2004 Hong Kong legislative election in Hong Kong Island

none 2004 Hong Kong legislative election in Hong Kong Island Hong Kong parliamentary no List of Legislative Council of Hong Kong members elected in 2000 Hong Kong legislative election, 2000 (Hong Kong Island) 2000 Hong Kong legislative election, 2008 (Hong Kong Island) 2008 members elected All 6 Hong Kong Island seats to the Legislative Council 2004 09 12 y 120px Audrey Eu (Independent) The Frontier (Hong Kong) Pro-democracy 1 seat, 10.0% 2 1 1 73,844 20.9% 10.9% Ma Lik Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong Pro-Beijing 2 seats, 27.8% 1 2 1 74,659 21.1% 6.7% 120px Rita Fan Independent (politician) Pro-Beijing N/A 0 1 1 65,661 18.5% N/A 120px Yeung Sum Democratic Party (Hong Kong) Pro-democracy 2 seats, 35.3% 2 2 131,788 37.2% 1.9% 2004 LegCo Election Hong Kong Island.svg 325px Party with most votes in each District Council Constituency. These are the Hong Kong Island results of the 2004 Hong Kong legislative election. The election was held on 12 September 2004 and all 6 seats in Hong Kong Island were contested. The pro-democracy camp failed to win four out of six seats with the two tickets of the Democratic Party and Article 45 Concern Group's Audrey Eu and The Frontier's Cyd Ho joint ticket. The last-minute emergency call of Martin Lee cost the defeat of Cyd Ho in a narrow margin to Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong's (DAB) Choy So-yuk. Legislative Council President Rita Fan also contested in Hong Kong Island for the first time. Six tickets took part in the election, with the DAB fielding a ticket of chairman Ma Lik and Choy So-yuk and the pro-democrats fielding three tickets, one consisted of Martin Lee, Yeung Sum and Joseph Lai of the Democratic Party, the second consisted of Audrey Eu and Cyd Ho, and the third included former Democratic Party member Tsang Kin-shing. Other candidates included independent insurance agent Kelvin Wong Kam-fai. Rita Fan also fielded her one-candidate ticket, aiming at the votes from the middle and upper class voters from the sandwich of Hong Kong's pro-Beijing vs. pro-democracy political spectrum, despite herself was supported by the pro-Beijing camp. The two pro-democracy tickets with the slogan "1+1=4" provided that their supporters would have cast their votes evenly to the two tickets. Pre-election polls showed, nevertheless, that the Eu-Ho ticket had far more supporters, causing the Democratic Party to request all supporters of the camp to vote instead for their ticket just two weeks before the election. It turned out that the Democratic Party drew too many votes from the Eu-Ho ticket, causing Cyd Ho defeat by DAB's Choy So-yuk, by a slim margin of 815 votes (or 0.23% of all valid votes). Should the Democratic Party drew around 1900 more votes from the Eu-Ho ticket, the third-rank candidate on their list would have defeated Choy. When the results were announced in the morning of the following day, Martin Lee said before cameras "I'd rather lose with dignity than win like this", on the "unexpected" defeat of Cyd Ho.http://daga.dhs.org/daga/readingroom/newsclips/2004/hk2007/40914scmp02.htm South China Morning Post, 14 September 2004 7 May 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20070930163732/http://daga.dhs.org/daga/readingroom/newsclips/2004/hk2007/40914scmp02.htm 30 September 2007 dead dmy-all Overall results Before election: + ↓ 3 2 Pro-democracy Pro-Beijing Change in composition: + ↓ 3 3 Pro-democracy Pro-Beijing Party Seats Seatschange Contestinglist(s) Votes % %change Democratic Party (Hong Kong) 2 0 1 131,788 37.2 +1.9 The Frontier (Hong Kong) 1 −1 1 73,844 20.9 +10.9 Independent (politician) 0 0 1 5,313 1.5 N/A Pro-democracy camp 3 0 3 210,945 59.6 +10.5 Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong 1 0 1 74,659 21.1 –6.7 Independent (politician) 1 0 1 65,661 18.5 N/A Pro-Beijing camp 3 0 2 140,320 39.6 +0.7 Independent (politician) 0 0 1 2,830 0.8 N/A Turnout: 354,095 57.6 Candidates list Vote share yes 37.2 Democratic Democratic Party (Hong Kong) 21.1 DAB Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong Legislative Election 2004: Hong Kong Islandhttp://www.elections.gov.hk/elections/legco2004/tc_chi/results/rs_gc_hk.html 2004 Legislative Election Electoral Affairs Commission 2004-12-15 2012-03-09 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110805121008/http://www.elections.gov.hk/elections/legco2004/tc_chi/results/rs_gc_hk.html 2011-08-05 Democratic Party (Hong Kong) Yeung Sum, Martin Lee Chu-mingJoseph Lai Chi-keong 131,788 37.2(16.67+16.67+3.88) +1.9 Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong Ma Lik, Choy So-yukChristopher Chung Shu-kun, Yeung Wai-foon, Lee Yuen-kwong, Cheung Kwok-kwan 74,659 21.1(16.67+4.42) −6.7 Independent (politician) The Frontier (Hong Kong) Audrey Eu Yuet-meeCyd Ho Sau-lan 73,844 20.9(16.67+4.15) N/A Nonpartisan candidate Rita Fan Hsu Lai-tai 65,661 18.5 N/A Grass-root pro-democrats Tsang Kin-shing, Chung Chung-fai, Tang Chui-chung 5,313 1.5 −2.3 Nonpartisan candidate Kelvin Wong Kam-fai 2,830 0.8 N/A 354,095 100.00 2,270 356,365 57.62 +15.59 618,451 See also Legislative Council of Hong Kong Hong Kong legislative elections 2004 Hong Kong legislative election References Category:2004 Hong Kong legislative election