2012 Hong Kong legislative election in New Territories West

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

All 9 New Territories West seats to the Legislative Council
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Tam Yau Chung.jpg Kwok Ka-ki.jpg Albert Chan Wai Yip, 23 Sept 07, close.JPG
Leader Tam Yiu-chung, Leung Che-cheung & Ben Chan Kwok Ka-ki Albert Chan
Party DAB Civic People Power
Alliance Pro-Beijing Pan-democracy Pan-democracy
Last election2 seats, 23.1%0 seat, 7.0%1 seat, 8.1%
Seats before201
Seats won311
Seat changeIncrease2.svg1Increase2.svg1Steady2.svg
Popular vote113,82872,18544,355
Percentage22.8%14.5%8.9%
SwingDecrease2.svg0.3%Increase2.svg7.5%Increase2.svg0.8%

 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
  Leung Yiu Chung.jpg Metal workers' protest in Hong Kong (Aug 2007) - 2007-08-14 15h41m08s DSC07129.JPG Michael Tien Puk Sun.jpg
Leader Leung Yiu-chung Lee Cheuk-yan Michael Tien
Party NWSC Labour NPP
Alliance Pan-democracy Pan-democracy Pro-Beijing
Last election1 seat, 10.7%1 seat, 10.6%new
Seats before110
Seats won111
Seat changeSteady2.svgSteady2.svgIncrease2.svg1
Popular vote43,79940,96737,808
Percentage8.8%8.2%7.6%
SwingDecrease2.svg1.9%Decrease2.svg2.4%N/A

 Seventh partyEighth party
  Alice Mak Mei-kuen.png Lee Wing Tat.jpg
Leader Alice Mak Lee Wing-tat
Party FTU Democratic
Alliance Pro-Beijing Pan-democracy
Last election1 seat, 9.0%2 seats, 23.2%
Seats before12
Seats won10
Seat changeSteady2.svgDecrease2.svg2
Popular vote35,23958,684
Percentage7.1%11.8%
SwingDecrease2.svg1.9%Decrease2.svg11.4%

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

These are the New Territories West results of the 2012 Hong Kong legislative election . The election was held on 9 September 2012 and all 9 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. The Democratic Party suffered a devastating result by losing all two of their seats in the region. The electoral strategy of the Civic Party, the heavyweight Audrey Eu placed second after Kwok Ka-ki in the hope of gaining two seats, produced an extra 70,000 votes but this was still not enough to get Eu into the LegCo. The Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong split three separate lists in order to avoid wasted votes (see largest remainder method). All three DAB lists were elected.

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Overall results

Before election:

53
Pan-democracyPro-Beijing

Change in composition:

45
Pan-democracyPro-Beijing
PartySeatsSeats
change
Contesting
list(s)
Votes % %
change
Civic 1+1172,18514.5+7.5
Democratic 0−2258,68411.8−11.4
People Power 10144,3558.9+0.8
NWSC 10143,7998.8−1.9
Labour 10140,9678.2−2.4
LSD 0019,2801.9N/A
Democratic Alliance 0012,8960.6N/A
Pro-democracy camp4–18272,16654.6−6.7
DAB 3+13113,82822.8−0.3
NPP 1+1137,8087.6N/A
FTU 10135,2397.1−1.9
Third Force 00116,7673.4N/A
Independent 00110,8052.2N/A
Pro-Beijing camp5+27214,44743.0+4.7
Independent 00111,9972.4N/A
Turnout:232,08153.3

Candidates list

Legislative Election 2012: New Territories West [1]
ListCandidatesVotesOf total (%)± from prev.
Civic Kwok Ka-ki
Audrey Eu Yuet-mee
72,18514.48
(11.11+3.37)
+7.48
People Power Albert Chan Wai-yip
Jacqueline Chan So-ling, Raymond Lai, Tong Wing-chi
44,3558.90+0.80
NWSC Leung Yiu-chung
Wong Yun-fat
43,7998.78−1.92
DAB Tam Yiu-chung
Lung Shui-hing, Yip Man-pan, Mo Shing-fung
43,4968.72−14.38
Labour Lee Cheuk-yan
Tam Chun-yin
40,9678.22−2.38
NPP Michael Tien Puk-sun
Clarice Cheung Wai-ching, Wong Cheuk-kin, Ho Kin-cheong
37,8087.58N/A
DAB (NTAS) Chan Han-pan
Poon Chi-shing, Nixie Lam Lam, Chan Chun-chung, Law Kwan, Leung Kar-ming, Tsang Tai
36,5557.33N/A
FTU Alice Mak Mei-kuen
Luk Chung-hung, Manwell Chan, Kot Siu-yuen, Tang Cheuk-him
35,2397.07−1.93
DAB Leung Che-cheung
Tsang Hin-keung, Lui Kin, Christina Maisenne Lee, Wong Wai-ling, Chui Kwan-siu
33,7776.77N/A
Democratic Lee Wing-tat, Lam Lap-chi, Lai King-wai32,7926.58−4.92
Democratic Josephine Chan Shu-ying, Zachary Wong Wai-ying, Li Hung-por, Catherine Wong Lai-sheung, Ho Hang-mui25,8925.19−4.01
Third Force Chan Keung, Ting Yin-wah, So Ka-man, Chow Ping-tim, Tang Ka-leung, Nancy Poon Siu-ping, Raju Gurung16,7673.36N/A
Independent Chan Yut-wah11,9972.41N/A
Independent Ho Kwan-yiu 10,8052.17N/A
LSD Tsang Kin-shing 9,2801.86N/A
Democratic Alliance Mak Ip-sing 2,8960.58N/A
Turnout 498,61050.73+8.24

Results by districts

ListCandidates Tsuen Wan Tuen Mun Yuen Long Kwai Tsing Islands Total
DAB Leung Che-cheung 1.172.3120.341.066.746.77
FTU Alice Mak 5.047.785.878.279.267.07
Democratic Josephine Chan2.5910.706.481.051.755.19
People Power Albert Chan 8.729.479.318.098.778.90
Democratic Alliance Mak Ip-shing0.150.341.550.200.230.58
LSD Tsang Kin-shing 1.561.982.051.801.611.86
Civic Kwok Ka-ki 20.4314.3612.4312.4017.4614.48
NPP Michael Tien 11.756.437.406.845.597.58
Nonpartisan Junius Ho 1.312.372.062.681.742.17
Independent Chan Yut-wah2.542.352.742.002.672.41
NWSC Leung Yiu-chung 8.756.165.5014.946.738.78
DAB Chan Han-pan 17.480.990.8212.3413.277.33
Third Force Chan Keung0.603.296.291.914.643.36
Democratic Lee Wing-tat 7.432.952.3813.337.726.58
Labour Lee Cheuk-yan 5.929.1810.107.226.428.22
DAB Tam Yiu-chung 4.5519.334.675.895.398.72

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References

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