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These are the New Territories East results of the 2000 Hong Kong legislative election . The election was held on 10 September 2000 and all 5 seats in New Territories East where consisted of North District, Tai Po District, Sai Kung District and Sha Tin District were contested. The Democratic Party gained one new seat with Wong Sing-chi, as Cyd Ho of The Frontier ran in Hong Kong Island.
Before election:
| 4 | 1 |
| Pro-democracy | Pro-Beijing |
Change in composition:
| 4 | 1 |
| Pro-democracy | Pro-Beijing |
| Party | Seats | Seats change | Contesting list(s) | Votes | % | % change | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 2 | +1 | 2 | 75,213 | 24.4 | –1.2 | ||
| Frontier | 1 | –1 | 1 | 63,541 | 20.6 | –10.2 | ||
| April Fifth Action | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18,235 | 5.9 | N/A | ||
| Independent | 1 | 0 | 1 | 44,899 | 14.6 | N/A | ||
| Pro-democracy camp | 4 | 0 | 5 | 201,888 | 65.6 | –5.0 | ||
| DAB | 1 | 0 | 1 | 66,943 | 21.8 | +4.6 | ||
| Liberal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15,450 | 5.0 | –5.2 | ||
| HKPA | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8,835 | 2.9 | N/A | ||
| New Forum | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6,774 | 2.2 | N/A | ||
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7,945 | 2.6 | N/A | ||
| Pro-Beijing camp | 1 | 0 | 5 | 105,947 | 34.4 | +5.0 | ||
| Turnout: | 307,835 | 44.8 | ||||||
| Legislative Election 2000: New Territories East [1] | |||||
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| List | Candidates | Votes | % | ± | |
| DAB | Lau Kong-wah Wan Yuet-kau, Wong Mo-tai, Wan Chung-ping, Li Kwok-ying | 66,943 | 21.75 (20+1.75) | +4.58 | |
| Frontier | Emily Lau Wai-hing Richard Tsoi Yiu-cheong | 63,541 | 20.64 (20+0.64) | −10.17 | |
| Democratic | Andrew Cheng Kar-foo Gary Fan Kwok-wai, Shirley Ho Suk-ping, Leung Wing-hung, Kwan Wing-yip | 49,242 | 16.00 | N/A | |
| Nonpartisan candidate | Andrew Wong Wang-fat | 44,899 | 14.59 | +1.16 | |
| Democratic | Wong Sing-chi Chow Wai-tung, Wong Leung-hi | 25,971 | 8.44 | N/A | |
| April Fifth Action | Leung Kwok-hung | 18,235 | 5.92 | N/A | |
| Liberal | Lau Hing-kee, Leung Chi-wai, Susana Ho Shu-tee | 15,450 | 5.02 | −5.23 | |
| HKPA | Choy Kan-pui, Ling Man-hoi, Cheng Chun-wo, Ho Sau-mo | 8,835 | 2.87 | N/A | |
| Nonpartisan candidate | Brian Kan Ping-chee | 7,945 | 2.58 | +0.57 | |
| New Forum | Law Cheung-kwok | 6,774 | 2.20 | N/A | |
| Total valid votes | 307,835 | 100.00 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 2,112 | ||||
| Turnout | 309,947 | 44.78 | –11.1 | ||
| Registered electors | 692,164 | ||||
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