2008 Hong Kong legislative election in New Territories West

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2008 Hong Kong legislative election in New Territories West
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  2004 7 September 2008 (2008-09-07) 2012  

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 & Cheung Yin-tung Tam Yiu-chung Leung Yiu-chung
Party Democratic DAB NWSC
Alliance Pan-democracy Pro-Beijing Pan-democracy
Last election2 seats, 26.9%2 seats, 24.9%1 seat, 12.7%
Seats before221
Seats won221
Seat changeSteady2.svgSteady2.svgSteady2.svg
Popular vote92,60092,03742,441
Percentage23.2%23.1%10.7%
SwingDecrease2.svg3.7%Decrease2.svg1.8%Decrease2.svg2.0%

 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
  Metal workers' protest in Hong Kong (Aug 2007) - 2007-08-14 15h41m08s DSC07129.JPG Wong Kwok Hing.jpg Albert Chan Wai Yip.jpg
Leader Lee Cheuk-yan Wong Kwok-hing Albert Chan
Party CTU FTU LSD
Alliance Pan-democracy Pro-Beijing Pan-democracy
Last election1 seat, 9.9%Did not contest1 seat, 7.8%
Seats before101
Seats won111
Seat changeSteady2.svgIncrease2.svg1Steady2.svg
Popular vote42,36635,99132,182
Percentage10.6%9.0%8.1%
SwingDecrease2.svg0.7%N/AIncrease2.svg0.3%

2008 LegCo Election New Territories West.svg
Party with most votes in each District Council Constituency.

These are the New Territories West results of the 2008 Hong Kong legislative election . The election was held on 7 September 2008 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 except for Selina Chow of the Liberal Party, which was succeeded by Wong Kwok-hing of the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions who contested in the constituency for the first time.

Contents

Overall results

Before election:

53
Pan-democracyPro-Beijing

Change in composition:

53
Pan-democracyPro-Beijing
PartySeatsSeats
change
Contesting
list(s)
Votes % %
change
Democratic 20392,60023.2−3.7
NWSC 10142,44110.7−2.0
CTU 10142,36610.6−0.7
LSD 10132,1828.1+0.3
Civic 00127,9107.0N/A
ADPL 0016,7711.7–1.4
Pro-democracy camp508244,27061.3+0.8
DAB 20192,03723.1−1.8
FTU 1+1135,9919.0N/A
Liberal 0–1121,5705.4–5.5
Independent 0011,7200.4N/A
Pro-Beijing camp304151,31838.0+5.7
Independent 0022,7040.6N/A
Turnout:398,29242.5

Candidates list

Legislative Election 2008: New Territories West [1]
ListCandidatesVotes%±
DAB Tam Yiu-chung, Cheung Hok-ming
Leung Che-cheung, Chan Han-pan, Lung Shui-hing, Leung Kar-ming, Andy Lo Kwong-shing, Lui Kin
92,03723.1
(12.50+10.61)
−1.77
Democratic Lee Wing-tat
Wong Suet-ying, Lam Siu-fat, Cheung Wai-mei, Lam Lap-chi
45,76711.5−1.99
NWSC Leung Yiu-chung
Wong Yun-tat
42,44110.7−2.04
CTU Lee Cheuk-yan
Tam Chun-yin
42,36610.6+0.73
Democratic Ho Chun-yan
Hui Chi-fung, Lo Man-hon
36,7649.2−4.25
FTU (DAB) Wong Kwok-hing
Alice Mak Mei-kuen, Marina Tsang Tze-kwan, Tsui Fan, Dennis Leung Tsz-wing, Tang Ka-piu, Yiu Kwok-wai, Manwell Chan
35,9919.0N/A
LSD Albert Chan Wai-yip 32,1828.1+0.27
Civic Fernando Cheung Chiu-hung, Sumly Chan Yuen-sum, Wong Ka-wa27,9107.0N/A
Liberal Selina Chow Liang Shuk-yee, Chow Wing-kan21,5705.4−5.48
Democratic Cheung Yin-tung, Kwong Chun-yu 10,0692.5N/A
ADPL Tandon Lai Chaing, Yeung Chi-hang6,7711.7−1.44
Independent Chow Ping-tim1,7200.4+0.03
Blue Intelligent UnionLeung Suet-fong, Thapa Komal1,3660.3N/A
Nonpartisan Yuen Wai-chung1,3380.3N/A
Total valid votes398,292100.00
Rejected ballots2,427
Turnout 400,71942.49−10.99
Registered electors 943,161

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References

  1. "2008 Legislative Election". Electoral Affairs Commission. 2008-09-08. Archived from the original on 2012-06-16. Retrieved 2012-03-09.