2012 Hong Kong legislative election in New Territories East

These are the New Territories East results of the 2012 Hong Kong legislative election. The election was held on 9 September 2012 and all 9 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 strategically succeeded in holding six seats with only 56.9% of the votes. Raymond Chan Chi-chuen of the People Power and Gary Fan of Neo Democrats were elected for the first time. Former Civic Party legislator Fernando Cheung also returned to the LegCo representing the newly formed Labour Party.

2012 Hong Kong legislative election in New Territories East

9 September 2012 (2012-09-09)
All 9 New Territories East seats to the Legislative Council
First party Second party Third party   Leader Elizabeth Quat & Gary Chan Emily Lau, Wong Sing-chi & Richard Tsoi Leung Kwok-hung Party DAB Democratic LSD Alliance Pro-Beijing Pan-democracy Pan-democracy Last election 2 seats, 28.4% 2 seats, 23.8% 1 seat, 12.4% Seats before 2 2 1 Seats won 2 1 1 Seat change 1 Popular vote 87,116 68,185 48,295 Percentage 18.2% 14.7% 10.4% Swing 10.2% 9.1% 2.0%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Fernando Cheung Ray Chan Ronny Tong Party Labour People Power Civic Alliance Pan-democracy Pan-democracy Pan-democracy Last election new new 1 seat, 11.1% Seats before 0 0 1 Seats won 1 1 1 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 40,967 38,042 32,753 Percentage 9.5% 8.2% 7.1% Swing N/A N/A 4.0%   Seventh party Eighth party   Leader James Tien Gary Fan Party Liberal Neo Democrats Alliance Pro-Beijing Pan-democracy Last election 0 seat, 8.0% new Seats before 0 0 Seats won 1 1 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 31,016 31,016 Percentage 6.7% 6.2% Swing 1.3% N/A
Party with most votes in each District Council Constituency.

Overall results

Before election:

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5	2
Pan-democracy	Pro-Beijing

Change in composition:

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6	3
Pan-democracy	Pro-Beijing

Party			Seats	Seats change	Contesting list(s)	Votes	%	% change
		Democratic	1	−1	3	68,185	14.7	−9.1
		LSD	1	0	1	48,295	10.4	−2.0
		Labour	1	+1	1	40,967	9.5	N/A
		People Power	1	0	1	38,042	8.2	N/A
		Civic	1	0	1	72,185	7.1	−4.0
		Neo Democrats	1	+1	1	28,621	6.2	N/A
		Independent	0	0	2	8,906	1.9	N/A
Pro-democracy camp			6	+1	10	264,452	56.9	+0.3
		DAB	2	0	2	87,116	18.2	−10.2
		Liberal	1	+1	1	31,016	6.7	−1.3
		FTU	0	0	1	24,458	5.3	N/A
		Civil Force	0	0	1	23,988	5.2	−0.5
		Economic Synergy	0	0	1	5,717	1.2	N/A
		Independent	0	0	1	24,594	5.3	N/A
Pro-Beijing camp			3	+1	7	196,889	42.4	−0.8
		Independent	0	0	2	3,404	0.7	N/A
Turnout:						464,745	53.4

Candidates list

Legislative Election 2012: New Territories East
List		Candidates	Votes	%	±
	LSD	Leung Kwok-hung	48,295	10.39	−2.01
	DAB	Elizabeth Quat Chong Yuen-tung, Li Sai-wing, Philip Li Ka-leung, Tung Kin-lei, Ki Lai-mei, Wong Ping-fan	46,139	9.93	N/A
	DAB	Chan Hak-kan Lau Kwok-fan, Wong Pik-kiu, Larm Wai-leung, Clement Woo Kin-man, Yiu Ming	40,977	8.82	−19.58
	Labour	Cheung Chiu-hung Kwok Wing-kin	39,650	8.53	N/A
	People Power (Frontier)	Raymond Chan Chi-chuen Erica Yuen Mi-ming	38,042	8.19	N/A
	Democratic	Emily Lau Wai-hing Ricky Or Yiu-lam, Ricky Lam Siu-ching, Frankie Lam Wing-yin	37,039	7.97	−1.23
	Civic	Ronny Tong Ka-wah Alvin Yeung Nhok-kiu	32,753	7.05	−4.05
	Liberal	James Tien Pei-chun Selina Chow Liang Shuk-yee, Leung Chi-wai, Liu Kwok-wah	31,016	6.67	−1.33
	Neo Democrats	Gary Fan Kwok-wai Yam Kai-bong, Shirley Ho Suk-ping, Leung Li, Kwan Wing-yip, Michael Yung Ming-chau, Frankie Lam Siu-chung	28,621	6.16	N/A
	Independent	Christine Fong Kwok-shan	24,594	5.29	N/A
	FTU	Ip Wai-ming, Wong Wang-to, Ching Ngon-lai, Kan Siu-kei, Kent Tsang King-chung, Cheung Kwok-wo	24,458	5.26	N/A
	Civil Force (New Forum)	Scarlett Pong Oi-lan, Lanny Tam, Law Kwong-keung, Chan Kwok-tim, So Chun-man, Lam Chung-yan, Leung Ka-fai, Chan Man-kuen, Tang Wing-cheong	23,988	5.16	−0.54
	Democratic	Wong Sing-chi, Law Sai-yan	21,118	4.54	−7.66
	Democratic	Richard Tsoi Yiu-cheong, Au Chun-wah, Mak Yun-pui, Kwong Mei-na	10,028	2.16	N/A
	Nonpartisan	Pong Yat-ming	6,031	1.30	N/A
	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-sang	5,717	1.23	N/A
	Independent	Raymond Ho Man-kit	2,875	0.62	N/A
	Nonpartisan	Chan Kwok-keung	2,327	0.50	N/A
	Independent	Angel Leung On-kay	1,077	0.23	N/A
Turnout			464,745	53.37	+9.12

Results by districts

List		Leading Candidates	North	Tai Po	Sai Kung	Sha Tin	Total
	LSD	Leung Kwok-hung	11.17	10.62	9.60	10.46	10.39
	FTU	Ip Wai-ming	5.87	5.07	5.39	5.02	5.26
	Democratic	Emily Lau	4.66	6.37	9.15	9.30	7.97
	Independent	Angel Leung	0.27	0.27	0.18	0.23	0.23
	Civil Force	Scarlett Pong	1.48	1.74	3.33	9.28	5.16
	DAB	Elizabeth Quat	3.78	3.86	12.65	13.41	9.93
	People Power	Raymond Chan Chi-chuen	8.82	9.19	7.34	8.01	8.19
	Economic Synergy	Yau Wing-kwong	0.83	3.89	0.64	0.61	1.23
	DAB	Gary Chan	22.34	17.24	3.08	3.12	8.82
	Labour	Fernando Cheung	8.36	9.32	6.46	9.54	8.53
	Democratic	Richard Tsoi	0.85	3.38	0.87	2.96	2.16
	Neo Democrats	Gary Fan	3.26	8.80	8.41	4.83	6.16
	Liberal	James Tien	8.22	6.56	4.80	7.23	6.67
	Democratic	Wong Sing-chi	11.70	2.83	2.38	3.66	4.54
	Civic	Ronny Tong	4.58	7.20	6.92	8.08	7.05
	Independent	Raymond Ho	0.19	0.18	1.81	0.25	0.62
	Nonpartisan	Pong Yat-ming	1.41	1.39	1.03	1.38	1.30
	Independent	Christine Fong	1.71	1.76	15.60	1.96	5.29
	Nonpartisan	Chan Kwok-keung	0.49	0.34	0.36	0.66	0.50

Opinion polling

Main article: Opinion polling for the 2012 Hong Kong legislative election in New Territories East

See also

• Legislative Council of Hong Kong
• Hong Kong legislative elections
• 2012 Hong Kong legislative election