2008 Hong Kong legislative election in New Territories West

These are the New Territories West results of the 2008 Hong Kong legislative election. The election was held on 7 September 2008 and all 8 seats in New Territories West, which consists of Tsuen Wan District, Tuen Mun District, Yuen Long District, Kwai Tsing District and Islands District, were contested. All the incumbents were elected except for Selina Chow of the Liberal Party, which was succeeded by Wong Kwok-hing of the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions who contested in the constituency for the first time.

2008 Hong Kong legislative election in New Territories West

7 September 2008
All 8 New Territories West seats to the Legislative Council
Leader Lee Wing-tat, Albert Ho & Cheung Yin-tung Tam Yiu-chung Leung Yiu-chung Party Democratic DAB NWSC Alliance Pan-democracy Pro-Beijing Pan-democracy Last election 2 seats, 26.9% 2 seats, 24.9% 1 seat, 12.7% Seats before 2 2 1 Seats won 2 2 1 Seat change Popular vote 92,600 92,037 42,441 Percentage 23.2% 23.1% 10.7% Swing 3.7% 1.8% 2.0%   Leader Lee Cheuk-yan Wong Kwok-hing Albert Chan Party CTU FTU LSD Alliance Pan-democracy Pro-Beijing Pan-democracy Last election 1 seat, 9.9% Did not contest 1 seat, 7.8% Seats before 1 0 1 Seats won 1 1 1 Seat change 1 Popular vote 42,366 35,991 32,182 Percentage 10.6% 9.0% 8.1% Swing 0.7% N/A 0.3%
Party with most votes in each District Council Constituency.

Overall results

Before election:

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5	3
Pan-democracy	Pro-Beijing

Change in composition:

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5	3
Pan-democracy	Pro-Beijing

Party			Seats	Seats change	Contesting list(s)	Votes	%	% change
		Democratic	2	0	3	92,600	23.2	−3.7
		NWSC	1	0	1	42,441	10.7	−2.0
		CTU	1	0	1	42,366	10.6	−0.7
		LSD	1	0	1	32,182	8.1	+0.3
		Civic	0	0	1	27,910	7.0	N/A
		ADPL	0	0	1	6,771	1.7	–1.4
Pro-democracy camp			5	0	8	244,270	61.3	+0.8
		DAB	2	0	1	92,037	23.1	−1.8
		FTU	1	+1	1	35,991	9.0	N/A
		Liberal	0	–1	1	21,570	5.4	–5.5
		Independent	0	0	1	1,720	0.4	N/A
Pro-Beijing camp			3	0	4	151,318	38.0	+5.7
		Independent	0	0	2	2,704	0.6	N/A
Turnout:						398,292	42.5

Candidates list

Legislative Election 2008: New Territories West[1]
List		Candidates	Votes	%	±
	DAB	Tam Yiu-chung, Cheung Hok-ming Leung Che-cheung, Chan Han-pan, Lung Shui-hing, Leung Kar-ming, Andy Lo Kwong-shing, Lui Kin	92,037	23.1 (12.50+10.61)	−1.77
	Democratic	Lee Wing-tat Wong Suet-ying, Lam Siu-fat, Cheung Wai-mei, Lam Lap-chi	45,767	11.5	−1.99
	NWSC	Leung Yiu-chung Wong Yun-tat	42,441	10.7	−2.04
	CTU	Lee Cheuk-yan Tam Chun-yin	42,366	10.6	+0.73
	Democratic	Ho Chun-yan Hui Chi-fung, Lo Man-hon	36,764	9.2	−4.25
	FTU (DAB)	Wong Kwok-hing Alice Mak Mei-kuen, Marina Tsang Tze-kwan, Tsui Fan, Dennis Leung Tsz-wing, Tang Ka-piu, Yiu Kwok-wai, Manwell Chan	35,991	9.0	N/A
	LSD	Albert Chan Wai-yip	32,182	8.1	+0.27
	Civic	Fernando Cheung Chiu-hung, Sumly Chan Yuen-sum, Wong Ka-wa	27,910	7.0	N/A
	Liberal	Selina Chow Liang Shuk-yee, Chow Wing-kan	21,570	5.4	−5.48
	Democratic	Cheung Yin-tung, Kwong Chun-yu	10,069	2.5	N/A
	ADPL	Tandon Lai Chaing, Yeung Chi-hang	6,771	1.7	−1.44
	Independent	Chow Ping-tim	1,720	0.4	+0.03
	Blue Intelligent Union	Leung Suet-fong, Thapa Komal	1,366	0.3	N/A
	Nonpartisan	Yuen Wai-chung	1,338	0.3	N/A
Total valid votes			398,292	100.00
Rejected ballots			2,427
Turnout			400,719	42.49	−10.99
Registered electors			943,161

See also

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

References

1. "2008 Legislative Election". Electoral Affairs Commission. 2008-09-08. Archived from the original on 2012-06-16. Retrieved 2012-03-09.