2012 Hong Kong legislative election in Kowloon East

2012 Hong Kong legislative election in Kowloon East

9 September 2012 (2012-09-09)
All 5 Kowloon East seats to the Legislative Council
First party Second party Third party   Leader Chan Kam-lam Wu Chi-wai Alan Leong Party DAB Democratic Civic Alliance Pro-Beijing Pan-democracy Pan-democracy Last election 1 seat, 22.6% 1 seat, 18.2% 1 seat, 16.6% Seats before 1 1 1 Seats won 1 1 1 Seat change Popular vote 47,415 43,764 41,669 Percentage 16.7% 15.4% 14.6% Swing 5.9% 11.9% 2.0%   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Wong Kwok-kin Paul Tse Party FTU Independent Alliance Pro-Beijing Pro-Beijing Last election 1 seat, 21.3% No seat Seats before 1 0 Seats won 1 1 Seat change 1 Popular vote 40,824 38,546 Percentage 14.3% 13.5% Swing 7.0% N/A
Party with most votes in each District Council Constituency.

These are the Kowloon East results of the 2012 Hong Kong legislative election. 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

Before election:

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2	2
Pan-democracy	Pro-Beijing

Change in composition:

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2	3
Pan-democracy	Pro-Beijing

Party			Seats	Seats change	Contesting list(s)	Votes	%	% change
		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
		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
		Independent	0	0	1	3,263	1.2	N/A
Turnout:						284,782	51.1

Candidates list

Legislative Election 2012: Kowloon East
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

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

• Legislative Council of Hong Kong
• Hong Kong legislative elections
• 2012 Hong Kong legislative election