2012 Hong Kong legislative election in Kowloon West

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2012 Hong Kong legislative election in Kowloon West
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  2008 9 September 2012 (2012-09-09) 2016  

All 5 Kowloon West seats to the Legislative Council
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Chiang Lai-wan.JPG Wong Yuk Man.jpg Claudia Mo (Enlarged).jpg
Leader Ann Chiang Wong Yuk-man Claudia Mo
Party DAB People Power Civic
Alliance Pro-Beijing Pan-democracy Pan-democracy
Last election1 seat, 18.9%1 seat, 18.2%0 seat, 8.4%
Seats before110
Seats won111
Seat changeSteady2.svgSteady2.svgIncrease2.svg1
Popular vote47,36338,57837,925
Percentage20.4%16.6%16.3%
SwingIncrease2.svg0.2%Decrease2.svg0.2%Increase2.svg7.9%

 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
  Helena Wong Pik-wan.JPG Priscilla Leung Mei Fun.jpg Tam Kwok Kiu (cropped).jpg
Leader Helena Wong Priscilla Leung Tam Kwok-kiu
Party Democratic KWND ADPL
Alliance Pan-democracy Pro-Beijing Pan-democracy
Last election1 seat, 14.4%1 seat, 9.6%1 seat, 17.2%
Seats before111
Seats won110
Seat changeSteady2.svgSteady2.svgDecrease2.svg1
Popular vote36,02934,54835,440
Percentage15.5%14.9%13.2%
SwingIncrease2.svg1.1%Increase2.svg5.3%Decrease2.svg4.0%

2012 LegCo Election Kowloon West.svg
Party with most votes in each District Council Constituency.

These are the Kowloon West results of the 2012 Hong Kong legislative election . The election was held on 9 September 2012 and all 5 seats in Kowloon West where consisted of Yau Tsim Mong District, Sham Shui Po District and Kowloon City District were contested. Ann Chiang replacing Starry Lee who contested the District Council (Second) functional constituency stood for the largest pro-Beijing party Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong. Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood's Tam Kwok-kiu replacing Frederick Fung who contested the new super seats as well, however lost to his ally Civic Party's Claudia Mo who was not elected in 2008. The ADPL once again lost all the seats in this stronghold since the 1998 election.

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Overall results

Before election:

32
Pan-democracyPro-Beijing

Change in composition:

32
Pan-democracyPro-Beijing
PartySeatsSeats
change
Contesting
list(s)
Votes % %
change
People Power 10138,57816.6−0.2
Civic 1+1137,92516.3+7.9
Democratic 10136,02915.5+1.1
ADPL 0−1130,36413.2−4.0
Independent 0012,3991.0N/A
Pro-democracy camp305145,56562.7−1.7
DAB 10147,36320.4+0.2
KWND 10134,54814.9+5.3
Independent 0013,7461.6N/A
Pro-Beijing camp20385,65736.9+2.1
Independent or others0018590.4N/A
Turnout:232,08153.3

Candidates list

Legislative Election 2012: Kowloon West [1]
ListCandidatesVotesOf total (%)± from prev.
DAB Chiang Lai-wan
Chris Ip Ngo-tung, Vincent Cheng Wing-shun, Chan Wai-ming, Lam Sum-lim
47,36320.41
(20+0.41)
+1.51
People Power Wong Yuk-man
Yim Tat-ming, Chau Tsun-kiu, Lau Tit-wai
38,57816.62−1.58
Civic Claudia Mo Man-ching
Joe Wong Tak-chuen
37,92516.34+7.94
Democratic Wong Pik-wan
Cheung Man-kwong, Li Yiu-kee, Yuen Hoi-man, Chong Miu-sheung
36,02915.52+1.12
KWND Leung Mei-fun
Yang Wing-kit, Wai Hoi-ying, Leung Man-kwong
34,54814.89+5.29
ADPL Tam Kwok-kiu, Liu Sing-lee, Rosanda Mok Ka-han, Wong Chi-yung, Austen Ng Po-shan30,63413.20−4.00
Independent Wong Yee-him3,7461.61N/A
Ind. democrat Wong Yat-yuk2,3991.03N/A
Awakening AssociationLam Yi-lai, Simon Ho Ka-kuen, Au Wing-ho, Lee Ka-wai8590.37+0.07
Turnout 232,08153.25+6.07

Results by districts

ListCandidates Yau Tsim Mong Sham Shui Po Kowloon City Total
Independent Wong Yee-him1.651.162.051.61
Democratic Helena Wong 18.1011.9017.4915.52
ADPL Tam Kwok-kiu 6.6721.718.9113.20
Independent Roger Wong1.220.960.981.03
DAB Ann Chiang 22.7119.1220.2020.41
People Power Wong Yuk-man 16.7516.6816.4916.62
Awakening AssociationLam Yi-lai0.530.350.290.37
KWND Priscilla Leung 14.4313.2416.8414.89
Civic Claudia Mo 17.9614.8816.7616.34

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References

  1. "2012 LegCo Election – Election Results". Electoral Affairs Commission.