2000 Hong Kong legislative election in Kowloon West

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2000 Hong Kong legislative election in Kowloon West
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  1998 10 September 2000 (2000-09-10) 2004  

All 4 Kowloon West seats to the Legislative Council
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Lau Chin-shek 201110.JPG Frederick Fung Kin Kee.jpg Tsang Yok-sing at VP New Year Fair 2009.jpg
Leader Lau Chin-shek Frederick Fung Jasper Tsang
Party Democratic ADPL DAB
Alliance Pro-democracy Pro-democracy Pro-Beijing
Last election2 seats, 55.1%0 seat, 19.3%1 seat, 21.7%
Seats before201
Seats won211
Seat changeSteady2.svgIncrease2.svg1Steady2.svg
Popular vote73,54062,71741,942
Percentage41.3%35.2%23.5
SwingDecrease2.svg13.8%Increase2.svg16.0%Increase2.svg1.8%

These are the Kowloon West results of the 2000 Hong Kong legislative election . The election was held on 10 September 2000 and all 4 seats in Kowloon West where consisted of Yau Tsim Mong District, Sham Shui Po District and Kowloon City District were contested. All three incumbents were re-elected, with Frederick Fung regained a seat for the Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood.

Contents

Overall results

Before election:

21
Pro-democracyPro-Beijing

Change in composition:

31
Pro-democracyPro-Beijing
PartySeatsSeats
change
Contesting
list(s)
Votes % %
change
Democratic 20173,54041.3–13.8
ADPL 1+1162,71735.9+16.0
Pro-democracy camp3+12136,25776.5+2.2
DAB 10141,94223.5+1.8
Pro-Beijing camp10141,94223.5+1.8
Turnout:178,19942.1

Candidates list

Legislative Election 2000: Kowloon West [1]
ListCandidatesVotesOf total (%)± from prev.
Democratic (CTU) Lau Chin-shek, James To Kun-sun 73,54041.3
(25+16.27)
−13.75
ADPL Frederick Fung Kin-kee
Liu Sing-lee
62,71735.2
(25+10.2)
+15.95
DAB Jasper Tsang Yok-sing
Chung Kong-mo, Pun Kwok-wah, Wong Wai-chuen
41,94223.5+1.77
Total valid votes178,199100.00
Rejected ballots1,447
Turnout 179,64642.14–9.09
Registered electors 426,288

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