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1998 Hong Kong legislative election in New Territories West

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1998 Hong Kong legislative election in New Territories West

24 May 1998 (1998-05-24) 2000 →

All 5 New Territories West seats to the Legislative Council
  First party Second party
 
Leader Lee Wing-tat & Albert Ho Tam Yiu-chung
Party Democratic DAB
Alliance Pro-democracy Pro-Beijing
Seats won 2 1
Popular vote 147,098 72,587
Percentage 39.2% 19.4%

  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Lee Cheuk-yan Leung Yiu-chung
Party Frontier Independent
Alliance Pro-democracy Pro-democracy
Seats won 1 1
Popular vote 38,627 38,627
Percentage 12.5% 10.3%

These are the New Territories West results of the 1998 Hong Kong legislative election. The election was held on 24 May 1998 and all 6 seats in the newly established 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 became the biggest victors by winning two seats with Lee Wing-tat and Albert Ho, which was followed by Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong's Tam Yiu-chung and The Frontier's Lee Cheuk-yan and independent Leung Yiu-chung.

Overall results

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After election:

4 1
Pro-democracy Pro-Beijing
Party Seats Contesting
list(s)
Votes %
Democratic 2 1 147,098 39.2
Frontier 1 1 38,627 12.5
ADPL 0 1 19,500 5.2
123DA 0 1 3,050 0.8
Independent 1 3 50,771 13.5
Pro-democracy camp 4 7 259,046 69.0
DAB 1 1 72,587 19.4
Liberal 0 1 3,138 0.8
Independent 0 2 32,333 8.6
Pro-Beijing camp 1 4 108,058 28.8
Turnout: 377,215 53.3

Candidates list

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Legislative Election 1998: New Territories West[1]
List Candidates Votes Of total (%) ± from prev.
Democratic Lee Wing-tat, Ho Chun-yan
Zachary Wong Wai-yin, Josephine Chan Shu-ying
147,098 39.21
(20%+19.21)
DAB Tam Yiu-chung
Leung Che-cheung, Chau Chuen-heung, Chan Wan-sang, Hui Chiu-fai
72,587 19.35
Frontier Lee Cheuk-yan
Ip Kwok-fun
46,696 12.45
Nonpartisan Leung Yiu-chung 38,627 10.30
Nonpartisan Lam Wai-keung, Tai Kuen, Chow Ping-tim, Chan Ka-mun, Tso Shiu-wai 25,905 6.91
ADPL Yim Tim-sang 19,500 5.2
Nonpartisan Ting Yin-wah 11,176 2.98
Independent Yeung Fuk-kwong 6,428 1.71
Liberal Paul Chan Sing-kong, Liu Kwong-sang, Wong Kwok-keung 3,138 0.84
123DA Yum Sin-ling, Christopher Chu, Mak Ip-sing, Shung King-fai 3,050 0.81
Pioneer Lam Chi-leung 968 0.26
Total valid votes 375,173 100.00
Rejected ballots 2,042
Turnout 377,215 53.25
Registered electors 708,443

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Legco election overall result".