2012 Hong Kong legislative election in New Territories West

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2012 Hong Kong legislative election in New Territories West
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All 9 New Territories West seats to the Legislative Council
  First party Second party Third party
  Tam Yau Chung.jpg Kwok Ka-ki.jpg Albert Chan Wai Yip, 23 Sept 07, close.JPG
Leader Tam Yiu-chung, Leung Che-cheung & Ben Chan Kwok Ka-ki Albert Chan
Party DAB Civic People Power
Alliance Pro-Beijing Pan-democracy Pan-democracy
Last election 2 seats, 23.1% 0 seat, 7.0% 1 seat, 8.1%
Seats before 2 0 1
Seats won 3 1 1
Seat change Increase1 Increase1 Steady
Popular vote 113,828 72,185 44,355
Percentage 22.8% 14.5% 8.9%
Swing Decrease0.3% Increase7.5% Increase0.8%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
  Leung Yiu Chung.jpg Metal workers' protest in Hong Kong (Aug 2007) - 2007-08-14 15h41m08s DSC07129.JPG Michael Tien Puk Sun.jpg
Leader Leung Yiu-chung Lee Cheuk-yan Michael Tien
Party NWSC Labour NPP
Alliance Pan-democracy Pan-democracy Pro-Beijing
Last election 1 seat, 10.7% 1 seat, 10.6% new
Seats before 1 1 0
Seats won 1 1 1
Seat change Steady Steady Increase1
Popular vote 43,799 40,967 37,808
Percentage 8.8% 8.2% 7.6%
Swing Decrease1.9% Decrease2.4% N/A
  Seventh party Eighth party
  Alice Mak Mei-kuen.png Lee Wing Tat.jpg
Leader Alice Mak Lee Wing-tat
Party FTU Democratic
Alliance Pro-Beijing Pan-democracy
Last election 1 seat, 9.0% 2 seats, 23.2%
Seats before 1 2
Seats won 1 0
Seat change Steady Decrease2
Popular vote 35,239 58,684
Percentage 7.1% 11.8%
Swing Decrease1.9% Decrease11.4%
2012 LegCo Election New Territories West.svg
Party with most votes in each District Council Constituency.

These are the New Territories West results of the 2012 Hong Kong legislative election. The election was held on 9 September 2012 and all 9 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. The Democratic Party suffered a devastating result by losing all two of their seats in the region. The electoral strategy of the Civic Party, the heavyweight Audrey Eu placed second after Kwok Ka-ki in the hope of gaining two seats, produced an extra 70,000 votes but this was still not enough to get Eu into the LegCo. The Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong split three separate lists in order to avoid wasted votes (see largest remainder method). All three DAB lists were elected.

Overall results[]

Before election:

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5 3
Pan-democracy Pro-Beijing

Change in composition:

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4 5
Pan-democracy Pro-Beijing
Party Seats Seats
change 		Contesting
list(s) 		Votes % %
change
Civic 1 +1 1 72,185 14.5 +7.5
Democratic 0 −2 2 58,684 11.8 −11.4
People Power 1 0 1 44,355 8.9 +0.8
NWSC 1 0 1 43,799 8.8 −1.9
Labour 1 0 1 40,967 8.2 −2.4
LSD 0 0 1 9,280 1.9 N/A
Democratic Alliance 0 0 1 2,896 0.6 N/A
Pro-democracy camp 4 –1 8 272,166 54.6 −6.7
DAB 3 +1 3 113,828 22.8 −0.3
NPP 1 +1 1 37,808 7.6 N/A
FTU 1 0 1 35,239 7.1 −1.9
Third Force 0 0 1 16,767 3.4 N/A
Independent 0 0 1 10,805 2.2 N/A
Pro-Beijing camp 5 +2 7 214,447 43.0 +4.7
Independent 0 0 1 11,997 2.4 N/A
Turnout: 232,081 53.3

Candidates list[]

Legislative Election 2012: New Territories West[1]
List Candidates Votes % ±
Civic Kwok Ka-ki
Audrey Eu Yuet-mee 		72,185 14.48
(11.11+3.37) 		+7.48
People Power Albert Chan Wai-yip
Jacqueline Chan So-ling, Raymond Lai, Tong Wing-chi 		44,355 8.90 +0.80
NWSC Leung Yiu-chung
Wong Yun-fat 		43,799 8.78 −1.92
DAB Tam Yiu-chung
Lung Shui-hing, Yip Man-pan, Mo Shing-fung 		43,496 8.72 −14.38
Labour Lee Cheuk-yan
Tam Chun-yin 		40,967 8.22 −2.38
NPP Michael Tien Puk-sun
Clarice Cheung Wai-ching, Wong Cheuk-kin, Ho Kin-cheong 		37,808 7.58 N/A
DAB (NTAS) Chan Han-pan
Poon Chi-shing, Nixie Lam Lam, Chan Chun-chung, Law Kwan, Leung Kar-ming, Tsang Tai 		36,555 7.33 N/A
FTU Alice Mak Mei-kuen
Luk Chung-hung, Manwell Chan, Kot Siu-yuen, Tang Cheuk-him 		35,239 7.07 −1.93
DAB Leung Che-cheung
Tsang Hin-keung, Lui Kin, Christina Maisenne Lee, Wong Wai-ling, Chui Kwan-siu 		33,777 6.77 N/A
Democratic Lee Wing-tat, Lam Lap-chi, Lai King-wai 32,792 6.58 −4.92
Democratic Josephine Chan Shu-ying, Zachary Wong Wai-ying, Li Hung-por, Catherine Wong Lai-sheung, Ho Hang-mui 25,892 5.19 −4.01
Third Force Chan Keung, Ting Yin-wah, So Ka-man, Chow Ping-tim, Tang Ka-leung, Nancy Poon Siu-ping, Raju Gurung 16,767 3.36 N/A
Independent Chan Yut-wah 11,997 2.41 N/A
Independent Ho Kwan-yiu 10,805 2.17 N/A
LSD Tsang Kin-shing 9,280 1.86 N/A
Democratic Alliance Mak Ip-sing 2,896 0.58 N/A
Turnout 498,610 50.73 +8.24

Results by districts[]

List Candidates Tsuen Wan Tuen Mun Yuen Long Kwai Tsing Islands Total
DAB Leung Che-cheung 1.17 2.31 20.34 1.06 6.74 6.77
FTU Alice Mak 5.04 7.78 5.87 8.27 9.26 7.07
Democratic Josephine Chan 2.59 10.70 6.48 1.05 1.75 5.19
People Power Albert Chan 8.72 9.47 9.31 8.09 8.77 8.90
Democratic Alliance Mak Ip-shing 0.15 0.34 1.55 0.20 0.23 0.58
LSD Tsang Kin-shing 1.56 1.98 2.05 1.80 1.61 1.86
Civic Kwok Ka-ki 20.43 14.36 12.43 12.40 17.46 14.48
NPP Michael Tien 11.75 6.43 7.40 6.84 5.59 7.58
Nonpartisan Junius Ho 1.31 2.37 2.06 2.68 1.74 2.17
Independent Chan Yut-wah 2.54 2.35 2.74 2.00 2.67 2.41
NWSC Leung Yiu-chung 8.75 6.16 5.50 14.94 6.73 8.78
DAB Chan Han-pan 17.48 0.99 0.82 12.34 13.27 7.33
Third Force Chan Keung 0.60 3.29 6.29 1.91 4.64 3.36
Democratic Lee Wing-tat 7.43 2.95 2.38 13.33 7.72 6.58
Labour Lee Cheuk-yan 5.92 9.18 10.10 7.22 6.42 8.22
DAB Tam Yiu-chung 4.55 19.33 4.67 5.89 5.39 8.72

Opinion polling[]

Main article: Opinion polling for the 2012 Hong Kong legislative election in New Territories West

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "2012 LegCo Election - Election Results". Electoral Affairs Commission.
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