2004 Hong Kong legislative election in Kowloon East

2004 Hong Kong legislative election in Kowloon East

12 September 2004 (2004-09-12)
All 5 Kowloon East seats to the Legislative Council
First party Second party   Leader Albert Cheng (Independent) Fred Li Party Frontier Democratic Alliance Pro-democracy Pro-democracy Last election Did not contest 1 seat, 19.2% Seats before 0 1 Seats won 1 1 Seat change 1 Popular vote 73,279 56,462 Percentage 25.0% 19.2% Swing N/A 26.1%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Chan Kam-lam Chan Yuen-han Party DAB FTU Alliance Pro-Beijing Pro-Beijing Last election 1 seat, 18.8% Did not contest Seats before 1 1 Seats won 1 1 Seat change Popular vote 55,306 52,564 Percentage 18.8% 17.9% Swing 28.6% N/A
Party with most votes in each District Council Constituency.

These are the Kowloon East results of the Hong Kong legislative election, 2004. The election was held on 12 September 2004 and all 5 seats in Kowloon East where consisted of Wong Tai Sin District and Kwun Tong District were contested. All four incumbents were elected with famous pro-democrat radio host Albert Cheng won a new seat with Andrew To of The Frontier on a joint ticket.

Overall results

Before election:

↓

2	2
Pro-democracy	Pro-Beijing

Change in composition:

↓

3	2
Pro-democracy	Pro-Beijing

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Party			Seats	Seats change	Contesting list(s)	Votes	%	% change
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #ffd203;" data-sort-value="The Frontier (Hong Kong)" |	Frontier	0	0	1	73,279	25.0	N/A
	Democratic	1	0	1	56,462	19.2	–26.1
	Independent	1	0	1	56,175	19.1	N/A
Pro-democracy camp			3	+1	3	185,916	63.2	+17.9
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1861AC;" data-sort-value="DABHK" |	DAB	1	0	1	55,306	18.8	–28.6
	FTU	1	0	1	52,564	17.9	N/A
Pro-Beijing camp			2	0	2	107,870	36.7	–10.7
Turnout:						293,986	56.5

Candidates list

Legislative Election 2004: Kowloon East
List		Candidates	Votes	Of total (%)	± from prev.
	Nonpartisan (Frontier)	Albert Cheng Jing-han Andrew To Kwan-hang	73,279	25.0 (20+4.99)	N/A
	Democratic	Fred Li Wah-ming Wu Chi-wai, Ho Wai-to	56,462	19.2	−26.1
	Independent	Alan Leong Kah-kit	56,175	19.1	N/A
	DAB (FTU)	Chan Kam-lam Choi Chun-wa, Chan Tak-ming	55,306	18.8	N/A
	FTU (DAB)	Chan Yuen-han Lam Man-fai, Tang Ka-piu	52,564	17.9	N/A
Total valid votes			293,986	100.00
Rejected ballots			2,384
Turnout			296,370	56.46	+11.74
Registered electors			524,896

See also

• Legislative Council of Hong Kong
• Hong Kong legislative elections
• Hong Kong legislative election, 2004