1998 Hong Kong legislative election in Kowloon East

These are the Kowloon East results of the 1998 Hong Kong legislative election. The election was held on 24 May 1998 and all 3 seats in Kowloon East where consisted of Wong Tai Sin District and Kwun Tong District were contested. The Szeto Wah-led Democratic Party won two seats, with Fred Li got elected, while Chan Yuen-han of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong was also elected.

1998 Hong Kong legislative election in Kowloon East

24 May 1998 (1998-05-24) 2000 →

All 3 Kowloon East seats to the Legislative Council
  First party Second party
 
Leader Szeto Wah Chan Yuen-han
Party Democratic DAB
Alliance Pro-democracy Pro-Beijing
Seats won 2 1
Popular vote 145,986 109,296
Percentage 55.8% 41.8%

Overall results

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After election:

2 1
Pro-democracy Pro-Beijing
Party Seats Contesting
list(s)
Votes %
Democratic 2 1 145,986 55.8
DAB 1 1 109,296 41.8
Independent or others 0 1 6,339 2.4
Turnout: 261,621 54.4

Candidates list

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Legislative Election 1998: Kowloon East[1]
List Candidates Votes Of total (%) ± from prev.
Democratic Szeto Wah, Fred Li Wah-ming
Mak Hoi-wah
145,986 55.80
(33.33+22.47)
DAB Chan Yuen-han
Kwok Bit-chun, Lam Man-fai
109,296 41.78
(33.33+8.45)
Nonpartisan Fok Pui-yee 6,339 2.42
Total valid votes 261,621 100.00
Rejected ballots 1,679
Turnout 263,300 54.41
Registered electors 483,875

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Legco election overall result".