2008 Hong Kong legislative election in Kowloon West

2008 Hong Kong legislative election in Kowloon West

7 September 2008 (2008-09-07)
All 5 Kowloon West seats to the Legislative Council
First party Second party Third party   Leader Starry Lee Wong Yuk-man Frederick Fung Party DAB LSD ADPL Alliance Pro-Beijing Pan-democracy Pan-democracy Last election 1 seat, 18.9% New party 1 seat, 26.4% Seats before 1 0 1 Seats won 1 1 1 Seat change 1 Popular vote 39,013 37,553 35,440 Percentage 18.9% 18.2% 17.2% Swing 8.2% N/A 3.3%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader James To Priscilla Leung Claudia Mo Party Democratic Independent Civic Alliance Pan-democracy Pro-Beijing Pan-democracy Last election 1 seat, 26.6% No seat New party Seats before 1 0 0 Seats won 1 1 0 Seat change 1 Popular vote 29,690 19,914 17,259 Percentage 14.4% 9.6% 8.4% Swing 12.2% N/A N/A
Party with most votes in each District Council Constituency.

These are the Kowloon West results of the 2008 Hong Kong legislative election. The election was held on 7 September 2008 and all 5 seats in Kowloon West where consisted of Yau Tsim Mong District, Sham Shui Po District and Kowloon City District were contested. Starry Lee replaced Jasper Tsang who contested the Hong Kong Island stood for the largest pro-Beijing party Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong. Wong Yuk-man of the newly established League of Social Democrats became the pan-democrat who received the most votes. Pro-Beijing independent, Priscilla Leung also won the last seat, beating Civic Party's Claudia Mo.

Overall results

Before election:

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3	1
Pan-democracy	Pro-Beijing

Change in composition:

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3	2
Pan-democracy	Pro-Beijing

Party			Seats	Seats change	Contesting list(s)	Votes	%	% change
		LSD	1	0	1	37,553	18.2	N/A
		ADPL	1	0	1	35,440	17.2	−3.3
		Democratic	1	0	1	29,690	14.4	–12.2
		Civic	0	0	1	17,259	8.4	N/A
		SDA	0	0	1	591	0.3	N/A
		Independent	0	0	3	12,446	6.0	N/A
Pro-democracy camp			3	0	8	132,979	64.4	–7.7
		DAB	1	0	1	39,013	18.9	–8.2
		Liberal	1	0	1	13,011	6.3	N/A
		Independent	1	0	2	20.990	10.2	N/A
Pro-Beijing camp			2	0	4	73,014	35.3	+8.2
		Independent or others	0	0	1	590	0.3	N/A
Turnout:						206,583	47.2

Candidates list

Legislative Election 2008: Kowloon West
List		Candidates	Votes	Of total (%)	± from prev.
	DAB	Starry Lee Wai-king Chung Kong-mo, Chan Wai-ming, Vincent Cheng Wing-shun	39,013	18.9	−8.2
	LSD	Wong Yuk-man Lee Wai-yee	37,553	18.2	N/A
	ADPL	Frederick Fung Kin-kee Rosanda Mok Ka-han, Tsung Po-shan, Wong Chi Yung, Yeung Chun-yu	35,440	17.2	−3.3
	Democratic	James To Kun-sun Lam Ho-yeung	29,690	14.4	−12.2
	Nonpartisan	Priscilla Leung Mei-fun Edward Leung Wai-keun, Aaron Lam Ka-fai	19,914	9.6	N/A
	Civic	Claudia Mo Man-ching, Ng Yuet-lan, Tang Chi-ying	17,259	8.4	N/A
	Liberal	Michael Tien Puk-sun, Ho Hin-ming	13,011	6.3	N/A
	Nonpartisan	Lau Chin-shek	10,553	5.1	N/A
	Independent	Tam Hoi-pong	1,603	0.8	N/A
	Nonpartisan	Francis Chong Wing-charn	1,076	0.5	N/A
	SDA	James Lung Wai-man, Bantawa Sukra	591	0.3	N/A
	Nonpartisan	Lam Yi-lai	590	0.3	N/A
	Nonpartisan	Lau Yuk-shing, Nandeed Cheung Kit-fung, David Tsui	290	0.1	N/A
Total valid votes			206,583	100.00
Rejected ballots			1,182
Turnout			207,765	47.18	−7.56
Registered electors			440,335

See also

• Legislative Council of Hong Kong
• Hong Kong legislative elections
• 2008 Hong Kong legislative election