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1998 Hong Kong legislative election in Kowloon East

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1998 Hong Kong legislative election in Kowloon East

24 May 1998 (1998-05-24) 2000 →

All 3 Kowloon East seats to the Legislative Council
  First party Second party
 
Leader Szeto Wah Chan Yuen-han
Party Democratic DAB
Alliance Pro-democracy Pro-Beijing
Seats won 2 1
Popular vote 145,986 109,296
Percentage 55.8% 41.8%

These are the Kowloon East results of the 1998 Hong Kong legislative election. The election was held on 24 May 1998 and all 3 seats in Kowloon East where consisted of Wong Tai Sin District and Kwun Tong District were contested. The Szeto Wah-led Democratic Party won two seats, with Fred Li got elected, while Chan Yuen-han of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong was also elected.

Overall results

After election:

2 1
Pro-democracy Pro-Beijing
Party Seats Contesting
list(s)
Votes %

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Democratic 2 1 145,986 55.8

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DAB 1 1 109,296 41.8

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Independent or others 0 1 6,339 2.4
Turnout: 261,621 54.4

Candidates list

Legislative Election 1998: Kowloon East[1]
List Candidates Votes Of total (%) ± from prev.
Democratic Szeto Wah, Fred Li Wah-ming
Mak Hoi-wah
145,986 55.80
(33.33+22.47)
DAB Chan Yuen-han
Kwok Bit-chun, Lam Man-fai
109,296 41.78
(33.33+8.45)
Nonpartisan Fok Pui-yee 6,339 2.42
Total valid votes 261,621 100.00
Rejected ballots 1,679
Turnout 263,300 54.41
Registered electors 483,875

See also

References