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{{Infobox election
| election_name = 2007 Hong Kong local elections
| country = Hong Kong
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 2003 Hong Kong local elections
| previous_year = 2003
| next_election = 2011 Hong Kong local elections
| next_year = 2011
| seats_for_election = All Elected Constituencies<br />405 (of the 534) seats in all 18 [[District Councils of Hong Kong|Districts Councils]]
| election_date = 18 November 2007
| registered = 3,295,826 <small>{{increase}}10.84%</small>
| turnout = 1,148,815 (38.83%) <small>{{decrease}}5.27[[percentage point|pp]]</small>
| image1 = [[Image:Tam Yiu-chung.jpg|150x150px]]
| leader1 = [[Tam Yiu-chung]]
| party1 = Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong
| alliance1 = Pro-Beijing camp
| leaders_seat1 = 
| last_election1 = 62 seats, 22.94%
| seats1 = '''115'''
| seats_before1 = 
| seat_change1 = {{increase}}40
| popular_vote1 = '''292,916'''
| percentage1 = '''25.73%'''
| swing1 = {{increase}}2.79[[percentage points|pp]]
| image2 = [[Image:Albert Ho 2014 cut.jpg|150x150px]]
| leader2 = [[Albert Ho Chun-yan|Albert Ho]]
| party2 = Democratic Party (Hong Kong)
| alliance2 = Pan-democracy camp
| leaders_seat2 = 
| last_election2 = 95 seats, 21.27%
| seats2 = 59
| seats_before2 = 
| seat_change2 = {{decrease}}21
| popular_vote2 = 175,054
| percentage2 = 15.38%
| swing2 = {{decrease}}5.90[[percentage points|pp]]
| image3 = [[File:Lau Kong-wah 2014.jpg|150x150px]]
| leader3 = [[Lau Kong-wah]]
| party3 = Civil Force
| alliance3 = Pro-Beijing camp
| leaders_seat3 = 
| last_election3 = 17 seats, 2.45%
| seats3 = 18
| seats_before3 = 
| seat_change3 = {{increase}}3
| popular_vote3 = 30,880
| percentage3 = 2.71%
| swing3 = {{increase}}0.26[[percentage points|pp]]
| image4 = [[File:Frederick Fung at Alliance for True Democracy.jpg|150x150px]]
| leader4 = [[Frederick Fung]]
| party4 = Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood
| alliance4 = Pan-democracy camp
| leaders_seat4 = 
| last_election4 = 25 seats, 5.07%
| seats4 = 17
| seats_before4 = 
| seat_change4 = {{decrease}}7
| popular_vote4 = 52,386
| percentage4 = 4.60%
| swing4 = {{decrease}}0.46[[percentage points|pp]]
| image5 = [[Image:James Tien cut.jpg|150x150px]]
| leader5 = [[James Tien Pei-chun|James Tien]]
| party5 = Liberal Party (Hong Kong)
| alliance5 = Pro-Beijing camp
| leaders_seat5 = 
| last_election5 = 14 seats, 2.77%
| seats5 = 14
| seats_before5 = 
| seat_change5 = {{decrease}}3
| popular_vote5 = 50,026
| percentage5 = 4.39%
| swing5 = {{increase}}1.63[[percentage points|pp]]
| image6 = [[File:香港民主黨公佈首份文件回應本土思潮1 (cropped).jpg|150x150px]]
| leader6 = [[Audrey Eu]]
| party6 = Civic Party
| alliance6 = Pan-democracy camp
| leaders_seat6 = 
| last_election6 = ''New party''
| seats6 = 8
| seats_before6 = 
| seat_change6 = {{increase}}2
| popular_vote6 = 48,837
| percentage6 = 4.29%
| swing6 = N/A
| image7 = [[File:Raymond Wong Yuk Man.jpg|150x150px]]
| leader7 = [[Wong Yuk-man]]
| party7 = League of Social Democrats
| alliance7 = Pan-democracy camp
| leaders_seat7 = 
| last_election7 = ''New party''
| seats7 = 6
| seats_before7 = 
| seat_change7 = {{nochange}}
| popular_vote7 = 28,601
| percentage7 = 2.51%
| swing7 = N/A
| image8 = [[File:Leung Yiu-chung 2017.jpg|150x150px]]
| leader8 = [[Leung Yiu-chung]]
| party8 = Neighbourhood and Worker's Service Centre
| alliance8 = Pan-democracy camp
| leaders_seat8 = 
| last_election8 = 4 seats, 1.35%
| seats8 = 4
| seats_before8 = 
| seat_change8 = {{nochange}}
| popular_vote8 = 12,565
| percentage8 = 1.10%
| swing8 = {{decrease}}0.24[[percentage points|pp]]
| image9 = [[File:Emily Lau cropped.jpg|150x150px]]
| leader9 = [[Emily Lau]]
| party9 = The Frontier (Hong Kong)
| alliance9 = Pan-democracy camp
| leaders_seat9 = 
| last_election9 = 6 seats, 2.41%
| seats9 = 3
| seats_before9 = 
| seat_change9 = {{decrease}}3
| popular_vote9 = 18,203
| percentage9 = 1.60%
| swing9 = {{decrease}}0.81[[percentage point|pp]]
| map_image       = 2007DCelectionmap.svg|
| map_size        = 400px
| map_caption     = Map of the winning party by constituency
}}
The '''2007 Hong Kong District Council elections''' were held on 18 November 2007. Elections were held to all 18 [[districts of Hong Kong]], returned 405 members from directly elected constituencies out of total 534 councils member. A total number of 886 candidates contesting in 364 seats, while 41 seats were uncontested. A total number of 1.4 million voters cast their ballots, consisting 38% of the electorate, significantly lower than the  [[2003 Hong Kong local elections|last elections]] in 2003.

The [[pro-Beijing camp|pro-Beijing]] flagship party [[Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong]] (DAB) received the largest victory in its history, rebounding their loss from the 2003 with extra gain, taking total number of 115 seats, compared to 62 seats in the 2003 elections. The [[Pro-democracy camp in Hong Kong|pan-democrats]] suffered a devastating loss, with its  [[Democratic Coalition for DC Election|electoral coalition]] winning only about a hundred seats out of almost 300 candidates. The pro-democracy flagship party [[Democratic Party (Hong Kong)|Democratic Party]] was beaten in every region especially in Kowloon, losing almost half of the seats as compared to the 2003 elections.

As a result, the pan-democrats lost control of their two traditional strongholds, [[Sham Shui Po District Council|Sham Shui Po]] and [[Kwai Tsing District Council|Kwai Tsing]] with the help of the pro-government members appointed by [[Chief Executive of Hong Kong|Chief Executive]] [[Donald Tsang]] to the District Councils.

==Contesting parties==
===Parties===
In September 2007, the [[pan-democrats]] announced their plan to field 289 candidates in the election, including 138 incumbents and 136 newcomers after a process of coordination initiated by the [[Power for Democracy]] under the banner of [[Democratic Coalition for DC Election]]. After the coordination, the number constituencies with more than one pro-democratic candidates reduced from 30 to 7. The pan-democrats demanded universal suffrage and abolition of the appointed seat in the District Councils as the election platform.<ref name="field"/>

The [[Democratic Party (Hong Kong)|Democratic Party]], the flagship pro-democratic party fielded 114 candidates, [[Civic Party]] 41, [[Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood]] (ADPL) 38, [[League of Social Democrats]] 28, [[The Frontier (Hong Kong)|The Frontier]] 15, as well as [[Democratic Alliance (Hong Kong)|Democratic Alliance]], [[Civic Act-up]], [[Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions]] (CTU), [[Neighbourhood and Worker's Service Centre]] (NWSC) and the others.<ref name="field">{{cite news|url=http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/news/art/20070924/10194156|newspaper=Apple Daily|date=24 September 2007|language=Chinese|title=力爭2012雙普選 要求即撤委任席 民主派289人出戰區選}}</ref>

The Civic Party, derived from the [[Article 45 Concern Group]] established after the [[Hong Kong 1 July marches#2003|2003 July 1 protests]] was a relatively new party without much resources and district network with only 7 incumbent district councillors. The party fielded around 42 candidates in constituencies where the pan-democrats had not contested with its new image to appeal to the voters. Another new founded League of Social Democrats fielded about 30 candidates in lower-income areas such as [[Wong Tai Sin]], [[Kwun Tong]] and [[Tsuen Wan]], seeking to appeal to the lower class voters.<ref name="new">{{cite news|title=地區戰績不彰 硬銷政治理念 11.18區議會選舉 新興政黨搶灘有難度|url=http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/news/art/20071116/10426079|newspaper=Apple Daily|date=16 November 2011|language=Chinese}}</ref>

The thinktank Savantas Policy Institute set up by former [[Secretary for Security]] [[Regina Ip]] also fielded four candidates with independent affiliation in the election, including two retired civil servant and a former administrative officer.<ref name="new"/>

===Candidates===
A historic record of 917 nominations were received since the handover of Hong Kong. 39 of the 405 seats received only one nomination thus were returned uncontestedly, of which 12 of them were taken by the [[Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong]] (DAB), 2 by [[Liberal Party (Hong Kong)|Liberal Party]] and 1 by the [[Democratic Party (Hong Kong)|Democratic Party]].

[[Cyd Ho]], the incumbent district councillor who beat DAB's [[Ip Kwok-him]] in his own constituency [[Kwun Lung (constituency)|Kwun Lung]] in 2003, did not seek for re-election. Ip faced challenged by activist Ho Loy. Two Civic Party rising stars, barrister [[Tanya Chan]] and Tsang Kwok-fung challenged incumbent [[Peak (constituency)|Peak]] district councillor Lam Man-kit of the [[Liberal Party (Hong Kong)|Liberal Party]] and DAB legislator [[Li Kwok-ying]] in [[Tai Po Hui (constituency)|Tai Po Market]]. [[Priscilla Leung]], a pro-Beijing assistant professor of law at the [[City University of Hong Kong]] also ran in the election, challenging Democrat Chan Ka-wai in [[Whampoa East (constituency)|Whampoa East]].<ref>{{cite news|title=
區會917人參選 回歸以來新高 何來空降中西區鬥葉國謙|newspaper=Apple Daily|date=16 October 2007|url=http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/news/art/20071016/10294574|language=Chinese}}</ref>

==Pre-election events==
On 15 November, two days before the election, Ko Keung-wah, a village representative of Shung Ching San Tsuen in [[Yuen Long]] and an assistant to the [[Liberal Party (Hong Kong)|Liberal Party]] candidate Philip Wong Pak-yan in Shap Pat Heung North and Lam Tim-fook in Shap Pat Heung South, was attacked. Ko got a finger on his right hand was chopped off and suffered at least four deep slice wounds to his back and one to his abdomen. Anti-triad officers said the attack might be linked with the election.<ref>{{cite news|title=Anti-triad police probing knife attack on campaign manager|date=16 November 2007|newspaper=South China Morning Post|url=http://www.scmp.com/article/615984/anti-triad-police-probing-knife-attack-campaign-manager}}</ref> On the election day, a triad member was spotted campaigning for an independent candidate in Shap Pat Heung North influential rural leader Leung Fuk-yuen.<ref>{{cite news|title=
警方如臨大敵 盤查助選金毛 元朗之虎招搖拉票|newspaper=Apple Daily|date=19 November 2007|url=http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/news/art/20071119/10436059|language=Chinese}}</ref>

==Results==
{{election table|title=Summary of the 18 November 2007 [[district councils of Hong Kong]] [[2007 Hong Kong district councils election|election results]]}}
|-
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" colspan=3 |Political Affiliation
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Popular vote
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |%
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |%±
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Standing
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Elected
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |±
|-
| style="background-color:pink;border-bottom-style:hidden;" rowspan="11" |
| width=1px style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong}}" |
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong]]
|  292,916 || 25.73 || {{increase}}2.79 || 178{{efn-lr|name=DABFTU}} || 115 || {{increase}}40
|-
| width=1px style="background-color: {{party color|Civil Force}}" |
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Civil Force]]
|  30,880 || 2.71 || {{increase}}0.27 || 20 || 18 || {{increase}}3
|-
| width=1px style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (Hong Kong)}}" |
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Liberal Party (Hong Kong)|Liberal Party]]
|  50,026 || 4.39 || {{increase}}1.63 || 55 || 14 || {{decrease}}3
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions}}"|
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions]]
|  4,208 || 0.37 || {{increase}}0.11 || 3{{efn-lr|name=DABFTU}}|| 1 || {{increase}}1
|-
|style="background-color: #FF6503"|
| style="text-align:left;" | Tseung Kwan O Residents' Association
|  1,922 || 0.17 || - || 1 || 1 || -
|-
|style="background-color: #9B28E9"|
| style="text-align:left;" | Tin Shui Wai Women Association
| 1,457 || 0.13 || - || 1 || 1 || -
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Federation of Hong Kong and Kowloon Labour Unions}}"|
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Federation of Hong Kong and Kowloon Labour Unions]]
| 1,339 || 0.12 || {{increase}}0.12 || 1 || 1 || {{nochange}}0
|-
|style="background-color: #004DA2"|
| style="text-align:left;" | New Territories General Chamber of Commerce
| 818 || 0.07 || - || 1 || 0 || -
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|New Century Forum}}"|
| style="text-align:left;" | [[New Century Forum]]
|  543 || 0.05 || {{decrease}}0.03 || 1 || 0 || {{nochange}}0
|-
| width=1px style="background-color: {{party color|Hong Kong Civic Association}}" |
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Hong Kong Civic Association]]
| 390 || 0.03 || - || 5 || 0 || -
|-
| width=1px style="background-color: {{party color|Independent politician}}" |
| style="text-align:left;" | Independents
| 226,645 || 19.91 || - || 161 || 118 || 
|- style="background-color:Pink"
| colspan=3 style="text-align:left;" | '''Total for pro-Beijing camp'''||''' 614,621''' || '''53.98''' || '''{{increase}}7.38''' || '''430''' || '''273''' || '''{{increase}}61'''
|-
| style="background-color:lightgreen;border-bottom-style:hidden;" rowspan="12"|
| width=1px style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Party (Hong Kong)}}" |
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Democratic Party (Hong Kong)|Democratic Party]]
| 175,054 || 15.38 || {{decrease}}5.90 || 110 || 59 || {{decrease}}21
|-
| width=1px style="background-color: {{party color|Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood}}" |
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood]]
| 52,386 || 4.60 || {{decrease}}0.46 || 37	|| 17 || {{decrease}}7
|-
| width=1px style="background-color: {{party color|Civic Party}}" |
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Civic Party]]
| 48,837 || 4.29 || - || 41 || 8 || {{increase}}2
|-
| width=1px style="background-color: {{party color|League of Social Democrats}}" |
| style="text-align:left;" |[[League of Social Democrats]]
| 28,601 || 2.51 || - || 29 || 6 || {{nochange}}0
|-
| width=1px style="background-color: {{party color|Neighbourhood and Workers' Service Centre}}" |
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Neighbourhood and Worker's Service Centre]]
| 12,565 || 1.10 || {{decrease}}0.24 || 5 || 4 || {{nochange}}0
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|The Frontier (Hong Kong)}}"|
| style="text-align:left;" |[[The Frontier (Hong Kong)|Frontier]]
| 18,203 || 1.60 || {{decrease}}0.81 || 15 || 3 || {{decrease}}3
|-
| width=1px style="background-color: {{party color|Yuen Long Tin Shui Wai Democratic Alliance}}" |
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Yuen Long Tin Shui Wai Democratic Alliance]]
| 9,530 || 0.84 || {{increase}}0.04 || 11 || 1 || {{decrease}}4
|-
| width=1px style="background-color: {{party color|Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions}}" |
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions]]
| 2,273 || 0.20 || {{decrease}}0.18 || 2 || 0 || {{decrease}}2
|-
| width=1px style="background-color: {{party color|Civic Act-up}}" |
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Civic Act-up]]
| 991 || 0.09 || {{decrease}}0.40 || 2 || 0 || {{decrease}}2
|-
| width=1px style="background-color: {{party color|Independent politician}}" |
| style="text-align:left;" | Individuals
| 60,510 || 5.31 || - || 44 || 10 || -
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
| colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" | '''Total for [[Democratic Coalition for DC Election]]'''|| '''409,573''' || '''35.97''' || '''-''' || '''296''' || '''108''' || '''-'''
|-
| width=1px style="background-color: {{party color|Independent politician}}" |
| style="text-align:left;" | Independent democrats and others
|  36,208 || 3.18 || - || 39 || 19  || -
|- style="background-color:lightGreen"
| colspan=3 style="text-align:left;" | '''Total for pan-democracy camp''' || '''445,781''' || '''39.15''' || '''{{decrease}}5.51''' ||	'''335''' || '''127''' || '''{{decrease}}56 '''
|- style="background-color:#DDDDDD;"
| colspan=3 style="text-align:left;" |'''Independent and others'''
| '''  78,133''' ||	'''6.86''' || '''{{decrease}}2.21''' || '''142''' || '''5''' || '''-'''
|-
|style="text-align:left;background-color:#E9E9E9" colspan="3"|'''Total (turnout 38.83%)'''
|width="75" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"|''' 1,138,358  '''
|width="30" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"|'''100.0'''
|style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"|'''-'''
|style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"|'''907'''
|style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"|'''405'''{{efn-lr|name=totalseats}}
|style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"|'''{{increase}}5'''
|}
{{notelist-lr|refs=
{{efn-lr|name=totalseats|The total seats of the district councils are 534 including 27 ex-officio members (rural committee chairmen in the New Territories), and 102 members appointed members by the Chief Executive of Hong Kong.}}
{{efn-lr|name=DABFTU|Candidates ran under both {{abbr|DAB|Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong}} and FTU banners were all counted as DAB in this chart.}}

}}

===Results by district===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;font-size:75%"
|-
!  Council
! Previous<br />control
! colspan=2| Previous<br />party
! Post-election<br />control
! colspan=2| Largest<br />party
! class="unsortable"  style="background:{{party color|Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong}}; width:35px;"| [[Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong|<span style="color:White;">DAB</span>]]!! class="unsortable"  style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (Hong Kong)}}; width:35px;"| [[Democratic Party (Hong Kong)|<span style="color:White;">DP</span>]]!! class="unsortable"  style="background:{{party color|Civil Force}}; width:35px;"|[[Civil Force|<span style="color:White;">CF</span>]]!! class="unsortable"  style="background:{{party color|Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood}}; width:35px;"|[[Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood|<span style="color:Black;">ADPL</span>]]!! class="unsortable"  style="background:{{party color|Liberal Party (Hong Kong)}}; width:35px;"| [[Liberal Party (Hong Kong)|<span style="color:White;">Lib</span>]]!! class="unsortable"  style="background:{{party color|Civic Party}}; width:35px;"| [[Civic Party|<span style="color:White;">Civ</span>]]!! class="unsortable"  style="background:{{party color|League of Social Democrats}}; width:35px;"| [[League of Social Democrats|<span style="color:White;">LSD</span>]]!! class="unsortable" style="background:gray; width:35px;"| [[Political parties in Hong Kong|<span style="color:White;">Others</span>]] !! class="unsortable" rowspan=20 | !! class="unsortable"  style="width:60px;"| [[Pro-democracy camp in Hong Kong|Pro-dem]]!! class="unsortable"  style="width:60px;"| [[Pro-Beijing camp|Pro-Beijing]] !! class="unsortable" style="width:60px;"| Appointed<br />& ex officio !!class="unsortable" | Composition !! class="unsortable" | Details
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;"| {{nowrap|[[Central and Western District Council|Central & Western]]}}
| style="background-color:Pink" | {{nowrap|Pro-Beijing}}
| {{Party name with colour|DPHK}}
| style="background-color:Pink" | {{nowrap|Pro-Beijing}}
| {{Party name with colour|DPHK}}
| 3
| bgcolor=#b3dba9|'''6'''
|
|
| 1
| 1
|
| 4
| 7
| bgcolor=pink| '''8'''
| 4
| {{Composition_bar/advanced
|divisionname =
|boxwidth     = 70
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| [[2007 Central and Western District Council election|Details]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;"| [[Wan Chai District Council|Wan Chai]]
| style="background-color:#DDEEFF" | NOC
| {{party color cell|Civic Act-up}}
| align=left| {{nowrap|[[Civic Act-up]]}}
| style="background-color:Pink" | Pro-Beijing
| {{Party name with colour|DABHK}}
| bgcolor=#98c3f1 |'''2'''
| 
|
|
| 
|
| 1
| 8
| 4
| bgcolor=pink| '''7'''
| 3
| {{Composition_bar/advanced
|divisionname =
|boxwidth     = 70
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| [[2007 Wan Chai District Council election|Details]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;"| [[Eastern District Council|Eastern]]
| style="background-color:Pink" | Pro-Beijing
| {{Party name with colour|DABHK}}
| style="background-color:Pink" | Pro-Beijing
| {{Party name with colour|DABHK}}
| bgcolor=#98c3f1 |'''14'''
| 3
|
|
| 2
| 2
| 2
| 14
| 10
| bgcolor=pink| '''26'''
| 9
| {{Composition_bar/advanced
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|boxwidth     = 70
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|party1       = 10
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|partycolor3  = Red
|party4       = 9
|partycolor4  = FireBrick
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| [[2007 Eastern District Council election|Details]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;"| [[Southern District Council|Southern]]
| style="background-color:Pink" | Pro-Beijing
| {{Party name with colour|DPHK}}
| style="background-color:Pink" | Pro-Beijing
| {{Party name with colour|DPHK}}
| 1
| bgcolor=#b3dba9|'''3'''
|
|
| 1
| 
|
| 12
| 3
| bgcolor=pink| '''14'''
| 4
| {{Composition_bar/advanced
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|boxwidth     = 70
|total        = 21
|party1       = 3
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|partycolor3  = FireBrick
}}
| [[2007 Southern District Council election|Details]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;"| [[Yau Tsim Mong District Council|Yau Tsim Mong]]
| style="background-color:Pink" | Pro-Beijing
| {{Party name with colour|DPHK}}
| style="background-color:Pink" | Pro-Beijing
| {{Party name with colour|DABHK}}
| bgcolor=#98c3f1 |'''7'''
| 1
|
|
| 
| 
|
| 8
| 3
| bgcolor=pink| '''13'''
| 4
| {{Composition_bar/advanced
|divisionname =
|boxwidth     = 70
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|partycolor3  = FireBrick
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| [[2007 Yau Tsim Mong District Council election|Details]]
|-
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;"| [[Sham Shui Po District Council|Sham Shui Po]]
| style="background-color:LightGreen" | {{nowrap|Pro-democracy}}
| {{Party name with colour|HKADPL}}
| style="background-color:#DDEEFF" | NOC
| {{Party name with colour|HKADPL}}
| 3
| 2
|
| bgcolor=#fffdac|'''10'''
| 
| 
|
| 6
| bgcolor=lightgreen| '''13'''
| bgcolor=pink| 8
| bgcolor=pink| 5
| {{Composition_bar/advanced
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| [[2007 Sham Shui Po District Council election|Details]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;"| [[Kowloon City District Council|Kowloon City]]
| style="background-color:Pink" | Pro-Beijing
| {{Party name with colour|DABHK}}
| style="background-color:Pink" | Pro-Beijing
| {{Party name with colour|DABHK}}
| bgcolor=#98c3f1 |'''6'''
| 2
|
| 3
| 2
| 1
|
| 8
| 6
| bgcolor=pink| '''16'''
| 5
| {{Composition_bar/advanced
|divisionname =
|boxwidth     = 70
|total        = 27
|party1       = 6
|partycolor1  = Green
|party2       = 16
|partycolor2  = Red
|party3       = 5
|partycolor3  = FireBrick
}}
| [[2007 Kowloon City District Council election|Details]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;"| [[Wong Tai Sin District Council|Wong Tai Sin]]
| style="background-color:Pink" | Pro-Beijing
| {{Party name with colour|DABHK}}
| style="background-color:Pink" | Pro-Beijing
| {{Party name with colour|DABHK}}
| bgcolor=#98c3f1 |'''8'''
| 3
|
| 2
| 1
| 
| 2
| 9
| 11
| bgcolor=pink| '''14'''
| 6
| {{Composition_bar/advanced
|divisionname =
|boxwidth     = 70
|total        = 31
|party1       = 11
|partycolor1  = Green
|party2       = 14
|partycolor2  = Red
|party3       = 6
|partycolor3  = FireBrick
}}
| [[2007 Wong Tai Sin District Council election|Details]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;"| [[Kwun Tong District Council|Kwun Tong]]
| style="background-color:Pink" | Pro-Beijing
| {{Party name with colour|DPHK}}
| style="background-color:Pink" | Pro-Beijing
| {{Party name with colour|DABHK}}
| bgcolor=#98c3f1 |'''9'''
| 3
|
| 
| 
| 
|
| 22
| 8
| bgcolor=pink| '''25'''
| 8
| {{Composition_bar/advanced
|divisionname =
|boxwidth     = 70
|total        = 42
|party1       = 8
|partycolor1  = Green
|party2       = 1
|partycolor2  = Gray
|party3       = 25
|partycolor3  = Red
|party4       = 8
|partycolor4  = FireBrick
}}
| [[2007 Kwun Tong District Council election|Details]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;"| [[Tsuen Wan District Council|Tsuen Wan]]
| style="background-color:Pink" | Pro-Beijing
| {{Party name with colour|DPHK}}
| style="background-color:Pink" | Pro-Beijing
| {{Party name with colour|DABHK}}
| bgcolor=#98c3f1| '''3'''
| bgcolor=#b3dba9| '''3'''
| 
| 
| 1
| 2
| 1
| 7
| 8
| bgcolor=pink| '''9'''
| 5+2
| {{Composition_bar/advanced
|divisionname =
|boxwidth     = 70
|total        = 24
|party1       = 8
|partycolor1  = Green
|party2       = 9
|partycolor2  = Red
|party3       = 7
|partycolor3  = FireBrick
}}
| [[2007 Tsuen Wan District Council election|Details]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;"| [[Tuen Mun District Council|Tuen Mun]]
| style="background-color:Pink" | Pro-Beijing
| {{Party name with colour|DABHK}}
| style="background-color:Pink" | Pro-Beijing
| {{Party name with colour|DABHK}}
| bgcolor=#98c3f1 |'''11'''
| 7
| 
| 2
| 1
| 
|
| 18
| 9
| bgcolor=pink| '''20'''
| 7+1
| {{Composition_bar/advanced
|divisionname =
|boxwidth     = 70
|total        = 37
|party1       = 9
|partycolor1  = Green
|party2       = 20
|partycolor2  = Red
|party3       = 8
|partycolor3  = FireBrick
}}
| [[2007 Tuen Mun District Council election|Details]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;"| [[Yuen Long District Council|Yuen Long]]
| style="background-color:Pink" | Pro-Beijing
| {{Party name with colour|DABHK}}
| style="background-color:Pink" | Pro-Beijing
| {{Party name with colour|DABHK}}
| bgcolor=#98c3f1 |'''7'''
| 2
| 
| 
| 3
| 
|
| 16
| 4
| bgcolor=pink| '''25'''
| 7+6
| {{Composition_bar/advanced
|divisionname =
|boxwidth     = 70
|total        = 42
|party1       = 4
|partycolor1  = Green
|party2       = 25
|partycolor2  = Red
|party3       = 13
|partycolor3  = FireBrick
}}
| [[2007 Yuen Long District Council election|Details]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;"| [[North District Council|North]]
| style="background-color:Pink" | Pro-Beijing
| {{Party name with colour|DPHK}}
| style="background-color:Pink" | Pro-Beijing
| {{Party name with colour|DABHK}}
| bgcolor=#98c3f1 |'''9'''
| 4
| 
| 
| 
| 
|
| 3
| 5
| bgcolor=pink| '''11'''
| 5+4
| {{Composition_bar/advanced
|divisionname =
|boxwidth     = 70
|total        = 25
|party1       = 5
|partycolor1  = Green
|party2       = 11
|partycolor2  = Red
|party3       = 9
|partycolor3  = FireBrick
}}
| [[2007 North District Council election|Details]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;"| [[Tai Po District Council|Tai Po]]
| style="background-color:Pink" | Pro-Beijing
| {{Party name with colour|DPHK}}
| style="background-color:Pink" | Pro-Beijing
| {{Party name with colour|DABHK}}
| bgcolor=#98c3f1 |'''7'''
| 4
| 
| 
| 
| 
|
| 8
| 4
| bgcolor=pink| '''15'''
| 5+2
| {{Composition_bar/advanced
|divisionname =
|boxwidth     = 70
|total        = 26
|party1       = 4
|partycolor1  = Green
|party2       = 15
|partycolor2  = Red
|party3       = 7
|partycolor3  = FireBrick
}}
| [[2007 Tai Po District Council election|Details]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;"| [[Sai Kung District Council|Sai Kung]]
| style="background-color:Pink" | Pro-Beijing
| {{Party name with colour|DABHK}}
| style="background-color:Pink" | Pro-Beijing
| {{Party name with colour|DABHK}}
| bgcolor=#98c3f1 |'''9'''
| 4
| 3
| 
| 
| 
|
| 7
| 8
| bgcolor=pink| '''15'''
| 5+2
| {{Composition_bar/advanced
|divisionname =
|boxwidth     = 70
|total        = 30
|party1       = 8
|partycolor1  = Green
|party2       = 15
|partycolor2  = Red
|party3       = 7
|partycolor3  = FireBrick
}}
| [[2007 Sai Kung District Council election|Details]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;"| [[Sha Tin District Council|Sha Tin]]
| style="background-color:Pink" | Pro-Beijing
| {{Party name with colour|Civil Force}}
| style="background-color:Pink" | Pro-Beijing
| {{Party name with colour|Civil Force}}
| 8
| 3
| bgcolor=#7fd3a9|'''15'''
| 
| 1
| 
|
| 9
| 5
| bgcolor=pink| '''31'''
| 9+1
| {{Composition_bar/advanced
|divisionname =
|boxwidth     = 70
|total        = 46
|party1       = 5
|partycolor1  = Green
|party2       = 31
|partycolor2  = Red
|party3       = 10
|partycolor3  = FireBrick
}}
| [[2007 Sha Tin District Council election|Details]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;"| [[Kwai Tsing District Council|Kwai Tsing]]
| style="background-color:LightGreen" | Pro-democracy
| {{Party name with colour|DPHK}}
| style="background-color:Pink" | Pro-Beijing
| {{Party name with colour|DPHK}}
| 4
| bgcolor=#b3dba9|'''9'''
| 
| 
| 1
| 
|
| 14
| '''17'''
| bgcolor=pink| 11
| bgcolor=pink| 7+1
| {{Composition_bar/advanced
|divisionname =
|boxwidth     = 70
|total        = 36
|party1       = 17
|partycolor1  = Green
|party2       = 11
|partycolor2  = Red
|party3       = 8
|partycolor3  = FireBrick
}}
| [[2007 Kwai Tsing District Council election|Details]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;"| [[Islands District Council|Islands]]
| style="background-color:Pink" | Pro-Beijing
| {{Party name with colour|DABHK}}
| style="background-color:Pink" | Pro-Beijing
| {{Party name with colour|DABHK}}
| bgcolor=#98c3f1 |'''4'''
| 
| 
| 
| 
|
| 2
| 4
| 2
| bgcolor=pink| '''8'''
| 4+8
| {{Composition_bar/advanced
|divisionname =
|boxwidth     = 70
|total        = 22
|party1       = 2
|partycolor1  = Green
|party2       = 8
|partycolor2  = Red
|party3       = 12
|partycolor3  = FireBrick
}}
| [[2007 Islands District Council election|Details]]
|-
|-bgcolor=#EAECF0
! scope="row" style="text-align: right;" colspan=7 | TOTAL
| bgcolor=#98c3f1| '''115'''
| '''59'''
| '''18'''
| '''17'''
| '''14'''
| '''8'''
| '''6'''
| '''176'''
| '''129'''
| bgcolor=Pink| '''276'''
| '''129'''
| {{Composition_bar/advanced
|divisionname =
|boxwidth     = 70
|total        = 534
|party1       = 127
|partycolor1  = Green
|party2       = 2
|partycolor2  = Grey
|party3       = 276
|partycolor3  = Red
|party4       = 129
|partycolor4  = FireBrick
}}
| 
|-
|}

===Vote summary===
{{Pie chart
| thumb = right
| caption = Votes, of total, by camp
| other=yes
| label1 = [[Pro-Beijing camp|Pro-Beijing]]
| value1 = 53.98
| color1 = Red
| label2 = [[Pro-democracy camp in Hong Kong|Pan-democrats]]
| value2 = 39.15
| color2 = Green
}}
{{pie chart
| thumb = right
| caption = Seats, of total, by camp
| other =yes
| label1 = [[Pro-Beijing camp|Pro-Beijing]]
| value1 = 67.41
| color1 = Red
| label2 = [[Pro-democracy camp in Hong Kong|Pan-democrats]]
| value2 = 31.36
| color2 = Green
}}
{{bar box
|title=Popular vote
|titlebar=#ddd
|width=600px
|barwidth=500px
|bars=
{{bar percent|DAB|{{party color|Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong}}|25.73}}
{{bar percent|Democratic|{{party color|Democratic Party (Hong Kong)}}|15.78}}
{{bar percent|ADPL|{{party color|Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood}}|4.60}}
{{bar percent|Liberal|{{party color|Liberal Party (Hong Kong)}}|4.39}}
{{bar percent|Civic|{{party color|Civic Party}}|4.29}}
{{bar percent|Civil Force|{{party color|Civil Force}}|2.71}}
{{bar percent|LSD|{{party color|League of Social Democrats}}|2.51}}
{{bar percent|Frontier|{{party color|The Frontier (Hong Kong)}}|1.60}}
{{bar percent|NCF|{{party color|New Century Forum}}|1.29}}
{{bar percent|NWSC|{{party color|Neighbourhood and Worker's Service Centre}}|1.10}}
{{bar percent|Others|{{party color|Independent (politician)}}|36.00}}
}}

===Seat summary===
{{bar box
|title=Seats
|titlebar=#ddd
|width=600px
|barwidth=500px
|bars=
{{bar percent|DAB|{{party color|Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong}}|28.40}}
{{bar percent|Democratic|{{party color|Democratic Party (Hong Kong)}}|14.57}}
{{bar percent|Civil Force|{{party color|Civil Force}}|4.44}}
{{bar percent|ADPL|{{party color|Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood}}|4.20}}
{{bar percent|Liberal|{{party color|Liberal Party (Hong Kong)}}|3.46}}
{{bar percent|Civic|{{party color|Civic Party}}|1.98}}
{{bar percent|LSD|{{party color|League of Social Democrats}}|1.48}}
{{bar percent|NCF|{{party color|New Century Forum}}|1.48}}
{{bar percent|NWSC|{{party color|Neighbourhood and Worker's Service Centre}}|0.99}}
{{bar percent|Frontier|{{party color|The Frontier (Hong Kong)}}|0.74}}
{{bar percent|Others|{{party color|Independent (politician)}}|39.26}}
}}

===Overview===
Without a major political issue like the [[2003 Hong Kong local elections|last election]] in 2003, the voter turnout significantly dropped about six percentage point to only about 38%, although a total of 1.4 million voters cast their ballots, 80,000 more than the last elections. A total number of 886 candidates contesting in 364 seats, while 41 seats were without contest.<ref name="defeat">{{cite news|title=民建聯收復失地 泛民區選大敗 何俊仁：將反思及檢討|date=19 November 2007|url=http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/news/first/20071119/10436013|language=Chinese|access-date=29 June 2016|archive-date=10 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510121600/http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/news/first/20071119/10436013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The [[Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong]] (DAB) received the largest victory in its history by winning 115 seats, nearly double than the 2003 results. The party vice-chairman [[Ip Kwok-him]] who lost to [[Cyd Ho]] in 2003 in his [[Kwun Lung (constituency)|Kwun Lung]] constituency retook his seat by large margin.<ref name="defeat"/> Kenny Lee Kwun-yee received a large number of votes in [[Tai Fat Hau (constituency)|Tai Fat Hau]], defeating pro-democratic candidate Ivy Chan Siu-ping of the [[Civic Act-up]]. Incumbent legislators [[Choy So-yuk]], [[Li Kwok-ying]] and [[Wong Yung-kan]] all retained their seats in [[Kam Ping (constituency)|Kam Ping]], [[Tai Po Hui (constituency)|Tai Po Market]] and [[Po Nga (constituency)|Po Nga]] respectively.<ref name="defeat"/>

The [[pan-democrats]] suffered a devastating defeat in the election. The [[Democratic Party (Hong Kong)|Democratic Party]] was beaten in every region especially in Kowloon, losing almost half of the seats as compared to the 2003 elections. Veteran Chan Ka-wai in [[Whampoa East (constituency)|Whampoa East]] was ousted by [[Priscilla Leung]], a pro-Beijing law scholar at the [[City University of Hong Kong]] backed by the [[Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions]] (FTU). In [[Sheung Shun (constituency)|Sheung Shun]], incumbent Law Chun-ngai was defeated by Fu Pik-chun of the DAB by 1,220 votes. Former Democratic Party secretary [[Cheung Yin-tung]] also lost his seat in Wang King to DAB newcomer Yiu Kwok-wai by 1,321 to 1,684 votes.<ref name="defeat"/>

The [[Civic Party]] failed to challenge the pro-Beijing candidates, winning only 8 seats out of 41 candidates. The party's rising star Yu Kwun-wai lost in a large margin to DAB's [[Bernard Chan Pak-li|Bernard Chan]] in [[Ping Shek (constituency)|Ping Shek]], while Civic legislator [[Mandy Tam]] lost her seat to Choi Luk-sing in [[Lung Sing (constituency)|Lung Sing]].<ref name="defeat"/> The [[Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood]] (ADPL) who had stronghold in [[Sham Shui Po]] also saw its candidate Leung Kam-tao lost his seat in [[Yau Yat Tsuen (constituency)|Yau Yat Tsuen]] to pro-Beijing independent Jimmy Kwok Chun-wah. [[Richard Tsoi]] of the [[Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions]] (CTU) who took the seat in [[Fo Tan (constituency)|Fo Tan]] in 2003 failed to retain his seat, being beaten by Scarlet Pong Oi-lan of the [[New Century Forum]].<ref name="defeat"/>

==Aftermath==
In December 2007, [[Chief Executive of Hong Kong|Chief Executive]] [[Donald Tsang]] named 102 government-appointed Council members, of which all of them had pro-government background and one-fifth of them were members of the [[Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong]] (DAB) and the [[Liberal Party (Hong Kong)|Liberal Party]]. 15 of them were appointed for the third time.<ref>{{cite news|title=委102名區議員政府趕絕泛民 民建聯自由黨佔1/5議席|date=15 December 2007|newspaper=Apple Daily|language=Chinese|url=http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/news/art/20071215/10536752}}</ref> Tsang was criticised for not appointing a single member of the pan-democrats.<ref name=grooms>Frank Ching, "Tsang grooms his kind of political talent", Pg A12, ''[[South China Morning Post]]'', 24 June 2008</ref>

==References==
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