1998 Hong Kong legislative election

1998 Hong Kong legislative election

24 May 1998
All 60 seats to the Legislative Council 31 seats needed for a majority
Registered	2,795,371 (GC)
Turnout	1,489,705 (53.29%)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Martin Lee Allen Lee Tsang Yok-sing Party Democratic Liberal DAB Alliance Pro-democracy Pro-Beijing Pro-Beijing Leader's seat Hong Kong Island New Territories East (defeated) Kowloon West Last election 19 seats, 42.26% 10 seats, 1.64% 6 seats, 15.66% Seats won 13 10 9 Popular vote 634,635 50,335 373,428 Percentage 42.87% 3.40% 25.23% Swing 0.61pp 1.76pp 9.57pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Ambrose Lau Emily Lau Christine Loh Party HKPA Frontier Citizens Alliance Pro-Beijing Pro-democracy Pro-democracy Leader's seat Election Committee New Territories East Hong Kong Island Last election 1 seat, 2.85% Did not contest Did not contest Seats won 5 3 1 Popular vote Did not run in GCs 148,507 41,633 Percentage N/A 10.03% 2.81% Swing N/A New party New party
Elected candidates by each constituency
President before election Rita Fan Independent Elected President Rita Fan Independent

The 1998 Hong Kong Legislative Council election was held on 24 May 1998 for members of the 1st Legislative Council of Hong Kong (LegCo) since the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) in 1997. Replacing the Provisional Legislative Council (PLC) strictly controlled by the Beijing government and boycotted by the pro-democracy camp, the elections returned 20 members from directly elected geographical constituencies, 10 seats from the Election Committee constituency and 30 members from functional constituencies, of which 10 were uncontested.

Taking the advantage of the proportional representation system installed by Beijing, the pro-Beijing party, the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong (DAB), the weaker side compared to the more developed pro-democratic party, the Democratic Party recorded a clearer increase in the number of seats in the election.

The Democratic Party returned to the Legislative Council as the largest party with 13 seats, while the Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood, a pro-democratic party joined the Beijing-controlled Provisional Legislative Council lost all its seats.

Electoral method

The electoral method for the first Hong Kong Special Administrative Region was crafted by the Provisional Legislative Council (PLC) installed by the Beijing government during the intense Sino-British confrontation over the democratic reform carried out by the last colonial governor Chris Patten. According to the Hong Kong Basic Law promulgated by Beijing in April 1990, the first legislature would be composed of 60 members, with 20 members returned by geographical constituencies through direct elections, 10 members returned by an election committee and 30 members returned by functional constituencies.

For the geographical constituencies, A proportional representation system was adopted by the SAR government in replacement of the first-past-the-post system introduced in 1995. Under the system Hong Kong was divided into five large districts instead of 20 small ones, with voters in each district choosing three to five persons from candidate lists. It was designed to reward the weaker pro-Beijing candidates and dilute the electoral strength of the majority democrats.

For the functional constituencies, the corporate voting was restored after it was abolished in 1995. It reduced the number of eligible voters by almost 90 percent, from over 1.1 million in 1995 to fewer than 140,000 in 1998. There were also vast disparities in the number of eligible voters among the functional constituencies, ranging from highs of approximately 50,000 in the Education constituency to a few hundred or less in the Agriculture and Fisheries Transport, Insurance, Urban Council and Regional Council constituencies.

For the election committee, the 10 seats would be elected by the 800-member Election Committee, successor to the 400-member Selection Committee which elected the SAR's first Chief Executive in 1996. The committee was predominantly composed of conservative, pro-Beijing business, industrial and professional elites.

Campaign

The proportional representation system induced the contesting parties to practice strategic voting, effectively turning what would have been otherwise a proportional electoral system into single non-transferable vote, to encourage split voting among their supporters. In New Territories East, Martin Lee's Democratic Party reportedly advised its supporters to split their family members' votes between the Democratic Party and its ally The Frontier to help ensure of a third pro-democracy candidate. In Hong Kong Island, the Democratic Party picked a relatively unknown candidate in the third place of its party list, a move reportedly intended to help Christine Loh of the pro-democratic Citizens Party to finish ahead of the second candidate Ip Kwok-him of the rival pro-Beijing Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong (DAB).

Results

For details by LegCo members, see List of LegCo members elected in Hong Kong legislative election, 1998.

Overview

Ring charts of the election results showing popular vote against seats won, coloured in green (Pro-democracy camp) and red (Pro-Beijing camp) on the left and the party colours on the right. Seats won in the election (outer ring) against number of votes (inner ring).

The results saw the pro-democratic camp once again collectively gained over 60 percent of the popular vote, but their share of directly elected seats shrink form 85 percent (17/20) to 65 percent (14/20), due to the new electoral system. The leading pro-Beijing party, the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong (DAB) which had suffered from the underrepresentation under the single-member plurality system, picked up one seat in each geographical constituency for its 25 percent share of the popular vote. The Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood (ADPL), a pro-democratic party joined the Beijing-controlled Provisional Legislative Council lost all its seats, while two other pro-democratic parties, The Frontier and Citizens Party won 3 and 1 seat respectively.

The pro-business Liberal Party won most seats in the functional constituencies by taking 9 seats in the trade-based sectors, but failed to win any seat in the geographical constituency direct election. Its chairman Allen Lee could not save his seat in New Territories East which he won in the 1995 election. Some 77,813 voters (65 percent of those eligible) cast votes in the 20 functional constituencies while ten others ran uncontested. Reflecting the built-in conservative bias in the majority of the functional constituencies, pro-government parties and their unaffiliated allies dominated the sectors. Due to the pro-Beijing composition of the Election Committee, the pro-Beijing candidates won all 10 seats in the sector.

Vote summary

Popular vote Democratic   42.87% DAB   25.23% Frontier   10.03% ADPL   3.99% Liberal   3.40% Citizens   2.81% 123DA   0.21% Independents   11.45%

Seat summary

Seats Democratic   21.67% Liberal   16.67% DAB   15.00% PA   8.33% Frontier   5.00% Citizens   1.67% Independents   31.67%

Result breakdown

Geographical constituencies (20 seats)

Voting System: Closed party-list proportional representation with the Largest remainder method and Hare Quota.

Hong Kong Island (4 seats) List № Party/ Allegiance Votes Received % Elected Not elected 1 style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #000000;" data-sort-value="Citizens Party (Hong Kong)" | Citizens 39,251 12.76 Christine Loh Kung-wai   2 style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #C0C0C0;" data-sort-value="Nonpartisan" | Nonpartisan 12,377 4.02   Chong Chan-yau 3 style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1861AC;" data-sort-value="Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong" | DAB 90,182 29.32 Gary Cheng Kai-nam Ip Kwok-him, Suen Kai-cheong, Christopher Chung Shu-kun 4 style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #00aeef;" data-sort-value="Liberal Party (Hong Kong)" | Liberal 7,485 2.43   Ada Wong Ying-kay, Alice Tso Shing-yuk, Alice Lam Chui-lin 5 style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #5FB04A;" data-sort-value="Democratic Party (Hong Kong)" | Democratic 143,843 46.76 Martin Lee Chu-ming, Yeung Sum Yuen Bun-keung, Chan Kwok-leung 6 style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #C0C0C0;" data-sort-value="Nonpartisan" | Nonpartisan 2,588 0.84   Louis Leong Wing-on 7 style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #C0C0C0;" data-sort-value="Nonpartisan" | Nonpartisan 10,950 3.56   Jennifer Chow Kit-bing 8 style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #C0C0C0;" data-sort-value="Nonpartisan" | Nonpartisan 935 0.30   Li Hung Total 307,611 100.00   Kowloon West (3 seats) List № Party/ Allegiance Votes Received % Elected Not elected 1 style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #5FB04A;" data-sort-value="Democratic Party (Hong Kong)" | Democratic 113,079 55.05 Lau Chin-shek, James To Kun-sun Eric Wong Chong-ki 2 style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #faf400;" data-sort-value="Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood" | ADPL 39,534 19.25   Frederick Fung Kin-kee, Liu Sing-lee, Tam Kwok-kiu 3   Atlas Alliance 2,302 1.12   Helen Chung Yee-fong 4 style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #00aeef;" data-sort-value="Liberal Party (Hong Kong)" | Liberal 5,854 2.85   Chiang Sai-cheong, Chan Noi-yue, Edward Li King-wah 5 style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1861AC;" data-sort-value="Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong" | DAB 44,632 21.73 Jasper Tsang Yok-sing Ip Kwok-chung, Wen Choy-bon Total 205,401 100.00   Kowloon East (3 seats) List № Party/ Allegiance Votes Received % Elected Not elected 1 style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #5FB04A;" data-sort-value="Democratic Party (Hong Kong)" | Democratic 145,986 55.80 Szeto Wah, Li Wah-ming Mak Hoi-wah 2 style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1861AC;" data-sort-value="Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong" | DAB 109,296 41.78 Chan Yuen-han Kwok Bit-chun, Lam Man-fai 3 style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #C0C0C0;" data-sort-value="Nonpartisan" | Nonpartisan 6,339 2.42   Fok Pui-yee Total 261,621 100.00   New Territories West (5 seats) List № Party/ Allegiance Votes Received % Elected Not elected 1 style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #5FB04A;" data-sort-value="Democratic Party (Hong Kong)" | Democratic 147,098 39.21 Lee Wing-tat, Ho Chun-yan Zachary Wong Wai-yin, Josephine Chan Shu-ying 2 style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #C0C0C0;" data-sort-value="Nonpartisan" | Nonpartisan 25,905 6.91 Lam Wai-keung, Tai Kuen, Chow Ping-tim, Carmen Chan Ka-mun, Tso Shiu-wai 3 style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #C0C0C0;" data-sort-value="Nonpartisan" | Nonpartisan 38,627 10.30 Leung Yiu-chung   4 style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #ffd203;" data-sort-value="The Frontier (Hong Kong)" | Frontier 46,696 12.45 Lee Cheuk-yan Ip Kwok-fun 5 style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #C0C0C0;" data-sort-value="Nonpartisan" | Nonpartisan 11,176 2.98   Ting Yin-wah 6 style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #00aeef;" data-sort-value="Liberal Party (Hong Kong)" | Liberal 3,138 0.84   Paul Chan Sing-kong, Liu Kwong-sang, Wong Kwok-keung 7 style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1861AC;" data-sort-value="Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong" | DAB 72,587 19.35 Tam Yiu-chung Leung Che-cheung, Chau Chuen-heung, Chan Wan-sang, Hui Chiu-fai 8 style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #faf400;" data-sort-value="Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood" | ADPL 19,500 5.20   Yim Tin-sang 9 style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #fc040b;" data-sort-value="Pioneer" | Pioneer 968 0.26   Lam Chi-leung 10 style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0000c8;" data-sort-value="123 Democratic Alliance" | 123DA 3,050 0.81   Yum Sin-ling, Christopher Chu Cho-yan, Mak Ip-sing, Shung King-fai 11 style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #C0C0C0;" data-sort-value="Nonpartisan" | Nonpartisan 6428 1.71   Yeung Fuk-kwong Total 375,173 100.00   New Territories East (5 seats) List № Party/ Allegiance Votes Received % Elected Not elected 1 style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #00aeef;" data-sort-value="Liberal Party (Hong Kong)" | Liberal 33,858 10.25   Allen Lee Peng-fei, Wong Yiu-chee, Cheng Chee-kwok 2 style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #C0C0C0;" data-sort-value="Nonpartisan" | Nonpartisan 44,386 13.43 Andrew Wong Wang-fat   3 style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #000000;" data-sort-value="Citizens Party (Hong Kong)" | Citizens 2,382 0.72   Lui Yat-ming 4 style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #ffd203;" data-sort-value="The Frontier (Hong Kong)" | Frontier 101,811 30.81 Emily Lau Wai-hing, Cyd Ho Sau-lan   5 style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1861AC;" data-sort-value="Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong" | DAB 56,731 17.17 Lau Kong-wah Cheung Hon-chung, Chan Ping, Wan Yuet-kau, Wong Mo-tai 6 style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #5FB04A;" data-sort-value="Democratic Party (Hong Kong)" | Democratic 84,629 25.61 Andrew Cheng Kar-foo Wong Sing-chi, Lam Wing-yin, Shirley Ho Suk-ping 7 style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #C0C0C0;" data-sort-value="Nonpartisan" | Nonpartisan 6,637 2.01   Brian Kan Ping-chee Total 330,434 100.00

Functional Constituencies (30 seats)

Voting systems: Different voting systems apply to different functional constituencies, namely for the Heung Yee Kuk, Agriculture and Fisheries, Insurance and Transport, the preferential elimination system of voting; and for the remaining 24 FCs used the first-past-the-post voting system.

Constituency	Candidate(s)	Affiliation		Votes	%
Urban Council	Ambrose Cheung Wing-sum style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" |	Independent	26	56.52
	Ronnie Wong Man-chiu style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #C0C0C0;" data-sort-value="Nonpartisan" |	Nonpartisan	20	43.48
	Mok Ying-fan style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #faf400;" data-sort-value="Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood" |	ADPL	0	0.00
Regional Council	Tang Siu-tong style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #C0C0C0;" data-sort-value="Nonpartisan" |	Nonpartisan (PA)	25	51.02
	Chiang Lai-wan style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #C0C0C0;" data-sort-value="Nonpartisan" |	Nonpartisan	24	48.98
	Ngan Kam-chuen style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1861AC;" data-sort-value="Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong" |	DAB	0	0.00
Heung Yee Kuk	Lau Wong-fat style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #C0C0C0;" data-sort-value="Nonpartisan" |	Nonpartisan (Liberal)	Uncontested
Agriculture and Fisheries	Wong Yung-kan style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #C0C0C0;" data-sort-value="Nonpartisan" |	Nonpartisan (DAB)	81	65.32
	Lawrence Lee Hay-yue style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #C0C0C0;" data-sort-value="Nonpartisan" |	Nonpartisan	43	34.68
Insurance	Bernard Charnwut Chan style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #C0C0C0;" data-sort-value="Nonpartisan" |	Nonpartisan	94	53.11
	Chan Yim-kwong style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #00aeef;" data-sort-value="Liberal Party (Hong Kong)" |	Liberal	83	46.89
	Alex Wong Po-hang style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #C0C0C0;" data-sort-value="Nonpartisan" |	Nonpartisan	0	0.00
	Steven Lau Hon-keung style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #C0C0C0;" data-sort-value="Nonpartisan" |	Nonpartisan	0	0.00
Transport	Miriam Lau Kin-yee style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #00aeef;" data-sort-value="Liberal Party (Hong Kong)" |	Liberal	82	69.49
	Yuen Mo style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #C0C0C0;" data-sort-value="Nonpartisan" |	Nonpartisan	36	30.51
Education	Cheung Man-kwong style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #5FB04A;" data-sort-value="Democratic Party (Hong Kong)" |	Democratic	34,864	70.89
	Li Sze-yuen style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #C0C0C0;" data-sort-value="Nonpartisan" |	Nonpartisan	5,319	29.11
Legal	Margaret Ng Ngoi-yee style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #C0C0C0;" data-sort-value="Nonpartisan" |	Nonpartisan	1,741	81.55
	Sylvia Siu Wing-yee style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #C0C0C0;" data-sort-value="Nonpartisan" |	Nonpartisan	394	18.45
Accountancy	Eric Li Ka-cheung style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" |	Independent	3,556	65.04
	Edward Chow Kwong-fai style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #C0C0C0;" data-sort-value="Nonpartisan" |	Nonpartisan	1,302	23.82
	Peter Chan Po-fun style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #C0C0C0;" data-sort-value="Nonpartisan" |	Nonpartisan	609	11.14
Medical	Edward Leong Che-hung style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #C0C0C0;" data-sort-value="Nonpartisan" |	Nonpartisan	2,759	70.19
	Chan Ki-tak style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" |	Independent	1,172	29.81
Health Services	Michael Ho Mun-ka style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #5FB04A;" data-sort-value="Democratic Party (Hong Kong)" |	Democratic	11,420	82.21
	Peter Chua Sek-chon style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #C0C0C0;" data-sort-value="Nonpartisan" |	Nonpartisan	2,472	17.79
Engineering	Raymond Ho Chung-tai style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #C0C0C0;" data-sort-value="Nonpartisan" |	Nonpartisan	2,036	55.95
	Wong King-keung style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" |	Independent	1,112	30.56
	Luk Wang-kwong style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #C0C0C0;" data-sort-value="Nonpartisan" |	Nonpartisan	491	13.49
Architectural, Surveying and Planning	Edward Ho Sing-tin style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #00aeef;" data-sort-value="Liberal Party (Hong Kong)" |	Liberal	Uncontested
Labour (3 seats)	Chan Wing-chan style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1861AC;" data-sort-value="Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong" |	DAB	212	27.32
	Lee Kai-ming style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #C0C0C0;" data-sort-value="Nonpartisan" |	Nonpartisan	212	27.32
	Chan Kwok-keung style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #C0C0C0;" data-sort-value="Nonpartisan" |	Nonpartisan	204	26.29
	Chan Yun-che style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #C0C0C0;" data-sort-value="Nonpartisan" |	Nonpartisan	99	12.76
	Ng Yat-wah style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #C0C0C0;" data-sort-value="Nonpartisan" |	Nonpartisan	49	6.31
Social Welfare	Law Chi-kwong style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #5FB04A;" data-sort-value="Democratic Party (Hong Kong)" |	Democratic	Uncontested
Real Estate and Construction	Ronald Joseph Arculli style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #00aeef;" data-sort-value="Liberal Party (Hong Kong)" |	Liberal	206	69.13
	Jimmy Tse Lai-leung style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #C0C0C0;" data-sort-value="Nonpartisan" |	Nonpartisan	92	30.87
Tourism	Howard Young style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #00aeef;" data-sort-value="Liberal Party (Hong Kong)" |	Liberal	Uncontested
Commercial (First)	James Tien Pei-chun style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #00aeef;" data-sort-value="Liberal Party (Hong Kong)" |	Liberal	Uncontested
Commercial (Second)	Wong Yu-hong style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #C0C0C0;" data-sort-value="Nonpartisan" |	Nonpartisan	Uncontested
Industrial (First)	Kenneth Ting style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #00aeef;" data-sort-value="Liberal Party (Hong Kong)" |	Liberal	Uncontested
Industrial (Second)	Lui Ming-wah style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #C0C0C0;" data-sort-value="Nonpartisan" |	Nonpartisan	186	63.48
	Ngai Shiu-kit style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #de002b;" data-sort-value="Hong Kong Progressive Alliance" |	HKPA	107	36.52
Finance	David Li Kwok-po style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" |	Independent	Uncontested
Financial Services	Chim Pui-chung style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #C0C0C0;" data-sort-value="Nonpartisan" |	Nonpartisan	125	40.85
	Fung Chi-kin style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #C0C0C0;" data-sort-value="Nonpartisan" |	Nonpartisan	117	38.24
	Wu King-cheong style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #de002b;" data-sort-value="Hong Kong Progressive Alliance" |	HKPA	47	15.36
	Syed Bagh Ali Sah Bokhary style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #C0C0C0;" data-sort-value="Nonpartisan" |	Nonpartisan	17	5.56
Sports, Performing Arts, Culture and Publication	Timothy Fok Tsun-ting style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #C0C0C0;" data-sort-value="Nonpartisan" |	Nonpartisan	561	68.50
	Wu Chi-wai style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #5FB04A;" data-sort-value="Democratic Party (Hong Kong)" |	Democratic	258	31.50
Import and Export	Hui Cheung-ching style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #de002b;" data-sort-value="Hong Kong Progressive Alliance" |	HKPA	Uncontested
Textiles and Garment	Sophie Leung Lau Yau-fun style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #00aeef;" data-sort-value="Liberal Party (Hong Kong)" |	Liberal	Uncontested
Whole and Retail	Selina Chow Liang Shuk-yee style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #00aeef;" data-sort-value="Liberal Party (Hong Kong)" |	Liberal	945	66.41
	Wong Siu-yee style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #de002b;" data-sort-value="Hong Kong Progressive Alliance" |	HKPA	276	19.40
	Chan Choi-hi style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #C0C0C0;" data-sort-value="Nonpartisan" |	Nonpartisan	202	14.20
Information Technology	Sin Chung-kai style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #5FB04A;" data-sort-value="Democratic Party (Hong Kong)" |	Democratic	1,543	63.71
	Yung Kai-ning style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #C0C0C0;" data-sort-value="Nonpartisan" |	Nonpartisan	456	18.83
	Ringo Chan Kei-fu style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #C0C0C0;" data-sort-value="Nonpartisan" |	Nonpartisan	423	17.46

Election Committee (10 seats)

style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1861AC;" data-sort-value="Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #C0C0C0;" data-sort-value="Nonpartisan" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1861AC;" data-sort-value="Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #C0C0C0;" data-sort-value="Nonpartisan" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #00aeef;" data-sort-value="Liberal Party (Hong Kong)" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #C0C0C0;" data-sort-value="Nonpartisan" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #C0C0C0;" data-sort-value="Nonpartisan" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #C0C0C0;" data-sort-value="Nonpartisan" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #de002b;" data-sort-value="Hong Kong Progressive Alliance" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #C0C0C0;" data-sort-value="Nonpartisan" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #C0C0C0;" data-sort-value="Nonpartisan" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #C0C0C0;" data-sort-value="Nonpartisan" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #C0C0C0;" data-sort-value="Nonpartisan" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #C0C0C0;" data-sort-value="Nonpartisan" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #faf400;" data-sort-value="Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #C0C0C0;" data-sort-value="Nonpartisan" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #C0C0C0;" data-sort-value="Nonpartisan" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #D99923;" data-sort-value="Heung Yee Kuk" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #de002b;" data-sort-value="Hong Kong Progressive Alliance" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #C0C0C0;" data-sort-value="Nonpartisan" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1861AC;" data-sort-value="Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #C0C0C0;" data-sort-value="Nonpartisan" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #de002b;" data-sort-value="Hong Kong Progressive Alliance" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #C0C0C0;" data-sort-value="Nonpartisan" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #de002b;" data-sort-value="Hong Kong Progressive Alliance" |

Party		Candidate	Votes
DAB	Yeung Yiu-chung	441
Nonpartisan	Lee Kwong-lam	83
DAB	Thomas Pang Cheung-wai	226
Nonpartisan	Ng Leung-sing	539
Liberal	Ho Sai-chu	386
Nonpartisan	Ma Fung-kwok	466
Nonpartisan	Kan Fook-yee	300
Nonpartisan	James Chiu	141
Independent	Peggy Lam Pei	346
HKPA	Charles Yeung Chun-kam	380
Nonpartisan	Rita Fan Hsu Lai-tai	628
Nonpartisan	Ng Ching-fai	530
Nonpartisan	Maria Joyce Chang Sau-han	149
Nonpartisan	Ho Ka-cheong	97
Nonpartisan	Lee Kwong-lam	83
ADPL	Law Cheung-kwok	259
Nonpartisan	Cheung Hok-ming	273
Nonpartisan	Siu See-kong	56
Heung Yee Kuk	Pang Hang-yin	212
HKPA	David Chu Yu-lin	469
Nonpartisan	Stephen Yam Chi-ming	137
DAB	Chan Kam-lam	432
Nonpartisan	Joseph Hui Tak-fai	214
HKPA	Choy So-yuk	397
Nonpartisan	Leung Tsz-leung	85
HKPA	Lau Hon-chuen	504

Implication

The 1998 election is the first election after the Handover in 1997. Some observers believed the generally free and fair election was crucial for the consolidation of the newly established HKSAR and the political setting of "One Country, Two Systems" after widespread criticism on the PLC.

External links

• Official Government election site