2004 Hong Kong legislative election in New Territories West

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2004 Hong Kong legislative election in New Territories West
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  2000 12 September 2004 (2004-09-12) 2008  

All 8 New Territories West seats to the Legislative Council
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Lee Wing Tat.jpg Tam Yau Chung.jpg Leung Yiu Chung.jpg
Leader Lee Wing-tat & Albert Ho Tam Yiu-chung Leung Yiu-chung
Party Democratic DAB NWSC
Alliance Pro-democracy Pro-Beijing Pro-democracy
Last election2 seats, 34.3%2 seats, 29.6%1 seat, 17.3%
Seats before121
Seats won221
Seat changeIncrease2.svg1Steady2.svgSteady2.svg
Popular vote115,251115,25159,033
Percentage26.9%24.9%12.7%
SwingDecrease2.svg7.4%Decrease2.svg4.7%Decrease2.svg4.5%

 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
  Selina Chow.jpg Metal workers' protest in Hong Kong (Aug 2007) - 2007-08-14 15h41m08s DSC07129.JPG Albert Chan Wai Yip.jpg
Leader Selina Chow Lee Cheuk-yan Albert Chan
Party Liberal CTU Independent
Alliance Pro-Beijing Pro-democracy Pro-democracy
Last election0 seat, 1.7%1 seat, 15.2%1 seat, 12.7%
Seats before011
Seats won111
Seat changeIncrease2.svg1Steady2.svgSteady2.svg
Popular vote50,43745,72536,278
Percentage10.9%9.9%7.8%
SwingIncrease2.svg8.7%Decrease2.svg5.3%Decrease2.svg4.9%

2004 LegCo Election New Territories West.svg
Party with most votes in each District Council Constituency.

These are the New Territories West results of the 2004 Hong Kong legislative election . The election was held on 12 September 2004 and all 8 seats in New Territories West, which consists of Tsuen Wan District, Tuen Mun District, Yuen Long District, Kwai Tsing District and Islands District, were contested. All the incumbents were elected with the new two seats gained by Lee Wing-tat of the Democratic Party and Selina Chow of the Liberal Party.

Contents

Overall results

Before election:

42
Pro-democracyPro-Beijing

Change in composition:

53
Pro-democracyPro-Beijing
PartySeatsSeats
change
Contesting
list(s)
Votes % %
change
Democratic 2+12124,84226.9−7.4
NWSC 10159,03312.7−4.5
CTU 10145,7259.9−5.3
ADPL 00114,5703.1N/A
Independent 10136,2787.8N/A
Pro-democracy camp506280,44860.5–6.2
DAB 201115,25124.9−4.7
Liberal 0+1150,43710.9+8.1
New Forum 0014,5111.0N/A
Independent 0011,7250.4N/A
Pro-Beijing camp304171,92437.1+4.8
Independent 00211,0362.4N/A
Turnout:463,40853.5

Candidates list

Legislative Election 2004: New Territories West [1]
ListCandidatesVotesOf total (%)± from prev.
DAB Tam Yiu-chung, Cheung Hok-ming
Leung Che-cheung, Au Yeung Po-chun, Tsui Fan, Chan Han-pan, Andy Lo Kwong-sing, Philip Ng King-wah
115,25124.87
(12.5+12.37)
−4.71
Democratic Lee Wing-tat
Sumly Chan Yuen-sum
62,50013.49
(12.5+0.99)
+3.11
Democratic Ho Chun-yan
Cheung Yin-tung
62,34213.45
(12.5+0.95)
+2.25
NWSC Leung Yiu-chung
Andrew Wan Siu-kin
59,03312.74
(12.5+0.24)
−4.53
Liberal Selina Chow Liang Shuk-yee 50,43710.88+8.14
CTU Lee Cheuk-yan
Ip Ngok-fung
45,7259.87−5.32
Independent Albert Chan Wai-yip 36,2787.83−4.86
ADPL Yim Tim-sang, Kong Fung-yi, Tai Yin-chiu, Kwun Tung-wing14,5703.14N/A
Nonpartisan Stephen Char Shik-ngor9,1161.97N/A
New Forum Lui Hau-tuen, Siu Shing-choi, Chan Choi-hi 4,5110.97N/A
Nonpartisan Ng Tak-leung1,9200.41N/A
Independent Chow Ping-tim1,7250.37N/A
Total valid votes463,408100.00
Rejected ballots3,449
Turnout 466,85753.48+9.75
Registered electors 873,031

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References

  1. "2004 Legislative Election". Electoral Affairs Commission. 2004-12-15. Archived from the original on 2011-08-30. Retrieved 2012-03-09.