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2012 Hong Kong legislative election in Kowloon East
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All 5 Kowloon East seats to the Legislative Council
  First party Second party
 
Leader Chan Kam-lam Wu Chi-wai
Party DAB Democratic
Alliance Pro-Beijing Pan-democracy
Last election 1 seat, 22.6% 1 seat, 18.2%
Seats before 1 1
Seats won 1 1
Seat change Steady Steady
Popular vote 47,415 43,764
Percentage 16.7% 15.4%
Swing Decrease5.9% Decrease11.9%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Alan Leong Wong Kwok-kin
Party Civic FTU
Alliance Pan-democracy Pro-Beijing
Last election 1 seat, 16.6% 1 seat, 21.3%
Seats before 1 1
Seats won 1 1
Seat change Steady Steady
Popular vote 41,669 40,824
Percentage 14.6% 14.3%
Swing Decrease2.0% Decrease7.0%
Party with most votes in each District Council Constituency.

These are the Kowloon East results of the Hong Kong legislative election, 2012. The election was held on 9 September 2012 and all 5 seats in Kowloon East where consisted of Wong Tai Sin District and Kwun Tong District were contested. It was the first time the Pro-Beijing camp gained the majority of the Kowloon East seats. The Democratic Party, Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong, Federation of Trade Unions and Civic Party each secured their party's incumbent seat. The new last seat was gained by the pro-Beijing independent candidate Paul Tse, defeating the two radical democrats Wong Yeung-tat and Andrew To and former LegCo member Mandy Tam with narrow margin.

Overall results

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Party Seats Seats
change 		Contesting
list(s) 		Votes % %
change

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Democratic 1 0 1 43,764 15.4 −7.0
Civic 1 0 1 41,669 14.6 −2.0
People Power 0 0 1 36,608 12.9 N/A
LSD 0 0 1 27,253 9.6 −2.5
Independent 0 0 1 5,440 1.9 N/A
Pro-democracy camp 2 0 5 154,734 54.3 −1.7

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DAB 1 0 1 47,415 16.7 −5.9
FTU 1 0 1 40,824 14.3 −7.0
Independent 1 0 1 38,546 13.5 N/A
Pro-Beijing camp 3 +1 3 126,785 44.5 +0.6

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Independent 0 0 1 3,263 1.2 N/A
Turnout: 284,782 51.1

Candidates list

Legislative Election 2012: Kowloon East[1]
List Candidates Votes Of total (%) ± from prev.
DAB Chan Kam-lam
Joe Lai Wing-ho, Hung Kam-in, Wilson Or Chong-shing 		47,415 16.65 −5.95
Democratic Wu Chi-wai
Mok Kin-shing, Hon Ka-ming 		43,764 15.37 −5.03
Civic Alan Leong Kah-kit
Jeremy Jansen Tam Man-ho 		41,669 14.63 −1.97
FTU Wong Kwok-kin
Kan Ming-tung, Mok Kin-wing, Ho Kai-ming 		40,824 14.34 −6.96
Independent Paul Tse Wai-chun 38,546 13.54 N/A
People Power Wong Yeung-tat, Chan Sau-wai 36,608 12.85 N/A
LSD Andrew To Kwan-hang 27,253 9.57 −2.68
Independent Tam Heung-man 5,440 1.91 N/A
Nonpartisan Kay Yim Fung-chi, Chan Heung-yin 3,263 1.15 N/A
Turnout 284,782 51.05 +7.04

Results by districts

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List Candidates Wong Tai Sin Kwun Tong Total
Civic Alan Leong 14.06 15.05 14.63
FTU Wong Kwok-kin 16.97 12.42 14.34
LSD Andrew To 9.96 9.29 9.57
Nonpartisan Kay Yim 1.11 1.17 1.15
Democratic Wu Chi-wai 17.52 13.80 15.37
DAB Chan Kam-lam 13.37 19.04 16.65
Independent Paul Tse 11.59 14.95 13.54
People Power Wong Yeung-tat 12.91 12.82 12.86
Independent Mandy Tam 2.51 1.47 1.91

Opinion polling

Main article: Opinion polling for the 2012 Hong Kong legislative election in Kowloon East

See also

References

  1. ^ "2012 LegCo Election - Election Results". Electoral Affairs Commission.
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