2000 Hong Kong legislative election in Hong Kong Island

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2000 Hong Kong legislative election in Hong Kong Island

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All 5 Hong Kong Island seats to the Legislative Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Martin Lee Cheng Kai-nam Cyd Ho
Party Democratic DAB Frontier
Alliance Pro-democracy Pro-Beijing Pro-democracy
Last election 2 seats, 46.8% 1 seat, 29.3% Did not contest
Seats before 2 1 0
Seats won 2 2 1
Seat change Steady Increase1 Increase1
Popular vote 131,788 74,659 25,988
Percentage 35.3% 27.8% 10.0%
Swing Decrease11.5% Decrease1.5% N/A

As part of the 2000 Hong Kong legislative election, held 10 September, all 5 seats in Hong Kong Island were contested. The Democratic Party and Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong (DAB) each took two seats, with Choy So-yuk taking the last seat with the largest remainder method. Cyd Ho of The Frontier who ran for the New Territories last election ran in Hong Kong Island and replaced Christine Loh of the Citizens Party who did not seek for re-election.

DAB's Cheng Kai-nam soon gave up his seat over a corruption scandal and an independent barrister supported by the pro-democracy camp Audrey Eu was elected in the December by-election.

Overall results[edit]

Before election:

3 1
Pro-democracy Pro-Beijing

Change in composition:

3 2
Pro-democracy Pro-Beijing
Party Seats Seats
change
Contesting
list(s)
Votes % %
change
Democratic 2 0 1 131,788 35.3 –11.5
Frontier 1 +1 1 25,988 10.0 N/A
Independent 0 0 1 9,896 3.8 N/A
Pro-democracy camp 3 0 3 167,672 64.3 +4.8
DAB 2 +1 1 72,617 27.8 –1.5
New Forum 0 0 1 14,329 5.5 N/A
Independent 0 0 4 43,318 16.6 N/A
Pro-Beijing camp 2 0 6 140,320 49.6 +13.4
Independent 0 0 1 2,566 0.9 N/A
Turnout: 260,788 42.0

Candidates list[edit]

Vote share

  Democratic (35.3%)
  DAB (27.8%)
  Frontier (10.0%)
  New Forum (5.5%)
  Other (21.4%)
Legislative Election 2000: Hong Kong Island[1]
List Candidates Votes % ±
Democratic Martin Lee Chu-ming, Yeung Sum
Kam Nai-wai, Joseph Lai Chi-keong, Cheng Lai-king
92,074 35.3
(20+15.31)
−11.46
DAB Cheng Kai-nam, Choy So-yuk
Suen Kai-cheong, Christopher Chung Shu-kun, Yeung Wai-foon
72,617 27.8
(20+7.85)
−1.52
Frontier Cyd Ho Sau-lan 25,988 10.0 N/A
Nonpartisan Fung Leung-lo 15,419 5.9 N/A
Nonpartisan Jennifer Chow Kit-bing 14,534 5.6 +2.04
New Forum David Lan Hong-tsung, Fung Ho-keung, Chan Choi-hi, Regina Yeung Sum-yu 14,329 5.5 N/A
Ind. democrat Tsang Kin-shing, Manuel Chan Tim-shing, Steve Chan Kwok-leung 9,896 3.8 N/A
Nonpartisan Angel Leung On-kay 6,967 2.7 N/A
Nonpartisan Paul Tse Wai-chun 6,398 2.5 N/A
Nonpartisan Allen Yung Chan-lung 1,434 0.5 N/A
Nonpartisan Andrew Shuen Pak-man 1,132 0.4 N/A
Total valid votes 260,788 100.00
Rejected ballots 2,776
Turnout 263,564 42.03 −9.93
Registered electors 618,451

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Legislative Council Elections Results". Archived from the original on 2012-02-22. Retrieved 2012-03-09.