2008 Hong Kong legislative election in New Territories West

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2008 Hong Kong legislative election in New Territories West

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All 8 New Territories West seats to the Legislative Council
  First party Second party Third party
  Lee Wing Tat.jpg Tam Yau Chung.jpg Leung Yiu Chung.jpg
Leader Lee Wing-tat, Albert Ho & Cheung Yin-tung Tam Yiu-chung Leung Yiu-chung
Party Democratic DAB NWSC
Alliance Pan-democracy Pro-Beijing Pan-democracy
Last election 2 seats, 26.9% 2 seats, 24.9% 1 seat, 12.7%
Seats before 2 2 1
Seats won 2 2 1
Seat change Steady Steady Steady
Popular vote 92,600 92,037 42,441
Percentage 23.2% 23.1% 10.7%
Swing Decrease3.7% Decrease1.8% Decrease2.0%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
  Metal workers' protest in Hong Kong (Aug 2007) - 2007-08-14 15h41m08s DSC07129.JPG Wong Kwok Hing.jpg Albert Chan Wai Yip.jpg
Leader Lee Cheuk-yan Wong Kwok-hing Albert Chan
Party CTU FTU LSD
Alliance Pan-democracy Pro-Beijing Pan-democracy
Last election 1 seat, 9.9% Did not contest 1 seat, 7.8%
Seats before 1 0 1
Seats won 1 1 1
Seat change Steady Increase1 Steady
Popular vote 42,366 35,991 32,182
Percentage 10.6% 9.0% 8.1%
Swing Decrease0.7% N/A Increase0.3%

2008 LegCo Election New Territories West.svg
Party with most votes in each District Council Constituency.

These are the New Territories West results of the 2008 Hong Kong legislative election. The election was held on 7 September 2008 and all 8 seats in New Territories West, which consists of Tsuen Wan District, Tuen Mun District, Yuen Long District, Kwai Tsing District and Islands District, were contested. All the incumbents were elected except for Selina Chow of the Liberal Party, which was succeeded by Wong Kwok-hing of the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions who contested in the constituency for the first time.

Overall results[]

Before election:

5 3
Pan-democracy Pro-Beijing

Change in composition:

5 3
Pan-democracy Pro-Beijing
Party Seats Seats
change
Contesting
list(s)
Votes % %
change
Democratic 2 0 3 92,600 23.2 −3.7
NWSC 1 0 1 42,441 10.7 −2.0
CTU 1 0 1 42,366 10.6 −0.7
LSD 1 0 1 32,182 8.1 +0.3
Civic 0 0 1 27,910 7.0 N/A
ADPL 0 0 1 6,771 1.7 –1.4
Pro-democracy camp 5 0 8 244,270 61.3 +0.8
DAB 2 0 1 92,037 23.1 −1.8
FTU 1 +1 1 35,991 9.0 N/A
Liberal 0 –1 1 21,570 5.4 –5.5
Independent 0 0 1 1,720 0.4 N/A
Pro-Beijing camp 3 0 4 151,318 38.0 +5.7
Independent 0 0 2 2,704 0.6 N/A
Turnout: 398,292 42.5

Candidates list[]

Legislative Election 2008: New Territories West[1]
List Candidates Votes % ±
DAB Tam Yiu-chung, Cheung Hok-ming
Leung Che-cheung, Chan Han-pan, Lung Shui-hing, Leung Kar-ming, Andy Lo Kwong-shing, Lui Kin
92,037 23.1
(12.50+10.61)
−1.77
Democratic Lee Wing-tat
Wong Suet-ying, Lam Siu-fat, Cheung Wai-mei, Lam Lap-chi
45,767 11.5 −1.99
NWSC Leung Yiu-chung
Wong Yun-tat
42,441 10.7 −2.04
CTU Lee Cheuk-yan
Tam Chun-yin
42,366 10.6 +0.73
Democratic Ho Chun-yan
Hui Chi-fung, Lo Man-hon
36,764 9.2 −4.25
FTU (DAB) Wong Kwok-hing
Alice Mak Mei-kuen, Marina Tsang Tze-kwan, Tsui Fan, Dennis Leung Tsz-wing, Tang Ka-piu, Yiu Kwok-wai, Manwell Chan
35,991 9.0 N/A
LSD Albert Chan Wai-yip 32,182 8.1 +0.27
Civic Fernando Cheung Chiu-hung, Sumly Chan Yuen-sum, Wong Ka-wa 27,910 7.0 N/A
Liberal Selina Chow Liang Shuk-yee, Chow Wing-kan 21,570 5.4 −5.48
Democratic Cheung Yin-tung, Kwong Chun-yu 10,069 2.5 N/A
ADPL Tandon Lai Chaing, Yeung Chi-hang 6,771 1.7 −1.44
Independent Chow Ping-tim 1,720 0.4 +0.03
Blue Intelligent Union Leung Suet-fong, Thapa Komal 1,366 0.3 N/A
Nonpartisan Yuen Wai-chung 1,338 0.3 N/A
Total valid votes 398,292 100.00
Rejected ballots 2,427
Turnout 400,719 42.49 −10.99
Registered electors 943,161

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "2008 Legislative Election". Electoral Affairs Commission. 2008-09-08. Archived from the original on 2012-06-16. Retrieved 2012-03-09.
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