1998 Hong Kong legislative election

None July 2014 July 2014 1998 Hong Kong legislative election Hong Kong parliamentary no 1996 Hong Kong provisional legislative election 1996 (Provisional) List of LegCo members elected in Hong Kong legislative election, 1996 2000 Hong Kong legislative election 2000 All 60 seats to the Legislative Council 31 elected members 24 May 1998 2,795,371 (GC) 1,489,705 (53.29%) 150x150px|Martin Lee Martin Lee Pan-democracy Democratic Party (Hong Kong) Hong Kong Island 19 seats, 42.26% 13 634,635 42.87% 0.61pp 150x150px|Allen Lee Allen Lee Liberal Party (Hong Kong) Pro-Beijing New Territories East(defeated) 10 seats, 1.64% 10 50,335 3.40% 1.76pp 150x150px|Tsang Yok-sing Tsang Yok-sing Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong Pro-Beijing Kowloon West 6 seats, 15.66% 9 373,428 25.23% 9.57pp Ambrose Lau Hong Kong Progressive Alliance Pro-Beijing Election Committee 1 seat, 2.85% 5 Did not run in GCs N/A N/A 150x150px|Emily Lau Emily Lau The Frontier (Hong Kong) Pan-democracy New Territories East Did not contest 3 148,507 10.03% New party 150x150px|Christine Loh Christine Loh Citizens Party (Hong Kong) Pan-democracy Hong Kong Island Did not contest 1 41,633 2.81% New party Party control Pro-Beijing camp Party control after election Pro-Beijing camp 400px Elected candidates by each constituency The 1998 Hong Kong Legislative Council election was held on 24 May 1998 for members of the 1st Legislative Council of Hong Kong (LegCo) since the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) in 1997. Replacing the Provisional Legislative Council (PLC) strictly controlled by the Beijing government and boycotted by the pro-democracy camp, the elections returned 20 members from directly elected geographical constituencies, 10 seats from the Election Committee constituency and 30 members from functional constituencies, of which 10 were uncontested. Taking the advantage of the proportional representation system installed by Beijing, the pro-Beijing party, the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong (DAB), the weaker side compared to the more developed pro-democratic party, the Democratic Party recorded a clearer increase in the number of seats in the election.79 Patron-Client Politics and Elections in Hong Kong Bruce Kam-kwan Kwong Routledge 2009 The Democratic Party returned to the Legislative Council as the largest party with 13 seats, while the Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood, a pro-democratic party joined. The Beijing-controlled Provisional Legislative Council lost all its seats. Electoral method The electoral method for the first Hong Kong Special Administrative Region was crafted by the Provisional Legislative Council (PLC) installed by the Beijing government during the intense Sino-British confrontation over the democratic reform carried out by the last colonial governor Chris Patten.Power Transfer and Electoral Politics: The First Legislative Election in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Hsin-chi Kuan Chinese University Press 1999 3 According to the Hong Kong Basic Law promulgated by Beijing in April 1990, the first legislature would be composed of 60 members, with 20 members returned by geographical constituencies through direct elections, 10 members returned by an election committee and 30 members returned by functional constituencies. For the geographical constituencies, A proportional representation system was adopted by the SAR government in replacement of the first-past-the-post system introduced in 1995. Under the system Hong Kong was divided into five large districts instead of 20 small ones, with voters in each district choosing three to five persons from candidate lists. It was designed to reward the weaker pro-Beijing candidates and dilute the electoral strength of the majority democrats.Elections and Democracy in Greater China Larry Diamond Ramon H. Myers OUP Oxford 2001 1985–6 For the functional constituencies, the corporate voting was restored after it was abolished in 1995. It reduced the number of eligible voters by almost 90 percent, from over 1.1 million in 1995 to fewer than 140,000 in 1998. There were also vast disparities in the number of eligible voters among the functional constituencies, ranging from highs of approximately 50,000 in the Education constituency to a few hundred or less in the Agriculture and Fisheries Transport, Insurance, Urban Council and Regional Council constituencies. For the election committee, the 10 seats would be elected by the 800-member Election Committee, successor to the 400-member Selection Committee which elected the SAR's first Chief Executive in 1996. The committee was predominantly composed of conservative, pro-Beijing business, industrial and professional elites.Diamond Myers 2001 1986 Campaign The proportional representation system induced the contesting parties to practice strategic voting, effectively turning what would have been otherwise a proportional electoral system into single non-transferable vote, to encourage split voting among their supporters. In New Territories East, Martin Lee's Democratic Party reportedly advised its supporters to split their family members' votes between the Democratic Party and its ally The Frontier to help ensure of a third pro-democracy candidate. In Hong Kong Island, the Democratic Party picked a relatively unknown candidate in the third place of its party list, a move reportedly intended to help Christine Loh of the pro-democratic Citizens Party to finish ahead of the second candidate Ip Kwok-him of the rival pro-Beijing Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong (DAB).Diamond Myers 2001 1985–6 Results details by LegCo members List of LegCo members elected in Hong Kong legislative election, 1998 Overview 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). The results saw the pro-democratic camp once again collectively gain over 60 percent of the popular vote, but their share of directly elected seats shrink form 85 percent (17/20) to 65 percent (14/20), due to the new electoral system. The leading pro-Beijing party, the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong (DAB) which had suffered from the underrepresentation under the single-member plurality system, picked up one seat in each geographical constituency for its 25 percent share of the popular vote.Diamond Myers 2001 1985 The Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood (ADPL), a pro-democratic party joined the Beijing-controlled Provisional Legislative Council lost all its seats, while two other pro-democratic parties, The Frontier and Citizens Party won 3 and 1 seat respectively. The pro-business Liberal Party won most seats in the functional constituencies by taking 9 seats in the trade-based sectors, but failed to win any seat in the geographical constituency direct election. Its chairman Allen Lee could not save his seat in New Territories East which he won in the 1995 election. Some 77,813 voters (65 percent of those eligible) cast votes in the 20 functional constituencies while ten others ran uncontested. Reflecting the built-in conservative bias in the majority of the functional constituencies, pro-government parties and their unaffiliated allies dominated the sectors. Due to the pro-Beijing composition of the Election Committee, the pro-Beijing candidates won all 10 seats in the sector. Overall Summary of the 24 May 1998 Legislative Council of Hong Kong election results |- ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" rowspan=2 colspan=3|Parties ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" colspan=3 |Geographicalconstituencies ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" colspan=3 |Functionalconstituencies ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" rowspan=2 |ECCseats ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" rowspan=2 |Totalseats |- ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Votes ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |% ! 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;" |Seats |- | rowspan=4 style="text-align:left;background-color:Pink;border-bottom-style:hidden;"| | width=1px style="background-color: Liberal Party (Hong Kong)" | | style="text-align:left;" |Liberal Party |50,335 |3.40 |0 |1,316 |1.73 |9 |1 |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 |373,428 |25.23 |5 |293 |0.38 |2 |2 |9 |- | width=1px style="background-color: Hong Kong Progressive Alliance" | | style="text-align:left;" |Hong Kong Progressive Alliance |− |− |− |430 |0.56 |2 |3 |5 |- | width=1px style="background-color: Independent (politician)" | | style="text-align:left;" |Pro-government individuals and others |25,905 |1.75 |0 |22,442 |29.44 |12 |4 |16 |-style="background-color:Pink" | style="text-align:left;" colspan=3 |Total for pro-Beijing camp |449,668 |30.38 |5 |24,481 |32.11 |25 |10 |40 |- | width=4px rowspan=6 style="text-align:left;background-color:LightGreen;border-bottom-style:hidden;"| | width=4px style="background-color: Democratic Party (Hong Kong)" | | style="text-align:left;" |Democratic Party |634,635 |42.87 |9 |48,085 |63.07 |4 |– |13 |- | width=1px style="background-color: The Frontier (Hong Kong)" | | style="text-align:left;" |The Frontier |148,507 |10.03 |3 |– |– |– |– |3 |- | width=1px style="background-color: Citizens Party (Hong Kong)" | | style="text-align:left;" |Citizens Party |41,633 |2.81 |1 |– |– |– |– |1 |- | 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 |59,034 |3.99 |0 |0 |0.00 |0 |0 |0 |- | width=1px style="background-color: 123 Democratic Alliance" | | style="text-align:left;" |123 Democratic Alliance |3,050 |0.21 |0 |− |− |– |– |0 |- | width=1px style="background-color: Independent (politician)" | | style="text-align:left;" |Pro-democracy individuals and others |95,390 |6.44 |2 |1,889 |2.48 |1 |0 |3 |-style="background-color:LightGreen" | style="text-align:left;" colspan=3 |Total for pro-democracy camp |982,249 |66.36 |15 |49,974 |65.55 |5 |0 |20 |- | style="background-color:Independent politician"| | style="text-align:left;" colspan=2 |Individuals and others |48,323 |3.26 |0 |1,781 |2.34 |0 |0 |0 |- |style="text-align:left;background-color:#E9E9E9" colspan="3"|Total |width="75" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"|1,480,240 |width="30" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"|100.00 |style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"|20 |width="75" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"|76,236 |width="30" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"|100.00 |style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"|30 |style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"|10 |width="30" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"|60 |- |style="text-align:left;background-color:#E9E9E9" colspan=11| |- |style="text-align:left;background-color:#E9E9E9" colspan="3"| Valid votes |width="75" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"| 1,480,240 |width="30" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"| 99.36 |width="30" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9" rowspan=4| |width="75" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"| 76,236 |width="30" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"| 97.97 |style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9" colspan="4"| |- |style="text-align:left;background-color:#E9E9E9" colspan="3"| Invalid votes |width="75" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"| 9,465 |width="30" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"| 0.64 |width="75" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"| 1,577 |width="30" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"| 2.13 |style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9" colspan=4 | |- |style="text-align:left;background-color:#E9E9E9" colspan="3"|Vote cast / turnout |width="75" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"|1,489,705 |width="30" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"|53.29 |width="75" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"|77,813 |width="30" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"|63.50 |style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9" colspan=4 | |- |style="text-align:left;background-color:#E9E9E9" colspan="3"|Registered voters |width="75" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"|2,795,371 |width="30" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"|100.00 |width="75" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"|122,540 |width="30" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"|100.00 |style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9" colspan=4 | |- | style="text-align:left;" colspan=11 | 10 candidates in 10 functional constituencies were elected unopposed to the Legislative Council. |} (Total votes added up by this reference) https://web.archive.org/web/20160303231311/http://www.elections.gov.hk/elections/legco1998/524-e.htm 3 March 2016 Vote summary Popular vote #ddd 600px 500px Democratic Democratic Party (Hong Kong) 42.87 DAB Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong 25.23 Frontier The Frontier (Hong Kong) 10.03 ADPL Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood 3.99 Liberal Liberal Party (Hong Kong) 3.40 Citizens Citizens Party (Hong Kong) 2.81 123DA 123 Democratic Alliance 0.21 Independents #D3D3D3 11.45 Seat summary Seats #ddd 600px 500px Democratic Democratic Party (Hong Kong) 21.67 Liberal Liberal Party (Hong Kong) 16.67 DAB Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong 15.00 PA Hong Kong Progressive Alliance 8.33 Frontier The Frontier (Hong Kong) 5.00 Citizens Citizens Party (Hong Kong) 1.67 Independents #D3D3D3 31.67 Result breakdown Geographical constituencies (20 seats) Voting System: Closed party-list proportional representation with the Largest remainder method and Hare Quota. Hong Kong Island (4 seats) List№ Party/Allegiance VotesReceived % Elected Not elected 1 Citizens Party (Hong Kong) 39,251 12.76 Christine Loh Kung-wai   2 Nonpartisan politician 12,377 4.02   Chong Chan-yau 3 Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong 90,182 29.32 Gary Cheng Kai-nam Ip Kwok-him, Suen Kai-cheong, Christopher Chung Shu-kun 4 Liberal Party (Hong Kong) 7,485 2.43   Ada Wong Ying-kay, Alice Tso Shing-yuk, Alice Lam Chui-lin 5 Democratic Party (Hong Kong) 143,843 46.76 Martin Lee Chu-ming, Yeung Sum Yuen Bun-keung, Chan Kwok-leung 6 Nonpartisan politician 2,588 0.84   Louis Leung Wing-on 7 Nonpartisan politician 10,950 3.56   Jennifer Chow Kit-bing 8 Nonpartisan politician 935 0.30   Li Hung Total 307,611 100.00   Kowloon West (3 seats) List№ Party/Allegiance VotesReceived % Elected Not elected 1 Democratic Party (Hong Kong) 113,079 55.05 Lau Chin-shek, James To Kun-sun Eric Wong Chong-ki 2 Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood 39,534 19.25   Frederick Fung Kin-kee, Liu Sing-lee, Tam Kwok-kiu 3   Atlas Alliance 2,302 1.12   Helen Chung Yee-fong 4 Liberal Party (Hong Kong) 5,854 2.85   Chiang Sai-cheong, Chan Noi-yue, Edward Li King-wah 5 Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong 44,632 21.73 Jasper Tsang Yok-sing Ip Kwok-chung, Wen Choy-bon Total 205,401 100.00   Kowloon East (3 seats) List№ Party/Allegiance VotesReceived % Elected Not elected 1 Democratic Party (Hong Kong) 145,986 55.80 Szeto Wah, Li Wah-ming Mak Hoi-wah 2 Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong 109,296 41.78 Chan Yuen-han Kwok Bit-chun, Lam Man-fai 3 Nonpartisan politician 6,339 2.42   Fok Pui-yee Total 261,621 100.00   New Territories West (5 seats) List№ Party/Allegiance VotesReceived % Elected Not elected 1 Democratic Party (Hong Kong) 147,098 39.21 Lee Wing-tat, Ho Chun-yan Zachary Wong Wai-yin, Josephine Chan Shu-ying 2 Nonpartisan politician 25,905 6.91 Lam Wai-keung, Tai Kuen, Chow Ping-tim, Carmen Chan Ka-mun, Tso Shiu-wai 3 Nonpartisan politician 38,627 10.30 Leung Yiu-chung   4 The Frontier (Hong Kong) 46,696 12.45 Lee Cheuk-yan Ip Kwok-fun 5 Nonpartisan politician 11,176 2.98   Ting Yin-wah 6 Liberal Party (Hong Kong) 3,138 0.84   Paul Chan Sing-kong, Liu Kwong-sang, Wong Kwok-keung 7 Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong 72,587 19.35 Tam Yiu-chung Leung Che-cheung, Chau Chuen-heung, Chan Wan-sang, Hui Chiu-fai 8 Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood 19,500 5.20   Yim Tin-sang 9 Pioneer 968 0.26   Lam Chi-leung 10 123 Democratic Alliance 3,050 0.81   Yum Sin-ling, Christopher Chu Cho-yan, Mak Ip-sing, Shung King-fai 11 Nonpartisan politician 6428 1.71   Yeung Fuk-kwong Total 375,173 100.00   New Territories East (5 seats) List№ Party/Allegiance VotesReceived % Elected Not elected 1 Liberal Party (Hong Kong) 33,858 10.25   Allen Lee Peng-fei, Wong Yiu-chee, Cheng Chee-kwok 2 Nonpartisan politician 44,386 13.43 Andrew Wong Wang-fat   3 Citizens Party (Hong Kong) 2,382 0.72   Lui Yat-ming 4 The Frontier (Hong Kong) 101,811 30.81 Emily Lau Wai-hing, Cyd Ho Sau-lan   5 Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong 56,731 17.17 Lau Kong-wah Cheung Hon-chung, Chan Ping, Wan Yuet-kau, Wong Mo-tai 6 Democratic Party (Hong Kong) 84,629 25.61 Andrew Cheng Kar-foo Wong Sing-chi, Lam Wing-yin, Shirley Ho Suk-ping 7 Nonpartisan politician 6,637 2.01   Brian Kan Ping-chee Total 330,434 100.00   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/elections/legco1998/english/facts/facts.html 1998 LegCo Election- Facts about the Election Elections.gov.hk May 2020 InternetArchiveBot yes Constituency Candidate(s) Affiliation Votes % Urban Council Ambrose Cheung Wing-sum Independent (politician) 26 56.52 Ronnie Wong Man-chiu Nonpartisan politician 20 43.48 Mok Ying-fan Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood 0 0.00 Regional Council Tang Siu-tong Nonpartisan politician (PA) 25 51.02 Chiang Lai-wan Nonpartisan politician 24 48.98 Ngan Kam-chuen Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong 0 0.00 Heung Yee Kuk Lau Wong-fat Nonpartisan politician (Liberal) Uncontested Agriculture and Fisheries Wong Yung-kan Nonpartisan politician (DAB) 81 65.32 Lawrence Lee Hay-yue Nonpartisan politician 43 34.68 Insurance Bernard Charnwut Chan Nonpartisan politician 94 53.11 Chan Yim-kwong Liberal Party (Hong Kong) 83 46.89 Alex Wong Po-hang Nonpartisan politician 0 0.00 Steven Lau Hon-keung Nonpartisan politician 0 0.00 Transport Miriam Lau Kin-yee Liberal Party (Hong Kong) 82 69.49 Yuen Mo Nonpartisan politician 36 30.51 Education Cheung Man-kwong Democratic Party (Hong Kong) 34,864 70.89 Li Sze-yuen Nonpartisan politician 5,319 29.11 Legal Margaret Ng Ngoi-yee Nonpartisan politician 1,741 81.55 Sylvia Siu Wing-yee Nonpartisan politician 394 18.45 Accountancy Eric Li Ka-cheung Independent (politician) 3,556 65.04 Edward Chow Kwong-fai Nonpartisan politician 1,302 23.82 Peter Chan Po-fun Nonpartisan politician 609 11.14 Medical Edward Leong Che-hung Nonpartisan politician 2,759 70.19 Chan Ki-tak Independent (politician) 1,172 29.81 Health Services Michael Ho Mun-ka Democratic Party (Hong Kong) 11,420 82.21 Peter Chua Sek-chon Nonpartisan politician 2,472 17.79 Engineering Raymond Ho Chung-tai Nonpartisan politician 2,036 55.95 Wong King-keung Independent (politician) 1,112 30.56 Luk Wang-kwong Nonpartisan politician 491 13.49 Architectural, Surveying and Planning Edward Ho Sing-tin Liberal Party (Hong Kong) Uncontested Labour (3 seats) Chan Wing-chan Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong 212 27.32 Lee Kai-ming Nonpartisan politician 212 27.32 Chan Kwok-keung Nonpartisan politician 204 26.29 Chan Yun-che Nonpartisan politician 99 12.76 Ng Yat-wah Nonpartisan politician 49 6.31 Social Welfare Law Chi-kwong Democratic Party (Hong Kong) Uncontested Real Estate and Construction Ronald Joseph Arculli Liberal Party (Hong Kong) 206 69.13 Jimmy Tse Lai-leung Nonpartisan politician 92 30.87 Tourism Howard Young Liberal Party (Hong Kong) Uncontested Commercial (First) James Tien Pei-chun Liberal Party (Hong Kong) Uncontested Commercial (Second) Wong Yu-hong Nonpartisan politician Uncontested Industrial (First) Kenneth Ting Liberal Party (Hong Kong) Uncontested Industrial (Second) Lui Ming-wah Nonpartisan politician 186 63.48 Ngai Shiu-kit Hong Kong Progressive Alliance 107 36.52 Finance David Li Kwok-po Independent (politician) Uncontested Financial Services Chim Pui-chung Nonpartisan politician 125 40.85 Fung Chi-kin Nonpartisan politician 117 38.24 Wu King-cheong Hong Kong Progressive Alliance 47 15.36 Syed Bagh Ali Sah Bokhary Nonpartisan politician 17 5.56 Sports, Performing Arts, Culture and Publication Timothy Fok Tsun-ting Nonpartisan politician 561 68.50 Wu Chi-wai Democratic Party (Hong Kong) 258 31.50 Import and Export Hui Cheung-ching Hong Kong Progressive Alliance Uncontested Textiles and Garment Sophie Leung Lau Yau-fun Liberal Party (Hong Kong) Uncontested Whole and Retail Selina Chow Liang Shuk-yee Liberal Party (Hong Kong) 945 66.41 Wong Siu-yee Hong Kong Progressive Alliance 276 19.40 Chan Choi-hi Nonpartisan politician 202 14.20 Information Technology Sin Chung-kai Democratic Party (Hong Kong) 1,543 63.71 Yung Kai-ning Nonpartisan politician 456 18.83 Ringo Chan Kei-fu Nonpartisan politician 423 17.46 Election Committee (10 seats) Party Candidate Votes % Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong Yeung Yiu-chung 441 56.90 Nonpartisan politician Lee Kwong-lam 83 10.71 Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong Thomas Pang Cheung-wai 226 29.16 Nonpartisan politician Ng Leung-sing 539 69.55 Liberal Party (Hong Kong) Ho Sai-chu 386 49.81 Nonpartisan politician Ma Fung-kwok 466 60.13 Nonpartisan politician Kan Fook-yee 300 38.71 Nonpartisan politician James Chiu 141 18.19 Independent (politician) Peggy Lam Pei 346 44.65 Hong Kong Progressive Alliance Charles Yeung Chun-kam 380 49.03 Nonpartisan politician Rita Fan Hsu Lai-tai 628 81.03 Nonpartisan politician Ng Ching-fai 530 68.39 Nonpartisan politician Maria Joyce Chang Sau-han 149 19.23 Nonpartisan politician Ho Ka-cheong 97 12.52 Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood Law Cheung-kwok 259 33.42 Nonpartisan politician Cheung Hok-ming 273 35.23 Nonpartisan politician Siu See-kong 56 7.23 Heung Yee Kuk Pang Hang-yin 212 27.35 Hong Kong Progressive Alliance David Chu Yu-lin 469 60.52 Nonpartisan politician Stephen Yam Chi-ming 137 17.68 Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong Chan Kam-lam 432 55.74 Nonpartisan politician Joseph Hui Tak-fai 214 27.61 Hong Kong Progressive Alliance Choy So-yuk 397 51.23 Nonpartisan politician Leung Tsz-leung 85 10.97 Hong Kong Progressive Alliance Lau Hon-chuen 504 65.03 Implication The 1998 election is the first election after the Handover in 1997. Some observers believed the generally free and fair election was crucial for the consolidation of the newly established HKSAR and the political setting of "one country, two systems" after widespread criticism on the PLC.Wong Timothy Ka-ying 1998 The First Legislative Council Election of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region: Meaning and Impact Issues & Studies 34 9 133 http://nccur.lib.nccu.edu.tw/bitstream/140.119/102555/1/34(9)-124-149.pdf References External links Official Government election site Category:1998 elections in China Category:1998 in Hong Kong Legislative Category:May 1998 in China