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1998 Hong Kong legislative election in New Territories East

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1998 Hong Kong legislative election in New Territories East

24 May 1998 (1998-05-24) 2000 →

All 5 New Territories East seats to the Legislative Council
  First party Second party
 
Leader Emily Lau Andrew Cheng
Party Frontier Democratic
Alliance Pro-democracy Pro-democracy
Seats won 2 1
Popular vote 101,811 84,629
Percentage 30.8% 25.6%

  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Lau Kong-wah Andrew Wong
Party DAB Independent
Alliance Pro-Beijing Pro-democracy
Seats won 1 1
Popular vote 56,731 44,386
Percentage 17.2% 13.4%

These are the New Territories East results of the 1998 Hong Kong legislative election. The election was held on 24 May 1998 and all 5 seats in newly established constituency New Territories East where consisted of North District, Tai Po District, Sai Kung District and Sha Tin District were contested. The Frontier became the largest victors by winning two seats with Emily Lau and Cyd Ho, which was followed by the Democratic Party's Andrew Cheng. The Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong also won a seat with Lau Kong-wah and independent Andrew Wong won the last seat, defeating Liberal Party chairman Allen Lee.

Overall results

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After election:

4 1
Pro-democracy Pro-Beijing
Party Seats Contesting
list(s)
Votes %
Frontier 2 1 101,811 30.8
Democratic 1 1 84,629 25.6
Citizens 0 1 84,629 0.7
Independent 1 1 44,386 13.4
Pro-democracy camp 4 4 233128 70.6
DAB 1 1 56,731 17.2
Liberal 0 1 33,858 10.3
Independent 0 1 6,637 2.0
Pro-Beijing camp 1 3 97,226 29.4
Turnout: 330,434 55.9

Candidates list

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Legislative Election 1998: New Territories East[1]
List Candidates Votes Of total (%) ± from prev.
Frontier Emily Lau Wai-hing, Cyd Ho Sau-lan 101,811 30.81
(20+10.81)
Democratic Andrew Cheng Kar-foo
Wong Sing-chi, Lam Wing-yin, Ho Suk-ping
84,629 25.61
(20+5.61)
DAB Lau Kong-wah
Cheung Hon-chung, Chan Ping, Wan Yuet-kau, Wong Mo-tai
56,731 17.17
Independent Andrew Wong Wang-fat 44,386 13.43
Liberal Allen Lee Peng-fei, Wong Yiu-chee, Cheng Chee-kwok 33,858 10.25
Nonpartisan Brian Kan Ping-chee 6,637 2.01
Citizens Lui Yat-ming 2,302 0.72
Turnout 330,434 55.88
Total valid votes 330,434 100.00
Rejected ballots 2,260
Turnout 332,694 55.88
Registered electors 595,340

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Legco election overall result". www.info.gov.hk.