Social Welfare and Health Services constituencies. In addition, the pan democrats gained two more seats in Information Technology and Accountancy with newcomers Charles Mok and Kenneth Leung.

The pan-democrats won three out of five seats in the new District Council (Second) functional constituency with Albert Ho and James To from the Democratic Party and Frederick Fung from the Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood. The Beijing loyalists could only won two seats with Chan Yuen-han of Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions (FTU) and Starry Lee of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong (DAB) each got one seat. Veteran Lau Kong-wah became the only DAB candidate who was placed first on a candidate list but lost in the election (see 2012 Hong Kong legislative election in District Council).

Election results overall

Before election:

23 37
Pro-democracy Pro-Beijing

Change in composition:

27 43
Pro-democracy Pro-Beijing
Summary of the 9 September 2012 Legislative Council of Hong Kong election results
Political affiliation
Geographical Constituencies Traditional Functional Constituencies District Council (Second) FC Total
seats
±
Votes
%
±pp
Seats
Votes
%
±pp
Seats
Votes
%
Seats
DAB[table 1] 366,14020.22Decrease2.7091050.07Decrease0.143476,87529.96113Increase3
FTU 127,8577.06Increase1.363---2246,19615.4716Increase2
Liberal 48,7022.69Decrease1.6411,0760.76Decrease2.584---5Increase2
Economic Synergy 5,7170.32N/A0---3---3Decrease1
NPP 68,0973.76N/A2-------2Increase1
KWND 34,5481.91N/A1-------1Steady0
New Forum[table 2] ----1,1060.78N/A1---1Increase1
FLU -------1---1Steady0
Civil Force[table 1] [table 2] 23,9881.32N/A0-------0Steady0
Third Force 16,7670.93N/A0-------0Steady0
Pro-Beijing Independents 80,6714.45-144,52931.36N/A1061,3213.85011Increase2
Total for pro-Beijing camp 772,48742.66Increase2.911746,81632.97Increase1.9124784,39249.28243Increase6
Civic 255,00714.08Increase0.4254,4803.15Decrease4.361---6Increase1
Democratic 247,22013.65Decrease6.9841,4641.03Decrease1.800545,30834.2626Decrease2
Labour 112,1406.19N/A39,0786.39N/A1---4Increase1
People Power 176,2509.73N/A3-------3Increase1
LSD 87,9974.86Decrease5.261-------1Steady0
NWSC 43,7992.42Decrease0.381-------1Steady0
ADPL 30,6341.69Decrease1.100----262,17216.4711Steady0
Neo Democrats 28,6211.58N/A1-------1Increase1
PTU ----46,53532.77Decrease1.801---1Steady0
Democratic Alliance 2,8960.16N/A0-------0Steady0
Independent democrats 33,9881.87-026,89218.94N/A3---3-
Total for pan-democrats 1,018,55256.24Decrease3.261888,44962.28Increase1.666807,48050.73327Increase4
Non-aligned others 19,9451.10-02,2051.55Decrease6.770--00-
Total1,810,984 100.0035142,011 100.00301,591,872100.00570
Valid votes1,810,984 98.49Decrease0.93142,01193.97Decrease1.591,591,87295.16
Invalid votes27,7381.51Increase0.939,1136.03Increase1.5980,9214.84
Vote cast / turnout 1,838,72253.05Increase7.85 151,12469.65Increase9.351,672,79351.95
Registered voters 3,466,201100.00Increase2.79 216,979100.00Increase2.243,219,755100.00
  1. Note: the votes gained by Lau Kong-wah who represents both DAB and Civil Force banner is counted into DAB in this table.
  2. Note: the votes gained by Scarlett Pong who represents both Civil Force and New Century Forum is counted into Civil Force in this table.

Election results by Geographical Constituency

Constituency Elected members
Hong Kong Island                  
Kowloon West                  
Kowloon East                  
New Territories West                  
New Territories East                  

Votes gained by each party by districts

Votes summary

Ring charts of the election results showing popular vote against seats won, coloured in green (Pro-democracy camp) and red (Pro-Beijing camp) on the left and the party colours on the right. Seats won in the election (outer ring) against number of votes (inner ring).
Popular vote
DAB
20.22%
Civic
14.08%
Democratic
13.65%
People Power
9.73%
FTU
7.06%
Labour
6.19%
LSD
4.86%
NPP
3.76%
Liberal
2.69%
NWSC
2.42%
New Dynamic
1.91%
ADPL
1.69%
Neo Democrats
1.58%
Civil Force
1.32%
Third Force
0.93%
Econ Synergy
0.32%
YTDA
0.16%
Independent
7.43%

Seats summary

The election results were announced in the AsiaWorld-Expo.
Seat
DAB
18.57%
Civic
8.57%
Democratic
8.57%
FTU
8.57%
Liberal
7.14%
Labour
5.71%
People Power
4.29%
Econ Synergy
4.29%
NPP
2.86%
LSD
1.43%
NWSC
1.43%
New Dynamic
1.43%
ADPL
1.43%
Neo Democrats
1.43%
Independent
24.29%

Incumbents defeated

Twelve incumbents were not re-elected.

Party Name Constituency Remarks
CivicTanya ChanHong Kong Islandplaced second of the list
Audrey Eu Yuet-meeNew Territories Westplaced second of the list; running for Hong Kong Island in the last election
DABLau Kong-wahDistrict Council (Second)running for New Territories East in the last election
DemocraticCheung Man-kwongKowloon Westplaced second of the list;
running for Education constituency in the last election
Lee Wing-tatNew Territories West
Wong Sing-chiNew Territories East
FTUPan Pey-chyouHong Kong Islandplaced second of the list; running for Labour constituency in the last election
Ip Wai-mingNew Territories Eastrunning for Labour constituency in the last election
LiberalMiriam Lau Kin-yeeHong Kong Islandrunning for Transport constituency in the last election
Professional ForumRaymond Ho Chung-taiEngineering
Patrick Lau Sau-shingArchitectural, Surveying and Planning
IndependentSamson Tam Wai-hoInformation Technology

Candidates lists and results

Geographical Constituencies (35 seats)

Voting system: Party-list proportional representation with largest remainder method and Hare quota.

Results of the Geographical Constituencies
Hong Kong Island (香港島)
List №Party/AllegianceCandidate(s) wonNot electedVotesVotes %Seat(s) won
1 Nonpartisan Hui Ching-on2,9800.90
 
2 Democratic Sin Chung-kaiYeung Sum, Chai Man-hon, Cheng Lai-king, Leung Suk-ching, Hui Chi-fung40,55812.26
 
1
3 Independent Lo Wing-lok16,9005.11
 
4 People Power Christopher Lau Gar-hung, Shiu Yeuk-yuen, Jeff Au Yeung Ying-kit18,6675.64
 
5 DAB Christopher Chung Shu-kunEddie Ting Kong-ho, Jennifer Chow Kit-bing, Kung Pak-cheung, Ngan Chun-lim, Kenny Lee Kwun-yee, Cheng Chi-sing33,90110.25
 
1
6 Independent Ng Wing-chun4220.13
 
7 Labour Cyd Ho Sau-lanCheng Sze-lut, Chung Chung-fai31,5239.53
 
1
8 NPP Regina Ip Lau Suk-yeeWong Chor-fung, Tse Tsz-kei30,2899.16
 
1
9 FTU Wong Kwok-hingPan Pey-chyou, Chu Ting-lok, Stanley Ho Ngai-kam, Chan Chi-hang27,3368.26
 
1
10 Civic Chan Ka-lokTanya Chan70,47521.31
 
1
11 Nonpartisan Ho Kar-tai3430.10
 
12 DAB Jasper Tsang Yok-sing36,51711.04
 
1
13 Liberal Miriam Lau Kin-yee, Shiu Ka-fai, "Micheal" Lee Chun-keung17,6865.35
 
14 LSD Avery Ng Man-yuen3,1690.96
 
TOTAL (Quota: 47,252 votes, 14.29%)330,766100.0
 
7
Kowloon West (九龍西)
List №Party/AllegianceCandidate(s) wonNot electedVotesVotes %Seat(s) won
1 Independent Wong Yee-him3,7461.61
 
2 Democratic "Helena" Wong Pik-wanCheung Man-kwong, Li Yiu-kee, Yuen Hoi-man, "Michelle" Chong Miu-sheung36,02915.52
 
1
3 ADPL Tam Kwok-kiu, Liu Sing-lee, Rosanda Mok Ka-han,Wong Chi-yung, Austen Ng Po-shan30,36413.2
 
4 Independent democrat Wong Yat-yuk2,3991.03
 
5 DAB "Ann" Chiang Lai-wanChris Ip Ngo-tung, Vincent Cheng Wing-shun, Chan Wai-ming, "Sam" Lam Sum-lim47,36320.41
 
1
6 People Power Wong Yuk-manYim Tat-ming, Chau Tsun-kiu, Lau Tit-wai38,57816.62
 
1
7 Awakening Association Lam Yi-lai, Simon Ho Ka-kuen, Au Wing-ho, Lee Ka-wai8590.37
 
8 KWND Leung Mei-funYang Wing-kit, Wai Hoi-yinh, Leung Man-kwong34,54814.89
 
1
9 Civic Claudia Mo Man-chingJoe Wong Tak-chuen37,92516.34
 
1
TOTAL (Quota: 46,416 votes, 20.00%)232,081100.0
 
5
Kowloon East (九龍東)
List №Party/AllegianceCandidate(s) wonNot electedVotesVotes %Seat(s) won
1 Civic Alan Leong Kah-kitJeremy Jansen Tam Man-ho41,66914.63
 
1
2 FTU Wong Kwok-kinKan Ming-tung, Mok Kin-wing, Ho Kai-ming40,82414.34
 
1
3 LSD Andrew To Kwan-hang27,2539.57
 
4 Nonpartisan Kay Yim Fung-chi, Chan Heung-yin3,2631.15
 
5 Democratic Wu Chi-waiMok Kin-shing, Hon Ka-ming43,76415.37
 
1
6 DAB Chan Kam-lamJoe Lai Wing-ho, Hung Kam-in, Wilson Or Chong-shing47,41516.65
 
1
7 Independent Paul Tse Wai-chun38,54613.54
 
1
8 People Power Wong Yeung-tat, Chan Sau-wai36,60812.85
 
9 Independent Tam Heung-man5,4401.91
 
TOTAL (Quota: 56,956 votes, 20.00%) 284,782 100.0
 
5
New Territories West (新界西)
List №Party/AllegianceCandidate(s) wonNot electedVotesVotes %Seat(s) won
1 DAB Leung Che-cheungTsang Hin-keung, Lui Kin, Christina Maisenne Lee, Wong Wai-ling, Chui Kwan-siu33,7776.79
 
1
2 FTU Alice Mak Mei-kuen"Michael" Luk Chung-hung, Manwell Chan, Kot Siu-yuen, Tang Cheuk-him35,2397.07
 
1
3 Democratic Josephine Chan Shu-ying, Zachary Wong Wai-yin, Li Hung-por, Catherine Wong Lai-sheung, Ho Hang-mui25,8925.20
 
4 People Power Albert Chan Wai-yipJacqueline Chan So-ling, Raymond Lai, Tong Wing-chi44,3558.91
 
1
5 Democratic Alliance Mak Ip-sing2,8960.58
 
6 LSD Tsang Kin-shing9,2801.86
 
7 Civic Kwok Ka-kiAudrey Eu Yuet-mee72,18514.49
 
1
8 NPP Michael Tien Puk-sunClarice Cheung Wai-ching, "Legward" Wong Cheuk-kin, Ho Kin-cheong37,8087.58
 
1
9 Nonpartisan "Junius" Ho Kwan-yiu10,8052.17
 
10 Independent Chan Yut-wah11,9972.41
 
11 NWSC Leung Yiu-chungWong Yun-tat42,7998.78
 
1
12 DAB/NTAS Chan Han-panPoon Chi-shing, Nixie Lam Lam, Chan Chun-chung, Law Kwan, Leung Kar-ming, Tsang Tai36,5557.33
 
1
13 Third Force Chan Keung, Ting Yin-wah, So Ka-man, Chow Ping-tim, Tang Ka-leung, Nancy Poon Siu-ping, Raju Gurung16,7673.37
 
14 Democratic Lee Wing-tat, Lam Lap-chi, Lai King-wai32,7926.58
 
15 Labour Lee Cheuk-yanTam Chun-yin40,9678.22
 
1
16 DAB Tam Yiu-chungLung Shui-hing, Yip Man-pan, Mo Shing-fung43,4968.72
 
1
TOTAL (Quota: 55,401 votes, 11.11%)498,610100.0
 
9
New Territories East (新界東)
List №Party/AllegianceCandidate(s) wonNot electedVotesVotes %Seat(s) won
1 LSD Leung Kwok-hung48,29510.39
 
1
2 FTU Ip Wai-ming, Wong Wang-to, Ching Ngon-lai, Kan Siu-kei, Kent Tsang King-chung, Cheung Kwok-wo24,4585.26
 
3 Democratic Emily Lau Wai-hingRicky Or Yiu-lam, Frankie Lam Siu-ching, Lam Wing-yin37,0397.97
 
1
4 Independent Angel Leung On-kay1,0770.23
 
5 Civil Force/New Forum Scarlett Pong Oi-lan, Lanny Tam, Law Kwong-keung, Chan Kwok-tim, So Chun-man, Lam Chung-yan, Victor Leung Ka-fai, Chan Man-kuen, Tang Wing-cheong23,9885.16
 
6 DAB Elizabeth QuatChong Yuen-tung, Li Sai-wing, Philip Li Ka-leung, Tung Kin-lei, Ki Lai-mei, Wong Ping-fan46,1399.93
 
1
7 People Power/Frontier Ray Chan Chi-chuenErica Yuen Mi-ming38,0428.19
 
1
8 Economic Synergy Yau Wing-kwong, Tong Po-chun, Chan Cho-leung, Pang Shu-wan, Lau Wai-lun, Shing Kwok-chu, Man Chen-fai, Tang Kwong-wing, Lok Shui-sang5,7171.23
 
9 DAB Chan Hak-kanLau Kwok-fan, Wong Pik-kiu,Larm Wai-leung, Clement Woo Kin-man, Yiu Ming40,9978.82
 
1
10 Labour Cheung Chiu-hungKwok Wing-kin39,6508.53
 
1
11 Democratic Richard Tsoi Yiu-cheong, Au Chun-wah, Mak Yun-pui, Kwong Mei-na10,0282.16
 
12 Neo Democrats Gary Fan Kwok-waiYam Kai-bong, Leung Li, Leung Wing-hung, Kwan Wing-yip, Yau Man-chun, Cheung Kam-lun, Cheung Kwok-keung, Michael Yung Ming-chau28,6216.16
 
1
13 Liberal James Tien Pei-chunSelina Chow Liang Shuk-yee, Leung Chi-wai, Liu Kwok-wah31,0166.67
 
1
14 Democratic Wong Sing-chi, Law Sai-yan21,1184.54
 
15 Civic Ronny Tong Ka-wahAlvin Yeung Ngok-kiu32,7537.05
 
1
16 Independent Raymond Ho Man-kit2,8750.62
 
17 Nonpartisan Pong Yat-ming6,0311.30
 
18 Independent Christine Fong Kwok-shan24,5945.29
 
19 Nonpartisan Chan Kwok-keung2,3270.50
 
TOTAL (Quota: 51,638 votes, 11.11%)464,745100.0
 
9

District Council (Second) Functional Constituency (5 seats)

Voting system: Party-list proportional representation with largest remainder method and Hare quota.

District Council (Second) Functional Constituency (區議會(第二)功能組別)
List №Party/AllegianceCandidate(s) wonNot electedVotesVotes %Seat(s) won
801 Democratic "Albert" Ho Chun-yanKwong Chun-yu, Lam Siu-fai228,84014.38
 
1
802 Democratic James To Kun-sunAndrew Chiu Ka-yin, Au Nok-hin316,46819.88
 
1
803 Independent Pamela Peck Wan-kam61,3213.85
 
804 DAB/Civil Force Lau Kong-wah199,73212.55
 
805 ADPL Frederick Fung Kin-keeHui Kam-shing262,17216.47
 
1
806 DAB Starry Lee Wai-kingHung Lin-cham, Chan Hok-fung, Chu Lap-wai, Ngan Man-yu277,14317.41
 
1
807 FTU Chan Yuen-hanDennis Leung Tsz-wing, Wong Yun-cheong246,19615.47
 
1
TOTAL (Quota: 318,374 votes, 20%)1,591,872100.0
 
5

Other Functional Constituencies (30 seats)

Voting systems: Different voting systems apply to different functional constituencies, namely for the Heung Yee Kuk, Agriculture and Fisheries, Insurance and Transport, the preferential elimination system of voting; and for the remaining 24 FCs used the first-past-the-post voting system.[25]

Results of the Functional Constituencies (excluding District Council (Second))
ConstituencyIncumbentResultCandidate(s)
Heung Yee Kuk Lau Wong-fat
(Economic Synergy)
Incumbent hold Lau Wong-fat (Economic Synergy)
uncontested
Agriculture and Fisheries Wong Yung-kan
(DAB)
Incumbent retired
DAB hold
Steven Ho Chun-yin (DAB) 85.37%
Chan Mei-tak 14.63%
InsuranceChan Kin-porIncumbent hold Chan Kin-por
uncontested
TransportMiriam Lau Kin-yee
(Liberal)
Incumbent ran for HKI GC
Liberal hold
Frankie Yick Chi-ming (Liberal)
uncontested
EducationCheung Man-kwong
(PTU/Democratic)
Incumbent ran for KLW GC
PTU hold
Ip Kin-yuen (PTU) 75.42%
Ho Hon-kuen 24.58%
LegalMargaret Ng Ngoi-yee
(Civic)
Incumbent retired
Civic hold
"Dennis" Kwok Wing-hang (Civic) 56.20%
Albert Wong Kwai-huen (Independent) 43.80%
AccountancyVacant
Post last held by Paul Chan Mo-po
Incumbent retired
Nonpartisan gain
Kenneth Leung Kai-cheong 46.76%
Nelson Lam Chi-yuen (Independent) 39.70%
Wong Wang-tai 8.11%
Peter Chan Po-fun 5.44%
MedicalLeung Ka-lauIncumbent re-electedLeung Ka-lau 67.31%
Tse Hung-hing 32.69%
Health ServicesJoseph Lee Kok-longIncumbent re-electedJoseph Lee Kok-long (Independent) 76.01%
Alice Tso Shing-yuk 23.99%
EngineeringRaymond Ho Chung-tai
(Professional Forum)
Incumbent lost re-election
Independent gain
Lo Wai-kwok (Independent) 41.46%
Albert Lai Kwong-tak (Prof Commons/Civic) 28.79%
Raymond Ho Chung-tai 23.97%
Luk Wang-kwong 5.78%
Architectural, Surveying and PlanningPatrick Lau Sau-shing
(Professional Forum)
Incumbent lost re-election
Independent gain
Tony Tse Wai-chuen (Independent) 35.20%
Patrick Lau Sau-shing (Independent) 33.91%
Stanley Ng Wing-fai (Democratic) 30.89%
Labour (3 seats)Li Fung-ying (FLU)Incumbent retired
FLU hold
Poon Siu-ping (FLU)
uncontested
Ip Wai-ming (FTU)Incumbent ran for NTE GC
FTU hold
Kwok Wai-keung (FTU)
uncontested
Pan Pey-chyou (FTU)Incumbent ran for HKI GC
FTU hold
Tang Ka-piu (FTU)
uncontested
Social WelfareCheung Kwok-che
(SWGU/Labour)
Incumbent re-electedCheung Kwok-che (SWGU/Labour) 89.08%
Chan Yee-fei 10.92%
Real Estate and Construction"Abraham Razack" Shek Lai-him
(Professional Forum)
Incumbent hold"Abraham Razack" Shek Lai-him (Independent)
uncontested
TourismPaul Tse Wai-chun
(Independent)
Incumbent ran for KLE GC
Nonpartisan gain
Yiu Si-wing 56.48%
Freddy Yip Hing-ning 43.52%
Commercial (First)Jeffrey Lam Kin-fung
(Economic Synergy)
Incumbent holdJeffrey Lam Kin-fung (Economic Synergy)
uncontested
Commercial (Second)Philip Wong Yu-hong
(Business and Professional Alliance)
Incumbent retired
Nonpartisan gain
Martin Liao Cheung-kong
uncontested
Industrial (First)Andrew Leung Kwan-yuen
(Economic Synergy)
Incumbent holdAndrew Leung Kwan-yuen (Economic Synergy)
uncontested
Industrial (Second)Lam Tai-faiIncumbent holdLam Tai-fai
uncontested
FinanceDavid Li Kwok-poIncumbent retired
Independent gain
Ng Leung-sing (Independent)
uncontested
Financial ServicesChim Pui-chungIncumbent retired
Nonpartisan gain
Christopher Cheung Wah-fung 44.83%
Vincent Marshall Lee Kwan-ho 43.53%
Frankie Yan Man-sing 5.39%
Tang Yu-lap 5.17%
Patrick Lam Tak-ming 1.08%
Sports, Performing Arts, Culture and PublicationTimothy Fok Tsun-tingIncumbent retired
New Forum gain
Ma Fung-kwok (New Forum) 65.37%
Chow Chun-fai 28.19%
"Jimmy" Siu See-kong 6.44%
Import and ExportWong Ting-kwong
(DAB)
Incumbent holdWong Ting-kwong (DAB)
uncontested
Textiles and GarmentSophie Leung Lau Yau-fun
(Economic Synergy)
Incumbent retired
Liberal gain
Chung Kwok-pan (Liberal) 56.07%
Henry Tan 43.93%
Wholesale and RetailVincent Fang Kang
(Liberal)
Incumbent holdVincent Fang Kang (Liberal)
uncontested
Information TechnologyTam Wai-hoIncumbent lost re-election
Independent gain
Charles Peter Mok (Independent) 57.82%
Tam Wai-ho (Independent) 42.18%
CateringTommy Cheung Yu-yan
(Liberal)
Incumbent holdTommy Cheung Yu-yan (Liberal)
uncontested
District Council (First)Ip Kwok-him
(DAB)
Incumbent holdIp Kwok-him (DAB)
uncontested

See also

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