2008 Hong Kong legislative election in New Territories East

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2008 Hong Kong legislative election in New Territories East
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All 7 New Territories East seats to the Legislative Council
  First party Second party Third party
  Lau Kong-wah 2014.jpg Nelson Wong Sing Chi (cropped).jpg Leung Kwok-hung 2005.jpg
Leader Lau Kong-wah Wong Sing-chi & Andrew Cheng Leung Kwok-hung
Party DAB Democratic LSD
Alliance Pro-Beijing Pan-democracy Pan-democracy
Last election 2 seats, 22.1% 1 seat, 16.8% 1 seat, 14.1%
Seats before 2 1 1
Seats won 2 2 1
Seat change Steady Increase1 Steady
Popular vote 102,434 86,105 44,763
Percentage 28.4% 23.8% 12.4%
Swing Increase6.3% Increase7.0% Decrease1.7%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
  Ronny Tong Enlarged.jpg Emily Lau cropped.jpg James Tien.jpg
Leader Ronny Tong Emily Lau James Tien
Party Civic Frontier Liberal
Alliance Pan-democracy Pan-democracy Pro-Beijing
Last election 1 seat, 5.6% 1 seat, 5.6% 1 seat, 15.9%
Seats before 1 1 1
Seats won 1 1 0
Seat change Steady Steady Decrease1
Popular vote 39,957 33,205 28,875
Percentage 11.1% 9.2% 8.0%
Swing Increase5.5% Increase3.6% Decrease7.9%
2008 LegCo Election New Territories East.svg
Party with most votes in each District Council Constituency.

These are the New Territories East results of the 2008 Hong Kong legislative election. The election was held on 7 September 2008 and all 7 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 succeeded in holding five seats out of seven seats, with James Tien lost his seat to Wong Sing-chi of the Democratic Party.

Overall results[]

Before election:

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4 3
Pan-democracy Pro-Beijing

Change in composition:

↓
5 2
Pan-democracy Pro-Beijing
Party Seats Seats
change 		Contesting
list(s) 		Votes % %
change
Democratic 2 +1 2 86,105 23.8 +7.0
LSD 1 0 1 44,763 12.4 −1.7
Civic 1 0 1 39,957 11.1 +5.5
Frontier 1 0 1 33,205 9.2 +3.6
Pro-democracy camp 5 +1 5 204,030 56.5 –2.2
DAB 2 0 1 102,434 28.4 +6.3
Liberal 0 –1 1 28,875 8.0 −7.9
Independent 0 0 3 25,591 7.1 N/A
Pro-Beijing camp 3 –1 5 156,900 44.7 +3.4
Turnout: 360,930 44.3

Candidates list[]

Legislative Election 2008: New Territories East[1]
List Candidates Votes % ±
DAB Lau Kong-wah, Chan Hak-kan
Mok Kam-kwai, Wong Pik-kiu, Chan Kwok-kai, Lau Kwok-fan, Calvin Lin Chor-keung 		102,434 28.4
(14.29+14.09) 		+6.26
LSD Leung Kwok-hung 44,763 12.4 −1.74
Democratic Wong Sing-chi
Mok Siu-lun 		44,174 12.2 N/A
Democratic Andrew Cheng Kar-foo
Yam Kai-bong, Shirley Ho Suk-ping, Leung Li, Kwan Wing-yip, Michael Yung Ming-chau, Frankie Lam Siu-chung 		41,931 11.6 N/A
Civic Ronny Tong Ka-wah
Tsang Kwok-fung, Tsang Kin-chiu 		39,957 11.1 N/A
Frontier Emily Lau Wai-hing
Ricky Or Yiu-lam 		33,205 9.2 N/A
Liberal James Tien Pei-chun, Terry Kan Wing-fai, Christine Fong Kwok-shan 28,875 8.0 −7.91
Independent Scarlett Pong Oi-lan 20,455 5.7 N/A
Nonpartisan Alvin Lee Chi-wing 4,007 1.1 N/A
Party for Civil Rights and Livelihood Siu See-kong, David Yung Chiu-wing 1,129 0.3 N/A
Total valid votes 360,930 100.00
Rejected ballots 2,029
Turnout 362,959 44.25 –12.17
Registered electors 820,205

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References[]

  1. ^ "2008 Legislative Election". Electoral Affairs Commission. 8 September 2008. Archived from the original on 16 June 2012. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
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