2008 Hong Kong legislative election in Kowloon West
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These are the Kowloon West results of the 2008 Hong Kong legislative election. The election was held on 7 September 2008 and all 5 seats in Kowloon West where consisted of Yau Tsim Mong District, Sham Shui Po District and Kowloon City District were contested. Starry Lee replaced Jasper Tsang who contested the Hong Kong Island stood for the largest pro-Beijing party Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong. Wong Yuk-man of the newly established League of Social Democrats became the pan-democrat who received the most votes. Pro-Beijing independent, Priscilla Leung also won the last seat, beating Civic Party's Claudia Mo.
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 Party with most votes in each District Council Constituency. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Overall results
editBefore election:
| 3 | 1 |
| Pan-democracy | Pro-Beijing |
Change in composition:
| 3 | 2 |
| Pan-democracy | Pro-Beijing |
| Party | Seats | Seats change |
Contesting list(s) |
Votes | % | % change | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LSD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 37,553 | 18.2 | N/A | ||
| ADPL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 35,440 | 17.2 | −3.3 | ||
| Democratic | 1 | 0 | 1 | 29,690 | 14.4 | –12.2 | ||
| Civic | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17,259 | 8.4 | N/A | ||
| SDA | 0 | 0 | 1 | 591 | 0.3 | N/A | ||
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12,446 | 6.0 | N/A | ||
| Pro-democracy camp | 3 | 0 | 8 | 132,979 | 64.4 | –7.7 | ||
| DAB | 1 | 0 | 1 | 39,013 | 18.9 | –8.2 | ||
| Liberal | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13,011 | 6.3 | N/A | ||
| Independent | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20.990 | 10.2 | N/A | ||
| Pro-Beijing camp | 2 | 0 | 4 | 73,014 | 35.3 | +8.2 | ||
| Independent or others | 0 | 0 | 1 | 590 | 0.3 | N/A | ||
| Turnout: | 206,583 | 47.2 | ||||||
Candidates list
edit| Legislative Election 2008: Kowloon West[1] | |||||
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| List | Candidates | Votes | Of total (%) | ± from prev. | |
| DAB | Starry Lee Wai-king Chung Kong-mo, Chan Wai-ming, Vincent Cheng Wing-shun |
39,013 | 18.9 | −8.2 | |
| LSD | Wong Yuk-man Lee Wai-yee |
37,553 | 18.2 | N/A | |
| ADPL | Frederick Fung Kin-kee Rosanda Mok Ka-han, Tsung Po-shan, Wong Chi Yung, Yeung Chun-yu |
35,440 | 17.2 | −3.3 | |
| Democratic | James To Kun-sun Lam Ho-yeung |
29,690 | 14.4 | −12.2 | |
| Nonpartisan | Priscilla Leung Mei-fun Edward Leung Wai-keun, Aaron Lam Ka-fai |
19,914 | 9.6 | N/A | |
| Civic | Claudia Mo Man-ching, Ng Yuet-lan, Tang Chi-ying | 17,259 | 8.4 | N/A | |
| Liberal | Michael Tien Puk-sun, Ho Hin-ming | 13,011 | 6.3 | N/A | |
| Nonpartisan | Lau Chin-shek | 10,553 | 5.1 | N/A | |
| Independent | Tam Hoi-pong | 1,603 | 0.8 | N/A | |
| Nonpartisan | Francis Chong Wing-charn | 1,076 | 0.5 | N/A | |
| SDA | James Lung Wai-man, Bantawa Sukra | 591 | 0.3 | N/A | |
| Nonpartisan | Lam Yi-lai | 590 | 0.3 | N/A | |
| Nonpartisan | Lau Yuk-shing, Nandeed Cheung Kit-fung, David Tsui | 290 | 0.1 | N/A | |
| Total valid votes | 206,583 | 100.00 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 1,182 | ||||
| Turnout | 207,765 | 47.18 | −7.56 | ||
| Registered electors | 440,335 | ||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "2008 Legislative Election". Electoral Affairs Commission. 8 September 2008. Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 9 March 2012.