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1998 Hong Kong legislative election in Kowloon West

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1998 Hong Kong legislative election in Kowloon West

24 May 1998 (1998-05-24) 2000 →

All 3 Kowloon West seats to the Legislative Council
  First party Second party
 
Leader Lau Chin-shek Jasper Tsang
Party Democratic DAB
Alliance Pro-democracy Pro-Beijing
Seats won 2 1
Popular vote 113,079 44,632
Percentage 55.1% 21.7%

These are the Kowloon West results of the 1998 Hong Kong legislative election. The election was held on 24 May 1998 and all 3 seats in Kowloon West where consisted of Yau Tsim Mong District, Sham Shui Po District and Kowloon City District were contested. The Democratic Party's Lau Chin-shek and James To won two seats and was followed by Jasper Tsang of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong. Frederick Fung of the Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood was defeated and ousted from the legislature.

Overall results

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After election:

2 1
Pro-democracy Pro-Beijing
Party Seats Contesting
list(s)
Votes %
Democratic 2 1 113,079 55.1
ADPL 0 1 39,534 19.3
Pro-democracy camp 2 2 152,613 74.3
DAB 1 1 44,632 21.7
Liberal 0 1 5,854 2.9
Pro-Beijing camp 1 2 50,485 24.6
Independent 0 1 2,302 1.1
Turnout: 205,401 50.2

Candidates list

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Legislative Election 1998: Kowloon West[1]
List Candidates Votes Of total (%) ± from prev.
Democratic Lau Chin-shek, James To Kun-sun
Eric Wong Chong-ki
113,079 55.05
(33.33+21.72)
DAB Jasper Tsang Yok-sing
Ip Kwok-chung, Wen Choy-bon
44,632 21.73
ADPL Frederick Fung Kin-kee, Liu Sing-lee, Tam Kwok-kiu 39,534 19.25
Liberal Ringo Chiang Sai-cheong, Chan Noi-yue, Edward Li King-wah 5,854 2.85
Atlas Alliance Helen Chung Yee-fong 2,302 1.12
Total valid votes 205,401 100.00
Rejected ballots 1,281
Turnout 206,682 50.23
Registered electors 411,468

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Legco election overall result".