2008 Hong Kong legislative election in Kowloon East

2008 Hong Kong legislative election in Kowloon East

7 September 2008 (2008-09-07)
All 4 Kowloon East seats to the Legislative Council
First party Second party   Leader Fred Li & Wu Chi-wai Chan Kam-lam Party Democratic DAB Alliance Pan-democracy Pro-Beijing Last election 1 seat, 19.2% 1 seat, 18.8% Seats before 1 1 Seats won 1 1 Seat change Popular vote 64,489 53,472 Percentage 27.3% 22.6% Swing 8.1% 3.8%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Wong Kwok-kin Alan Leong Party FTU Civic Alliance Pro-Beijing Pan-democracy Last election 1 seat, 17.9% 1 seat, 19.1% Seats before 1 1 Seats won 1 1 Seat change Popular vote 50,320 39,274 Percentage 21.3% 16.6% Swing 3.4% 2.5%
Party with most votes in each District Council Constituency.

These are the Kowloon East results of the Hong Kong legislative election, 2008. The election was held on 7 September 2008 and all 4 seats in Kowloon East where consisted of Wong Tai Sin District and Kwun Tong District were contested, after one seat was abolished. The Democratic Party's Fred Li, Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong's Chan Kam-lam and Civic Party's Alan Leong each secured their party's incumbent seat, and Federation of Trade Unions's Wong Kwok-kin replaced retiring Chan Yuen-han.

Overall results

Before election:

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3	2
Pan-democracy	Pro-Beijing

Change in composition:

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2	2
Pan-democracy	Pro-Beijing

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Party			Seats	Seats change	Contesting list(s)	Votes	%	% change
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #5FB04A;" data-sort-value="Democratic Party (Hong Kong)" |	Democratic	1	0	2	64,489	27.3	+8.1
	Civic	1	0	1	39,274	16.6	−2.5
	LSD	0	0	1	28,690	12.1	−2.5
Pro-democracy camp			2	0	4	132,453	56.1	–7.2
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1861AC;" data-sort-value="DABHK" |	DAB	1	0	1	53,472	22.6	+3.8
	FTU	1	0	1	50,320	21.3	+3.4
Pro-Beijing camp			2	0	2	103,792	43.9	+7.2
Turnout:						236,245	44.0

Candidates list

Legislative Election 2008: Kowloon East
List		Candidates	Votes	Of total (%)	± from prev.
	DAB	Chan Kam-lam Joe Lai Wing-ho, Maggie Chan Man-ki, Hung Kam-in	53,472	22.6	+3.8
	FTU	Wong Kwok-kin Chan Yuen-han, Peter Wong Kit-hin, Kan Ming-tung	50,320	21.3	+3.4
	Democratic	Fred Li Wah-ming Kai Ming-wah, Wong Kai-ming, Wong Wai-tag	48,124	20.4	+1.2
	Civic	Alan Leong Kah-kit Yu Kwun-wai, Wong Hok-ming	39,274	16.6	−2.5
	LSD	Andrew To Kwan-hang	28,690	12.1	−12.9
	Democratic	Wu Chi-wai	16,365	6.9	N/A
Total valid votes			236,245	100.00
Rejected ballots			1,691
Turnout			237,936	44.01	−12.45
Registered electors			540,649

See also

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