2008 Hong Kong legislative election

none July 2014 July 2014 2008 Hong Kong legislative election Hong Kong parliamentary no 2004 Hong Kong legislative election 2004 List of LegCo members elected in Hong Kong legislative election, 2004 2012 Hong Kong legislative election 2012 members elected All 60 seats to the Legislative Council 31 7 September 2008 Opinion polling for the Hong Kong legislative election, 2008 3,372,007 (GC) 5.14% 1,524,249 (45.20%) 10.44pp 150x150px|Tam Yiu-chung Tam Yiu-chung Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong Pro-Beijing New Territories West 10 seats, 22.73% 10Note: The three candidates represented both DAB and FTU are counted as FTU candidates in this article. 1 347,373 22.92% 0.19pp 150x150px|Albert Ho Albert Ho Democratic Party (Hong Kong) Pan-democracy New Territories West 9 seats, 25.19% 8 1 312,692 20.63% 4.56pp 150x150px|James Tien James Tien Liberal Party (Hong Kong) Pro-Beijing New Territories East (lost seat) 10 seats, 6.72% 7 3 65,622 4.33% 2.39pp 150x150px|Audrey Eu Audrey Eu Civic Party Pan-democracy Hong Kong Island New party 5 1 206,980 13.66% 7.04pp 150x150px|Cheng Yiu-tong Cheng Yiu-tong Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions Pro-Beijing Did not stand 3 seats, 2.97% 4 1 86,311 5.70% 2.73pp 150x150px|Wong Yuk-man Wong Yuk-man League of Social Democrats Pan-democracy Kowloon West New party 3 1 153,390 10.12% N/A 150x150px|Leung Yiu-chung Leung Yiu-chung Neighbourhood and Worker's Service Centre Pan-democracy New Territories West 1 seat, 3.33% 1 42,441 2.80% 0.53pp 150x150px|Lau Chin-shek Lau Chin-shek Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions Pan-democracy Kowloon West(lost seat) 1 seat, 3.95% 1 42,366 2.80% 1.15pp 150x150px|Bruce Liu Bruce Liu Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood Pan-democracy Did not stand 1 seat, 4.22% 1 42,211 2.79% 1.43pp Party control Pro-Beijing camp Party control after election Pro-Beijing camp 400px The 2008 Hong Kong Legislative Council election was held on 7 September 2008Electoral Calendar-international elections world elections for the 4th Legislative Council since the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. There were 60 seats in the 4th Legislative Council, with 30 members elected by geographical constituencies through direct elections, and 30 members by functional constituencies.Electoral Calendar- world elections, US elections, presidential election, world parties Candidates for 14 functional constituency seats were unopposed. The turnout rate was 45 percent with 1.51 million voters casting the ballots, about 10 percent lower than the previous election in 2004. The Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong (DAB) remained the largest single party in the Legislative Council with 13 seats if including the two members of the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions (FTU) while the pro-business Liberal Party suffered a big defeat by losing the two heavyweights, chairman James Tien and vice-chairwoman Selina Chow lost their seats in the New Territories East and the New Territories West. The duo resigned from their party positions and Chow resigned from the Executive Council after the election, which was followed by a great split of the party. In the backdrop of a deteriorating economy and rising inflation, the pro-grassroots parties scored victories as the new pro-democracy party League of Social Democrats (LSD) had their three candidates elected and the FTU also won in two seats in the geographical constituencies. The pro-democracy flagship party Democratic Party retook the second largest party status despite losing one seat to its ally, the new middle-class oriented Civic Party which took two seats in Hong Kong Island with party leader Audrey Eu stood as the second candidate behind party's new face Tanya Chan. The share of the pan-democratic parties' vote among voters dropped from 60 percent in 2004 to 57 percent, which translated into a net loss of two seats compared to the last election. The pan-democrats were elected to a total of 23 seats, 19 seats in the directly elected geographical constituencies, and four seats from the functional constituencies. By virtue of having in excess of one-third of the seats in Legislative Council, their ability to veto constitutional changes remained intact. The pan-democrats' veto power was seen as crucial for the electoral arrangements for the 2012 Legislative Council election, which would take place during this session. Pre-election issues The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress vote in December 2007 to allow universal suffrage by 2017, and full Legislative Council elections by 2020, tempered the debate on universal suffrage. Wary of political parties, the government sought to defer discussion on other highly sensitive issues until October 2008, in the hopes that the election will be void of focus. The election was therefore fought over issues regarding the minimum wage, health care reform, Old Age Allowance, and the future of RTHK. Also, the case surrounding former Housing Director Leung Chin-man served to highlight the issue of systematic checks and balances, and the lack of political scrutiny of government actions. Lack of policy leaves a battle of personalities Chris Yeung Op-ed South China Morning Post 20 August 2008 Commentators, such as Albert Cheng, noted that the fighting between pro-democracy parties was heating up, but forecast few changes in the overall party standings of the new Council. He cited proportional representation as a mechanism, which built in protection for a multi-party system. Seats of power Albert Cheng Op-ed South China Morning Post 30 August 2008 There were some concerns that those seeking the right of abode in Hong Kong felt pressured by lobbyists supporting the DAB. Two advocacy groups echoed abode-seekers' in being bombarded with telephone calls and other pressures to vote for the DAB, or for Regina Ip. Abode families tell of pressure to cast votes for DAB Phyllis Tsang A3 South China Morning Post 3 September 2008 Deputy ministers appointment controversy Political Appointments System Inflation relief measures Foreign domestic helpers in Hong Kong#Waiver controversy Leung Chin-man appointment controversy Leung Chin-man appointment controversy Candidates A total of 142 candidates on 53 lists entered the election via the geographical constituencies,3.37 million electors urged to vote today in Legislative Council Election (with photo) https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/200809/07/P200809070128.htm 2023-02-02 www.info.gov.hk making it the most contested election since the handover of Hong Kong.Introducing the candidates Hong Kong Election Committee http://www.elections.gov.hk/legco2008/eng/introd.html 3 September 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080902152714/http://www.elections.gov.hk/legco2008/eng/introd.html 2 September 2008 dmy-all The candidates of both the pan-democracy and pro-Beijing coalitions stated that they would not allocate the votes within each camp, leading to infighting inside the caucuses.zh:互爭票源勢危 陳偉業李卓人嘆腹背受敵 Ming Pao 4 September 2008 zh Martin Lee and Anson Chan announced that they would not stand, and would endorse other candidates. In addition, some incumbent legislators such as Audrey Eu of the Civic Party and Yeung Sum of the Democratic Party were placed second on their lists in an attempt to get less experienced members of their parties elected.Hong Kong Island candidates http://www.elections.gov.hk/legco2008/chi/pf_gc_hki.html zh Hong Kong Election Committee 3 September 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080902160748/http://www.elections.gov.hk/legco2008/chi/pf_gc_hki.html 2 September 2008 dmy-all Beijing's involvement in the elections was an open secret: its strategy was to elect a new batch of "independent" aspirants with profession backgrounds and without a strong pro-Beijing image, such as Scarlet Pong, and eventual winners Regina Ip and Priscilla Leung. It had hoped they would appeal to the middle class voters and steal votes from the pan-democratic parties.Chris Yeung, "Beijing's hand in polls is more of a ham fist", South China Morning Post, p. A14 (17 September 2008) The functional constituencies were less competitive: 14 out of the 30 seats were uncontested. The Accounting and Architectural, Surveying and Planning functional constituencies were the most contested, with 5 candidates competing in each constituency.Accounting functional constituency zh http://www.elections.gov.hk/legco2008/chi/pf_fc_acc.html Hong Kong Election Committee 3 September 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080903030321/http://www.elections.gov.hk/legco2008/chi/pf_fc_acc.html 3 September 2008 dmy-allArchitecture, Surveying and City Planning functional constituency zh http://www.elections.gov.hk/legco2008/chi/pf_fc_asp.html Hong Kong Election Committee 3 September 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080905121111/http://www.elections.gov.hk/legco2008/chi/pf_fc_asp.html 5 September 2008 dmy-all 45 candidates in total ran for the 16 contested seats.Hong Kong people go to polls for 4th term Legislative Council, People's Daily, 7 September 2008 Retiring incumbents Ten incumbents chose not to run for re-election. Constituency Departing incumbentsParty Hong Kong Island Martin Lee Chu-ming Democratic Party (Hong Kong) Rita Fan Hsu Lai-tai Independent (politician) Anson Chan Fang On-sang Independent (politician) Kowloon East Albert Cheng Jing-han Independent (politician) New Territories East Li Kwok-ying DABHK Insurance Bernard Charnwut Chan The Alliance (Hong Kong) Labour Kwong Chi-kin HKFTU Tourism Howard Young Liberal Party (Hong Kong) Industrial (Second) Lui Ming-wah The Alliance (Hong Kong) Information Technology Sin Chung-kai Democratic Party (Hong Kong) Opinion polling Opinion polling for the Hong Kong legislative election, 2008 thumb|center|800px|22em #5FB04A solid 5px Democratic #1861AC solid 5px DAB #00aeef solid 5px Liberal #7F3F98 solid 5px Civic #FAF400 solid 5px ADPL #E0050D solid 5px LSD #FF0000 solid 5px FTU Results details by LegCo members List of LegCo members elected in Hong Kong legislative election, 2008 400px|thumb|Result by parties and camps thumb|right|350px|Results of the election: the party with the plurality of votes by each polling station. A record number of 3.37 million people registered to vote in the election. The turnout rate was low, at 45% with 1.51 million voters casting ballots.香港第四届立法会选举结果揭晓(名单)_资讯_凤凰网 Commentator Chris Yeung believed that the Liaison Office operated behind the scenes to co-ordinate votes for the pro-Beijing camp. These independents managed to secure seats, but apparently not at the expense of support for the pan-democrats. The Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong remained the largest single party in Council, with 13 seats.Although Wong Kwok Hing ran under the FTU banner in the elections, he is also a member of the DAB. The share of the pan-democratic parties' vote among voters dropped from 60% in 2004 to 57%, which translated into a net loss of 2 seats. The pan-democrats were elected to a total of 23 seats, 19 seats in the directly elected geographical constituencies, and four seats from the functional constituencies. By virtue of having in excess of 1 3 of the seats in LegCo, their ability to veto constitutional changes remained intact. The pan-democrats' veto power were crucial for the electoral arrangements for the 2012 elections, which will take place during this Council. In the backdrop of a deteriorating economy and rising inflation, voters shifted their preferences towards more radical and grass-roots politicians; the electorate's suspicions of collusion between government and big business dealt a blow to the Liberal Party.Christine Loh, "New voices", Insight, South China Morning Post, p. A13, 11 September 2008 The Liberal Party suffered double defeat when Selina Chow and chairman James Tien lost their seats in the New Territories West and New Territories East geographical constituencies respectively. Their bid to secure seats in other constituencies also failed. Tien resigned as the Liberal Party's chairman after his defeat, and Chow resigned both her vice-chairmanship and her seat on the Executive Council of Hong Kong.Ambrose Leung, "Liberals' defeat raises doubt over trade-based seats stance", South China Morning Post, p. A3, 9 September 2008 The election of three members of the League of Social Democrats and four trade-unionists to Legco is set to pose a challenge to the government on welfare and livelihood issues.Gary Cheng, "Radicals and unionists to make life tricky for government", South China Morning Post, p. A6, 9 September 2008 Share of votes of the parties by polling stations: 280px|Democratic Party 280px|Civic Party 280px|League of Social Democrats Democratic Party Civic Party League of Social Democrats 280px|DAB 280px|FTU DAB FTU right|360px Before election: + ↓ 26 34 Pro-democracy Pro-Beijing Change in composition: + ↓ 23 37 Pro-democracy Pro-Beijing Summary of the 7 September 2008 Legislative Council of Hong Kong election results |- ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" rowspan=2 colspan=3 |Parties and allegiances ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" colspan=4 |Geographical constituencies ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" colspan=4 |Functional constituencies ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" rowspan=2 |Totalseats ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" rowspan=2 |± |- ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Votes ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |% ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |±pp ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Seats ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Votes ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |% ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |±pp ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Seats |- |rowspan=4 style="background-color:Pink;border-bottom-style:hidden;"| |style="background-color:Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong"| | style="text-align:left;" |Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong |347,373 |22.92 |0.19 |7 |259 |0.21 |N/A |3 |10 |1 |- |style="background-color:Liberal Party (Hong Kong)"| | style="text-align:left;" |Liberal Party |65,622 |4.33 |2.39 |0 |4,089 |3.34 |1.37 |7 |7 |3 |- |style="background-color:Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions"| | style="text-align:left;" |Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions |86,311 |5.70 |2.73 |2 | – | – | – |2 |4 |1 |- |style="text-align:left;background-color:Independent politician"| | style="text-align:left;" | Pro-Beijing individuals and others |103,162 |6.81 | − |2 |33,633 |27.50 |– |14 |16 |− |-style="background-color:Pink" | style="text-align:left;" colspan=3 |Total for pro-Beijing camp |602,468 |39.75 |2.35 |11 |37,981 |31.06 |1.47 |26 |37 |3 |- |rowspan=10 style="background-color:LightGreen;width:4px;border-bottom-style:hidden;"| |style="background-color:Democratic Party (Hong Kong);width:4px"| | style="text-align:left;" |Democratic Party |312,692 |20.63 |4.56 |7 |41,331 |33.80 |3.15 |1 |8 |1 |- |style="background-color:Civic Party"| | style="text-align:left;" |Civic Party |207,000 |13.66 |7.04 |4 |9,187 |7.51 | |1 |5 |1 |- |style="background-color:League of Social Democrats"| | style="text-align:left;" |League of Social Democrats |153,390 |10.12 |N/A |3 | – | – | – | – |3 |1 |- |style="background-color:Neighbourhood and Worker's Service Centre"| | style="text-align:left;" |Neighbourhood and Worker's Service Centre |42,441 |2.80 |0.53 |1 | – | – | – | – |1 |0 |- |style="background-color:Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions"| | style="text-align:left;" |Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions |42,366 |2.80 |1.15 |1 | – | – | – | – |1 |0 |- |style="background-color:Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood"| | style="text-align:left;" |Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood |42,211 |2.79 |1.43 |1 | – | – | – | – |1 |0 |- |style="background-color:The Frontier (Hong Kong)"| | style="text-align:left;" |The Frontier |33,205 |2.19 |4.70 |1 | – | – | – | – |1 |0 |- |style="background-color:Civic Act-up"| | style="text-align:left;" |Civic Act-up |30,887 |2.04 |0.05 |1 | – | – | – | – |1 |1 |- |style="background-color:Hong Kong Social Workers' General Union"| | style="text-align:left;" |Hong Kong Social Workers' General Union | – | – | – | – |5,334 |4.36 |1.90 |1 |1 |1 |- |style="text-align:left;background-color:Independent politician"| | style="text-align:left;" | Pro-democracy individuals and others |37,515 |2.48 | − |0 |18,276 |14.95 |– |1 |1 |− |-style="background-color:LightGreen" | style="text-align:left;" colspan=3 |Total for pan-democracy camp |901,707 |59.50 |2.94 |19 |74,128 |60.62 |2.19 |4 |23 | 3 |- | bgcolor="Independent politician" | | style="text-align:left;" colspan=2 |Councillors without formal affiliation with any political party |11,304 |0.75 | − |0 |10,173 |8.32 | – |0 |0 |0 |- |style="text-align:left;background-color:#E9E9E9" colspan="3"|Total |width="75" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"|1,515,479 |width="40" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"|100.00 |width="40" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"| |style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"|30 |width="75" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"|122,282 |width="40" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"|100.00 |width="40" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"| |style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"|30 |width="30" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"|60 |style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"|0 |- |style="text-align:left;background-color:#E9E9E9" colspan=13| |- |style="text-align:left;background-color:#E9E9E9" colspan="3"| Valid votes |width="75" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"| 1,515,479 |width="30" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"| 99.42 |width="30" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"| 0.20 |width="30" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9" rowspan="4" | |width="75" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"| 122,282 |width="30" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"| 95.56 |width="30" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"| 0.85 |width="30" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9" colspan="3" rowspan="4" | |- |style="text-align:left;background-color:#E9E9E9" colspan="3"| Invalid votes |width="75" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"| 8,770 |width="30" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"| 0.58 |width="30" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"| 0.20 |width="75" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"| 5,691 |width="30" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"| 4.44 |width="30" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"| 0.85 |- |style="text-align:left;background-color:#E9E9E9" colspan="3"|Votes cast / turnout |width="75" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"|1,524,249 |width="40" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"|45.20 |width="40" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"|10.43 |width="75" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"|127,973 |width="40" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"|60.30 |width="40" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"|9.84 |- |style="text-align:left;background-color:#E9E9E9" colspan="3"|Registered voters |width="75" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"|3,372,007 |width="40" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"|100.00 |width="40" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"|5.14 |width="75" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"|212,227 |width="40" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"|100.00 |width="40" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"|10.32 |- | style="text-align:left;" colspan=13 |Source: Hong Kong government https://web.archive.org/web/20101007204836/http://www.elections.gov.hk/legco2008/eng/result/rs_gc.html 7 October 2010 |} Note: Candidates in 14 functional constituencies were elected uncontested to the Legislative Council. The number of seats for the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions in the geographical constituencies exclude Wong Kwok-hing, Wong Kwok-kin and Pan Pey Chyou, who are also DAB members; figures in parentheses in the pan-democracy and pro-Beijing total percentage exclude all votes of other individuals. Votes summary right|300px|thumb|Ring charts of the election results showing popular vote against seats won, coloured in green (Pro-democracy camp) and red (Pro-Beijing camp) on the left and the party colours on the right. Seats won in the election (outer ring) against number of votes (inner ring). Popular vote #ddd 600px 500px DAB Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong 22.92 Democratic Democratic Party (Hong Kong) 20.63 Civic Civic Party 13.66 LSD League of Social Democrats 10.10 FTU Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions 5.70 Liberal Liberal Party (Hong Kong) 4.33 NWSC Neighbourhood and Worker's Service Centre 2.80 CTU Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions 2.80 ADPL Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood 2.79 Frontier The Frontier 2.19 Civic Act-up #000000 2.04 Others #D3D3D3 10.03 Seat summary Seats #ddd 600px 500px DAB Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong 16.67 Democratic Democratic Party (Hong Kong) 13.33 Liberal Liberal Party (Hong Kong) 11.67 Civic Civic Party 8.33 FTU Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions 6.67 LSD League of Social Democrats 5.00 NWSC Neighbourhood and Worker's Service Centre 1.67 CTU Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions 1.67 ADPL Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood 1.67 Frontier The Frontier 1.67 Civic Act-up #000000 1.67 Independent #D3D3D3 30.00 Incumbents defeated Ten incumbents lost re-election PartyPolitical campNameConstituencyRemarks Civic Pan-democracy Fernando Cheung Chiu-hung New Territories West running for Social Welfare constituency in the last election Pan-democracy Mandy Tam Heung-man Accountancy CTU Pan-democracy Lau Chin-shek Kowloon West Democratic Party (Hong Kong) Pan-democracy Yeung Sum Hong Kong Island placed second of the list FTU Pro-Beijing Chan Yuen-han Kowloon East placed second of the list Liberal Pro-Beijing Selina Chow Liang Suk-yee New Territories West Pro-Beijing James Tien Pei-chun New Territories East Independent Pan-democracy Kwok Ka-ki Medical Pro-Beijing Lam Wai-keung District Council running for Heung Yee Kuk in the last election Candidates lists and results Geographical Constituencies (30 seats) Voting system: Party-list proportional representation with largest remainder method and Hare quota. Results of the Geographical Constituencies Hong Kong Island (香港島) List № Party/Allegiance Candidate(s) Votes Votes % Seat(s) won 1 Liberal Party (Hong Kong) Lam Chui-linWong Kam-chuenNgan Choi-chik 2,166 0.7 2 Civic Act-up Cyd Ho Sau-lan 30,887 9.9 1 3 Democratic Party (Hong Kong) Kam Nai-waiYeung SumTsui Yuen-wa 39,808 12.7 1 4 League of Social Democrats Tsang Kin-shing 10,202 3.3 5 Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong Jasper Tsang Yok-singChoy So-yukChristopher Chung Shu-kunCheung Kwok-kwanChan Hok-fungKwok Wai-keung 60,417 19.3 1 6 Independent politician Myra Sophia Siu Man-wa 1,798 0.6 7 Independent politician Lo Wing-lok 20,523 6.5 8 Civic Party Tanya ChanAudrey Eu Yuet-meeAmy Yung Wing-sheung 82,600 26.4 2 9 Independent politician Regina Ip Lau Suk-yeeLouis Shih Tai-choWong Kin-hingRonald Chan Ngok-pang 61,073 19.5 1 10 Independent politician Joseph Lai Chi-keong 3,955 1.3 TOTAL (Quota: 52,238 votes, 16.67%) 313,429 100.0 6 Kowloon West (九龍西) List № Party/Allegiance Candidate(s) Votes Votes % Seat(s) won 1 Independent politician Francis Chong Wing-charn 1,076 0.5 2 Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong Starry Lee Wai-kingChung Kong-moChan Wai-mingVincent Cheng Wing-shun 39,013 18.9 1 3 SDA James Lung Wai-manBantawa Sukra 591 0.3 4 Democratic Party (Hong Kong) James To Kun-sun Lam Ho-yeung 29,690 14.4 1 5 Civic Party Claudia Mo Man-chingNg Yuet-lanTang Chi-ying 17,259 8.4 6 Independent politician Lam Yi-lai 590 0.3 7 Independent politician Priscilla Leung Mei-funEdward Leung Wai-kuenAaron Lam Ka-fai 19,914 9.6 1 8 League of Social Democrats Raymond Wong Yuk-manLee Wai-yee 37,553 18.2 1 9 Liberal Party (Hong Kong) Michael Tien Puk-sunHo Hin-ming 13,011 6.3 10 Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood Frederick Fung Kin-keeRosanda Mok Ka-hanTsung Po-shanWong Chi YungYeung Chun-yu 35,440 17.2 1 11 Independent politician Lau Chin-shek 10,553 5.1 12 Independent politician Lau Yuk-shingNandeed Cheung Kit-fungDavid Tsui 290 0.1 13 Independent politician Tam Hoi-pong 1,603 0.8 TOTAL(Quota: 41,317 votes, 20.00%) 206,583 100.0 5 Kowloon East (九龍東) List № Party/Allegiance Candidate(s) Votes Votes % Seat(s) won 1 Democratic Party (Hong Kong) Wu Chi-wai 16,365 6.9 2 League of Social Democrats Andrew To Kwan-hang 28,690 12.1 3 Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong Chan Kam-lamJoe Lai Wing-hoMaggie Chan Man-kiHung Kam-in 53,472 22.6 1 4 Civic Party Alan Leong Kah-kitYu Kwun-waiWong Hok-ming 39,274 16.6 1 5 Democratic Party (Hong Kong) Fred Li Wah-mingKai Ming-wahWong Kai-mingWong Wai-tag 48,124 20.4 1 6 Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions Wong Kwok-kinChan Yuen-hanPeter Wong Kit-hinKan Ming-tung 50,320 21.3 1 TOTAL (Quota: 59,061 votes, 25.00%) 236,245 100.0 4 New Territories West (新界西) List № Party/Allegiance Candidate(s) Votes Votes % Seat(s) won 1 Civic Party Fernando Cheung Chiu-hungSumly Chan Yuen-sumWong Ka-wa 27,910 7.0 2 Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions Lee Cheuk-yanTam Chun-yin 42,366 10.6 1 3 Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong Tam Yiu-chungCheung Hok-ming Leung Che-cheungChan Han-panLung Shui-hingLeung Kar-mingAndy Lo Kwong-shingLui Kin 92,037 23.1 2 4 Democratic Party (Hong Kong) Albert Ho Chun-yanHui Chi-fungLo Man-hon 36,764 9.2 1 5 Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood Tandon Lal ChaingYeung Chi-hang 6,771 1.7 6 Independent politician Yuen Wai-chung 1,338 0.3 7 League of Social Democrats Albert Chan Wai-yip 32,182 8.1 1 8 Independent politician Chow Ping-tim 1,720 0.4 9 Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions/DAB Wong Kwok-hingAlice Mak Mei-kuenMarina Tsang Tze-kwanTsui FanDennis Leung Tsz-wingTang Ka-piuYiu Kwok-waiManwell Chan 35,991 9.0 1 10 Democratic Party (Hong Kong) Cheung Yin-tungKwong Chun-yu 10,069 2.5 11 Independent politician Leung Suet-fongThapa Komal 1,366 0.3 12 Liberal Party (Hong Kong) Selina Chow Liang Shuk-yeeChow Wing-kan 21,570 5.4 13 Neighbourhood and Worker's Service CentreLeung Yiu-chungWong Yun-tat 42,441 10.7 1 14 Democratic Party (Hong Kong) Lee Wing-tatWong Suet-yingLam Siu-faiCheung Wai-meiLam Lap-chi 45,767 11.5 1 TOTAL (Quota: 49,787 votes, 12.50%) 398,292 100.0 8 New Territories East (新界東) List № Party/Allegiance Candidate(s) Votes Votes % Seat(s) won 1 Liberal Party (Hong Kong) James Tien Pei-chunTerry Kan Wing-faiChristine Fong Kwok-shan 28,875 8.0 2 Party for Civil Rights and Livelihood Siu See-kongDavid Yung Chiu-wing 1,129 0.3 3 The Frontier (Hong Kong) Emily Lau Wai-hingRicky Or Yiu-lam 33,205 9.2 1 4 Democratic Party (Hong Kong) Nelson Wong Sing-chiMok Siu-lun 44,174 12.2 1 5 League of Social Democrats Leung Kwok-hung 44,763 12.4 1 6 Independent politician Alvin Lee Chi-wing 4,007 1.1 7 Democratic Party (Hong Kong) Andrew Cheng Kar-fooYam Kai-bongShirley Ho Suk-pingLeung LiKwan Wing-yipMichael Yung Ming-chauFrankie Lam Siu-chung 41,931 11.6 1 8 Civic Party Ronny Tong Ka-wahTsang Kwok-fungTsang Kin-chiu 39,957 11.1 1 9 Independent politician Scarlett Pong Oi-lan 20,455 5.7 10 Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong Lau Kong-wahGary Chan Hak-kanMok Kam-kwaiWong Pik-kiuChan Kwok-kaiLau Kwok-fanCalvin Lin Chor-keung 102,434 28.4 2 TOTAL (Quota: 51,561 votes, 14.29%) 360,930 100.0 7 Functional Constituencies (30 seats) Voting systems: Different voting systems apply to different functional constituencies, namely for the Heung Yee Kuk, Agriculture and Fisheries, Insurance and Transport, the preferential elimination system of voting; and for the remaining 24 FCs used the first-past-the-post voting system.http://www.elections.gov.hk/legco2008/eng/facts.html 2008 LegCo Election- Facts about the Election Elections.gov.hk Results of the Functional Constituencies Constituency Incumbent Result Candidate(s) Heung Yee Kuk Lam Wai-keung Incumbent ran for District Council FCLiberal gain Lau Wong-fat (Liberal)uncontested Agriculture and Fisheries Wong Yung-kan(DAB) Incumbent hold Wong Yung-kan (DAB)uncontested Insurance Bernard Charnwut Chan(Alliance) Incumbent retiredNonpartisan gain Chan Kin-por 45.61%Choi Chung-fu 36.84%Chun Chi-yuk 17.55% Transport Miriam Lau Kin-yee(Liberal) Incumbent re-elected Miriam Lau Kin-yee (Liberal) 94.23%Tam Chi-wah 5.77% Education Cheung Man-kwong(PTU/Democratic) Incumbent re-elected Cheung Man-kwong (PTU/Democratic) 71.26%Ho Hon-kuen 23.20%Yu Yee-wah 5.19% Legal Margaret Ng Ngoi-yee(Civic) Incumbent re-elected "Margaret Ng Ngoi-yee (Civic) 53.30%Junius Ho Kwan-yiu (Independent) 46.70% Accountancy Tam Heung-man(Civic) Incumbent lost re-electionIndependent gain Paul Chan Mo-po (Independent) 41.67%Tam Heung-man (Civic) 30.31%Elve Kung Yiu-fai (Independent) 22.95%Wong Wang-tai 4.24%Yim Ting-wai 0.82% Medical Kwok Ka-ki Incumbent lost re-electionNonpartisan gain Leung Ka-lau 32.58%Ho Pak-leung 31.42%Kwok Ka-ki 27.47% Health Services Joseph Lee Kok-longIncumbent re-elected Joseph Lee Kok-long 66.99%Wan Tak-choi (Independent) 33.01% Engineering Raymond Ho Chung-tai(Alliance) Incumbent re-elected Raymond Ho Chung-tai 50.03%Albert Lai Kwong-tak (Civic) 46.47%Raymond Man 3.50% Architectural, Surveying and Planning Patrick Lau Sau-shing(Alliance) Incumbent re-elected Patrick Lau Sau-shing 37.27%Yu Kam-hung 32.37%Stanley Ng Wing-fai (Democratic) 18.57%Chan Yiu-fai 9.99%Chan Chan-fai (Independent) 1.80% Labour (3 seats) Li Fung-ying (FLU)Incumbent re-elected Li Fung-yinguncontested Kwong Chi-kin (FTU) Incumbent retiredFTU hold Ip Wai-ming (FTU)uncontested Wong Kwok-hing (FTU/DAB) Incumbent ran for NTW GCFTU hold Pan Pey-chyou (FTU)uncontested Social Welfare Fernando Cheung Chiu-hung(Civic) Incumbent ran for NTW GCSWGU gain Cheung Kwok-che (SWGU) 66.04%Tik Chi-yuen (Democratic) 33.96% Real Estate and Construction "Abraham Razack" Shek Lai-him(Alliance) Incumbent hold "Abraham Razack" Shek Lai-him (Independent)uncontested Tourism Howard Young(Liberal) Incumbent retiredIndependent gain Paul Tse Wai-chun (Independent) 36.69%Tung Yiu-chung (Liberal) 35.67%Freddy Yip Hing-ning (Independent) 18.46%Paulus Johannes Zimmerman (Civic) 9.17% Commercial (First) Jeffrey Lam Kin-fung(Liberal) Incumbent re-elected Jeffrey Lam Kin-fung (Liberal) 70.24%Markus Joytak Shaw (Independent) 29.76% Commercial (Second) Philip Wong Yu-hong Incumbent hold Philip Wong Yu-honguncontested Industrial (First) Andrew Leung Kwan-yuen(Liberal) Incumbent hold Andrew Leung Kwan-yuen (Liberal)uncontested Industrial (Second) Lui Ming-wah(Alliance) Incumbent retiredNonpartisan gain Lam Tai-faiuncontested Finance David Li Kwok-po Incumbent hold David Li Kwok-pouncontested Financial Services Chim Pui-chung Incumbent hold Chim Pui-chung uncontested Sports, Performing Arts, Culture and Publication Timothy Fok Tsun-ting Incumbent hold Timothy Fok Tsun-tinguncontested Import and Export Wong Ting-kwong(DAB) Incumbent hold Wong Ting-kwong (DAB)uncontested Textiles and Garment Sophie Leung Lau Yau-fun(Liberal) Incumbent re-elected Sophie Leung Lau Yau-fun (Liberal) 63.84%Chung Kwok-pan 36.16% Wholesale and Retail Vincent Fang Kang(Liberal) Incumbent re-elected Vincent Fang Kang (Liberal) 64.73%Chiu Chun-kwok 35.27% Information Technology Sin Chung-kai(Democratic) Incumbent retiredIndependent gain Tam Wai-ho (Independent) 50.44%Charles Peter Mok 49.56% Catering Tommy Cheung Yu-yan(Liberal) Incumbent hold Tommy Cheung Yu-yan (Liberal)uncontested District Council Lau Wong-fat(Liberal) Incumbent ran for Heung Yee Kuk FCDAB gain Ip Kwok-him (DAB) 65.40%Lam Wai-keung 34.60% See also Legislative Council of Hong Kong 2010 Hong Kong by-election Notes n References 30em External links Legislative Council of Hong Kong Electoral Affairs Commission L Category:2008 elections in China Category:2008 in Hong Kong Category:September 2008 in China