2008 Hong Kong legislative election in Kowloon East

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2008 Hong Kong legislative election in Kowloon East
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All 4 Kowloon East seats to the Legislative Council
  First party Second party
  Li-Wah-ming.jpg Chan Kam Lam.jpg
Leader Fred Li & Wu Chi-wai Chan Kam-lam
Party Democratic DAB
Alliance Pan-democracy Pro-Beijing
Last election 1 seat, 19.2% 1 seat, 18.8%
Seats before 1 1
Seats won 1 1
Seat change Steady Steady
Popular vote 64,489 53,472
Percentage 27.3% 22.6%
Swing Increase8.1% Increase3.8%
  Third party Fourth party
  Wong Kwok Kin.jpg Alan Leong Kah-kit.jpg
Leader Wong Kwok-kin Alan Leong
Party FTU Civic
Alliance Pro-Beijing Pan-democracy
Last election 1 seat, 17.9% 1 seat, 19.1%
Seats before 1 1
Seats won 1 1
Seat change Steady Steady
Popular vote 50,320 39,274
Percentage 21.3% 16.6%
Swing Increase3.4% Decrease2.5%
2008 LegCo Election Kowloon East.svg
Party with most votes in each District Council Constituency.

These are the Kowloon East results of the 2008 Hong Kong legislative election. The election was held on 7 September 2008 and all 4 seats in Kowloon East where consisted of Wong Tai Sin District and Kwun Tong District were contested, after one seat was abolished. The Democratic Party's Fred Li, Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong's Chan Kam-lam and Civic Party's Alan Leong each secured their party's incumbent seat, and Federation of Trade Unions's Wong Kwok-kin replaced retiring Chan Yuen-han.

Overall results[]

Before election:

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3 2
Pan-democracy Pro-Beijing

Change in composition:

↓
2 2
Pan-democracy Pro-Beijing
Party Seats Seats
change 		Contesting
list(s) 		Votes % %
change
Democratic 1 0 2 64,489 27.3 +8.1
Civic 1 0 1 39,274 16.6 −2.5
LSD 0 0 1 28,690 12.1 −2.5
Pro-democracy camp 2 0 4 132,453 56.1 –7.2
DAB 1 0 1 53,472 22.6 +3.8
FTU 1 0 1 50,320 21.3 +3.4
Pro-Beijing camp 2 0 2 103,792 43.9 +7.2
Turnout: 236,245 44.0

Candidates list[]

Legislative Election 2008: Kowloon East[1]
List Candidates Votes % ±
DAB Chan Kam-lam
Joe Lai Wing-ho, Maggie Chan Man-ki, Hung Kam-in 		53,472 22.6 +3.8
FTU Wong Kwok-kin
Chan Yuen-han, Peter Wong Kit-hin, Kan Ming-tung 		50,320 21.3 +3.4
Democratic Fred Li Wah-ming
Kai Ming-wah, Wong Kai-ming, Wong Wai-tag 		48,124 20.4 +1.2
Civic Alan Leong Kah-kit
Yu Kwun-wai, Wong Hok-ming 		39,274 16.6 −2.5
LSD Andrew To Kwan-hang 28,690 12.1 −12.9
Democratic Wu Chi-wai 16,365 6.9 N/A
Total valid votes 236,245 100.00
Rejected ballots 1,691
Turnout 237,936 44.01 −12.45
Registered electors 540,649

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "2008 Legislative Election". Electoral Affairs Commission. 8 September 2008. Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
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