2003 Hong Kong local elections

none December 2018 December 2018 2003 Hong Kong local elections Hong Kong parliamentary no 1999 Hong Kong local elections 1999 2007 Hong Kong local elections 2007 All Elected Constituencies400 (of the 529) seats in all 18 Districts Councils 23 November 2003 2,973,612 4.98% 1,066,373 (44.10%) 8.28pp 150x150px Tsang Yok-sing Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong Pro-Beijing 81 seats, 23.53% 62 21 241,202 22.94% 0.59pp 150x150px Yeung Sum Democratic Party (Hong Kong) Pro-democracy 86 seats, 24.85% 95 17 223,675 21.27% 3.57pp 150x150px Frederick Fung Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood Pro-democracy 19 seats, 4.70% 25 4 53,264 5.07% 0.36pp 150x150px Lau Kong-wah Civil Force Pro-Beijing 11 seats, 2.42% 17 3 25,720 2.45% 0.02pp 150x150px James Tien Liberal Party (Hong Kong) Pro-Beijing 15 seats, 3.42% 14 1 29,108 2.77% 0.65pp Ambrose Lau Hong Kong Progressive Alliance Pro-Beijing 16 seats, 2.65% 13 5 29,091 2.77% 0.12pp 150x150px Emily Lau The Frontier (Hong Kong) Pro-democracy 4 seats, 1.16% 6 1 25,349 2.41% 1.25pp 150x150px Leung Yiu-chung Neighbourhood and Worker's Service Centre Pro-democracy 2 seats, 0.41% 4 1 14,146 1.35% 0.94pp 150x150px Johnny Mak Yuen Long Tin Shui Wai Democratic Alliance Pro-democracy New party 4 2 8,418 0.80% N/A 2003DCelectionmap.svg 400px Map of the winning party by constituency The 2003 Hong Kong District Council elections were held on 23 November 2003 for all 18 districts of Hong Kong, 400 members from directly elected constituencies out of total 529 council members. It was the second District Council election after the handover of Hong Kong in 1997. The election was historically significant as it was the first election came after the controversies over the legislation of the Hong Kong Basic Law Article 23 and the large-scale July 1 protests in mid-2003 against the unpopular Tung Chee-hwa administration. The election saw the devastating defeat of the pro-government pro-Beijing camp. The pro-Beijing flagship party Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong (DAB) received the largest defeat in the elections, only 62 of the 206 of its candidates were elected. The party's heavyweights, Yeung Yiu-chung, Lau Kong-wah and Ip Kwok-him all lost their seats to the pro-democracy challengers, with Ip lost his longtime base of Kwun Lung to Cyd Ho of The Frontier. Choy So-yuk also faced challenge from Leung Kwok-hung of April Fifth Action, only retained her seat with narrow margin. DAB chairman Tsang Yok-sing resigned for the party's defeat after the election, and subsequently was replaced by Ma Lik. The pro-democracy camp received overall success, with Democratic Party winning the most of 95 seats. After the election, Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa appointed 102 pro-government members to the District Councils to dilute the influence of the pro-democrats and retained control of some of the councils. Overview Before the elections were held, media had speculated the effect of the controversy over the legislation of the Hong Kong Basic Law Article 23 to the pro-Beijing camp. With the surge of popularity after the 2003 July 1 protests, the pro-democrats managed to present a united platform in the District Council election. More than two hundred candidates form all pro-democracy parties and groups supported the direct election of the Chief Executive by 2007; direct elections of all seats of the Legislative Council by 2008; the initiation of public consultations on political reforms by the government before the end of 2003; and the abolition of all appointed seats to the District Councils after the November 2003 elections.The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in Its First Decade Joseph Y. S. Cheng City University of HK Press 2007 42–3 The pro-democrat candidates challenged the heavyweights of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong (DAB), the flagship pro-government party in many constituencies, including the party vice-chairman Ip Kwok-him's Kwun Lung, Choy So-yuk's Kam Ping, Yeung Yiu-chung's Mei Foo South and Lau Kong-wah's Kam To.【蘋話當年】2003年民建聯區選大敗 曾鈺成辭任主席 http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/realtime/news/20141124/53126626 Apple Daily 24 November 2014 Lau Kong-wah stood in Kam To, challenging Democratic Party's Shirley Ho Suk-ping. As Lau was the Legislative Councillor for New Territories East, pro-democrats saw Kam To as a crucial target. Icons like Audrey Eu, Alan Leong and Cheung Man-kwong took turns campaigning for Shirley Ho. Standing in the traditional Hokkien community Kam Ping, Choy so-yuk faced the challenged from Leung Kwok-hung of the April Fifth Action, while The Frontier's Cyd Ho stood in Kwun Lung against Ip Kwok-him. Both Ho and Ip were members of the Legislative Council, while Ip chaired the Legco committee on the national security bill. Ho was supported by Article 45 Concern Group's Ronny Tong and Ip was supported by the DAB chairman Tsang Yok-sing. An unprecedented record of 44 percent, in total of 1.06 millions voters cast their vote in the election. In result, Yeung Yiu-chung, Lau Kong-wah and Ip Kwok-him were all defeated by the pro-democrats while Choy So-yuk retained her seat with narrow margin. The pro-democracy flagship party Democratic Party became the clear winner by winning the most number of 95 seats. Cyd Ho's Civic Act-up which was established after the July 1 protest also captured three seats in the Wan Chai District Council and was able to control the council for the first time with the other independent councillors. Only 62 of the 206 DAB candidates were elected, which became the worst defeat in DAB's history. Tsang Yok-sing took responsibility for the electoral setback and resigned his chairman post. He claimed that the defeat was due to the DAB's unfortunate "Tung loyalist" public image. Results General outcome Summary of the 23 November 2003 District Councils of Hong Kong election results |- ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" colspan=3 |Political Affiliation ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Popular vote ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |% ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |%± ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Standing ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Elected ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |± |- | style="background-color:pink;border-bottom-style:hidden;" rowspan="10" | | width=1px style="background-color: Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong" | | style="text-align:left;" |Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong | 241,202 || 22.94 || 0.59 || 200 || 62 || 21 |- | width=1px style="background-color: Civil Force" | | style="text-align:left;" |Civil Force | 25,720 || 2.45 || 0.02 || 22 || 17 || 3 |- | width=1px style="background-color: Liberal Party (Hong Kong)" | | style="text-align:left;" |Liberal Party | 29,108 || 2.77 || 0.65 || 27 || 14 || 1 |- | width=1px style="background-color: Hong Kong Progressive Alliance" | | style="text-align:left;" |Hong Kong Progressive Alliance | 29,091 || 2.77 || 0.05 || 23 || 13 || 5 |- |style="background-color: #E50500"| | style="text-align:left;" | Wan Chai Community Union | 1,189 || 0.11 || - || 1 || 1 || - |- | width=1px style="background-color: Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions" | | style="text-align:left;" |Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions | 2,766 || 0.26 || 0.13 ||| 3 || 0 || - |- |style="background-color: #FF8C00"| | style="text-align:left;" | New Youth Forum | 1,314 ||0.12 || - || 2 || 0 || - |- |style="background-color: New Century Forum"| | style="text-align:left;" | New Century Forum | 833 || 0.08 || - || 1 || 0 || - |- |style="background-color: Federation of Hong Kong and Kowloon Labour Unions"| | style="text-align:left;" | Federation of Hong Kong and Kowloon Labour Unions | - || - || - || 1 || 1 || - |- | width=1px style="background-color: Independent politician" | | style="text-align:left;" | Independent and others | 156,827 || 14.92 || - || 136 || 92 || 6 |- |- style="background-color:Pink" | colspan=3 style="text-align:left;" | Total for pro-Beijing camp || 489,889 || 46.48 || 0.97 || 417||201 || 28 |- | style="background-color:lightgreen;border-bottom-style:hidden;" rowspan="13"| | width=1px style="background-color: Democratic Party (Hong Kong)" | | style="text-align:left;" |Democratic Party |223,675 || 21.27 || 3.57 || 120 || 95 || 17 |- | width=1px style="background-color: Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood" | | style="text-align:left;" |Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood | 53,264 || 5.07 || 0.36 || 37 || 25 || 4 |- |style="background-color: The Frontier (Hong Kong)"| | style="text-align:left;" |Frontier | 25,349 || 2.41 || 1.25 || 14 || 6 || 1 |- | width=1px style="background-color: Neighbourhood and Workers' Service Centre" | | style="text-align:left;" |Neighbourhood and Worker's Service Centre | 14,146 || 1.35 || 0.94 || 5 || 4 || 1 |- | width=1px style="background-color: Yuen Long Tin Shui Wai Democratic Alliance" | | style="text-align:left;" |Yuen Long Tin Shui Wai Democratic Alliance | 8,418 || 0.80 || - || 6 || 4 || 2 |- | width=1px style="background-color: Civic Act-up" | | style="text-align:left;" |Civic Act-up | 5,170 || 0.49 || - || 5 || 3 || 3 |- | width=1px style="background-color: Central and Western Democratic Power" | | style="text-align:left;" |Central and Western Democratic Power | 5,748 || 0.55|| - || 4 || 2 || - |- | width=1px style="background-color: Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions" | | style="text-align:left;" |Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions | 4,032 || 0.38 || - || 3 || 2 || 2 |- |style="background-color: #1c41e0"| | style="text-align:left;" | Yuen Long Democratic Alliance | 1,489 || 0.14 || - || 1 || 1 || - |- | width=1px style="background-color: #FF7312" | | style="text-align:left;" |7.1 People Pile | 2,888 || 0.27 || - || 3 || 0|| - |- | width=1px style="background-color: April Fifth Action" | | style="text-align:left;" |April Fifth Action | 1,149 || 0.11 || - || 1 || 0 || - |- | width=1px style="background-color: Citizens Party (Hong Kong)" | | style="text-align:left;" |Citizens Party | 361 || 0.03 || 0.22 || 1 || 0 || 1 |- | width=1px style="background-color: Independent politician" | | style="text-align:left;" | Independent democrats | 130,453 || 12.41 || - || 87 || 56 || 8 |- style="background-color:LightGreen" | colspan=3 style="text-align:left;" | Total for pro-democracy camp || 477,596 || 45.54 || 10.29 || 288 || 198 || 38 |- |- style="background-color:#DDDDDD;" | colspan=3 style="text-align:left;" |Independent and others | 83,939 || 7.98 || - || 132 || 1 || - |- |style="text-align:left;background-color:#E9E9E9" colspan="3"|Total (turnout 44.10%) |width="75" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"| 1,051,424 |width="30" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"|100.0 |style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"|- |style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"|837 |style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"|400 |style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"|10 |} Results by district Council Previouscontrol Previousparty Post-electioncontrol Largestparty DP DABADPLCF Lib PA TF/CA Others Pro-dem Pro-Beijing Appointed& ex officio Composition Details Central & Western Pro-Beijing DPHK Pro-Beijing DPHK6 1 2 2 4 9 6 4 70 19 9 Green 6 Red 4 FireBrick Details Wan Chai Pro-Beijing DABHK NOC CAU 2 1 3 5 7 4 3 70 14 7 Green 4 Red 3 FireBrick Details Eastern Pro-Beijing DABHK Pro-Beijing DABHK 612 1 1 17 12 24 9 70 46 12 Green 1 Gray 24 Red 9 FireBrick Details Southern Pro-Beijing DPHK Pro-Beijing DPHK 2 1 2 12 2 15 4 70 21 2 Green 15 Red 4 FireBrick Details Yau Tsim Mong Pro-Beijing DPHK Pro-Beijing DPHK4 2 3 7 9 7 4 70 20 9 Green 7 Red 4 FireBrick Details Sham Shui Po Pro-democracy HKADPL Pro-democracy HKADPL 2 113 5 17 4 5 70 26 17 Green 4 Red 5 FireBrick Details Kowloon City Pro-Beijing PA Pro-Beijing DPHK7 2 3 3 1 6 12 10 5 70 27 12 Green 10 Red 5 FireBrick Details Wong Tai Sin Pro-Beijing DABHK Pro-Beijing DABHK 45 2 1 2 11 13 12 6 70 31 13 Green 12 Red 6 FireBrick Details Kwun Tong Pro-Beijing DPHK Pro-Beijing DPHK9 4 1 20 20 14 8 70 42 20 Green 14 Red 8 FireBrick Details Tsuen Wan Pro-Beijing DPHK Pro-Beijing DPHK5 1 1 1 9 11 6 5+2 70 24 11 Green 6 Red 7 FireBrick Details Tuen Mun Pro-Beijing DPHK Pro-Beijing DABHK99 4 1 6 14 15 7+1 70 37 14 Green 15 Red 8 FireBrick Details Yuen Long Pro-Beijing DABHK Pro-Beijing DABHK 24 1 1 21 7 22 7+6 70 42 7 Green 22 Red 13 FireBrick Details North Pro-Beijing DPHK Pro-Beijing DPHK8 5 3 10 6 5+4 70 25 10 Green 6 Red 9 FireBrick Details Tai Po Pro-Beijing DPHK Pro-Beijing DPHK7 3 2 1 6 9 10 5+2 70 26 9 Green 10 Red 7 FireBrick Details Sai Kung Pro-Beijing DABHK Pro-Beijing DABHK44 3 4 5 8 12 5+2 70 27 8 Green 12 Red 7 FireBrick Details Sha Tin Pro-Beijing Civil Force Pro-Beijing Civil Force 7 2 14 1 1 2 9 14 22 9+1 70 45 14 Green 21 Red 10 FireBrick Details Kwai Tsing Pro-democracy DPHK Pro-democracy DPHK11 1 1 1 14 23 5 7+1 70 36 23 Green 5 Red 8 FireBrick Details Islands Pro-Beijing DABHK Pro-Beijing DABHK 4 4 1 7 4+8 70 20 1 Green 7 Red 12 FireBrick Details TOTAL95 62 25 17 14 13 10 164 196 202 129 70 529 198 Green 1 Grey 201 Red 129 FireBrick Vote summary right Votes, of total, by camp yes Pro-Beijing 46.48 Red Pro-democrats 45.54 Green right Seats, of total, by camp yes Pro-Beijing 50.25 Red Pro-democrats 49.50 Green Popular vote #ddd 600px 500px DAB Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong 22.94 Democratic Democratic Party (Hong Kong) 21.27 ADPL Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood 5.07 Liberal Liberal Party (Hong Kong) 2.77 PA Hong Kong Progressive Alliance 2.77 Civil Force Civil Force 2.45 Frontier The Frontier (Hong Kong) 2.41 NWSC Neighbourhood and Worker's Service Centre 1.35 Others Independent (politician) 40.31 Seat summary Seats #ddd 600px 500px Democratic Democratic Party (Hong Kong) 23.75 DAB Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong 15.50 ADPL Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood 6.25 Civil Force Civil Force 4.25 Liberal Liberal Party (Hong Kong) 3.50 PA Hong Kong Progressive Alliance 3.25 Frontier The Frontier (Hong Kong) 1.75 NWSC Neighbourhood and Worker's Service Centre 1.00 Others Independent (politician) 40.75 Aftermath In December 2003 after the elections, Tung appointed 21 political party appointees to the District Councils to dilute the influence of the pro-democrats as follows:Frank Ching, "Tsang grooms his kind of political talent", Pg A12, South China Morning Post, 24 June 2008 8 members of the Liberal Party 6 members of the DAB 6 members from the Progressive Alliance 1 from the New Century Forum Professor of politics and sociology at Lingnan University, Dr. Li Pang-kwong said "As in the past, most of the appointees were pro-government or persons without a clear political stance... ensur[ing] that no district council is in the hands of the democrats." A spokesman for the democrats said the appointees "will have an unfair advantage in that they are getting financial support from the government which will help them run for office in future elections."Michael Ng, Tung picks 'dilute' bodies https://web.archive.org/web/20110522074330/http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=&art_id=34268&sid=&con_type=1&d_str=20031229&sear_year=2003 2011-05-22 , The Standard, 29 December 2003 References Category:2003 elections in Asia Category:2003 elections in China Category:2003 in Hong Kong 2003 Category:November 2003 in China