Hong Kong legislative election, 2000
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The 2000 Hong Kong Legislative Council election was held on 10 September 2000 for members of the 2nd Legislative Council (LegCo) of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). The election returned 24 members from directly elected geographical constituencies, 6 seats from the Election Committee constituency and 30 members from functional constituencies, of which 9 uncontested.
The election saw the decline in turnout rate from 53.29 percent in 1998 to 43.57 percent. The Democratic Party was able to maintain the largest party status in the legislature by retaining 12 seats, despite its vote share fell sharply by eight percent, if including Lau Chin-shek from the Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions (CTU) running in the same ticket with Democrat James To in Kowloon West, from 42 percent in 1998 to 34 percent in 2000.[1]
In contrast, the pro-Beijing rival Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong (DAB) raised its vote share over two years by five percent, to 29.6 percent if including Tang Siu-tong from the Hong Kong Progressive Alliance (HKPA). As a result, the DAB won 11 seats, a sharp increase of three seats from the previous election, making it the second largest political party in the legislature, despite an alleged corruption scandal involving its vice-chairman Cheng Kai-nam at the peak of the campaign.[1] Cheng did not take his office and a by-election in December was won by a pro-democracy independent Audrey Eu.
The pro-democracy camp won 21 seats in total, of which 16 of those returned from the directly elected geographical constituencies, one seat more than the previous election which secured the one-thirds vote to veto any government's proposal of any constitutional amendment.
Retiring incumbents
Ambrose Cheung, representing the Provisional Urban Council resigned from the Legislative Council as protest to the government's decision on abolishing the two municipal councils, Urban Council and Regional Council and their corresponding Legislative Council constituencies in 2000. No by-elected was held due to the short period before the general election.
General result
Before election:
20 | 1 | 39 |
Pro-democracy | V. | Pro-Beijing |
Change in composition:
21 | 39 |
Pro-democracy | Pro-Beijing |
Parties and allegiances | Geographical constituencies | Functional Constituencies Seats gained |
Elections Committee Seats gained |
Total seats gained | +/- | ||||
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Popular vote | % | Seats gained | |||||||
Democratic Party | 417,873 | 31.66 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 12 | ±0 | ||
Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions | 96,752 | 7.33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ±0 | ||
The Frontier | 89,529 | 6.78 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ±0 | ||
Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood | 62,717 | 4.75 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | +1 | ||
Neighbourhood and Workers Service Centre | 59,348 | 4.50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ±0 | ||
April Fifth Action | 18,235 | 1.38 | 0 | − | − | 0 | − | ||
Pro-democracy individuals and others | 54,795 | 4.15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | − | ||
Total for pro-democracy camp | 799,249 | 60.56 (63.41) |
16 (66.7%) |
5 (16.7%) |
0 (0%) |
21 (35%) |
+1 | ||
Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong | 374,780 | 28.40 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 11 | +2 | ||
Hong Kong Progressive Alliance | 25,773 | 1.95 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −1 | ||
Liberal Party | 24,858 | 1.88 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | −2 | ||
New Century Forum | 21,103 | 1.60 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | ||
Pro-government individuals and others | 14,534 | 1.10 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 15 | − | ||
Total for pro-Beijing camp | 461,048 | 34.94 (36.59) |
8 (33.3%) |
25 (83.3%) |
6 (100%) |
39 (65%) |
±0 | ||
Non-partisan individuals and others | 59,397 | 4.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | − | ||
Invalid votes | 11,386 | 0.86 | |||||||
Total (turnout 43.57%) | 1,331,080 | 100.00 | 24 | 30 | 6 | 60 | ±0 | ||
9 candidates in 9 functional constituencies were elected unopposed to the Legislative Council. |
(Total votes added up by this reference)
Vote summary
Seat summary
Incumbents defeated
Four incumbents lost re-election
Results breakdown
Geographical constituencies (24 seats)
Voting System: Closed party-list proportional representation with the largest remainder method and Hare Quota.
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Functional Constituencies (30 seats)
Voting systems: Different voting systems apply to different functional constituencies, namely for the Heung Yee Kuk, Agriculture and Fisheries, Insurance and Transport, the preferential elimination system of voting; and for the remaining 24 FCs used the first-past-the-post voting system.[2]
Results of the Functional Constituencies | |||||
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Constituency | Incumbent | Result | Candidate(s) | ||
Heung Yee Kuk | Lau Wong-fat (Liberal) |
Incumbent hold | Lau Wong-fat (Liberal) uncontested | ||
Agriculture and Fisheries | Wong Yung-kan (DAB) |
Incumbent hold | Wong Yung-kan (DAB) uncontested | ||
Insurance | Bernard Charnwut Chan | Incumbent hold | Bernard Charnwut Chan uncontested | ||
Transport | Miriam Lau Kin-yee (Liberal) | Incumbent hold | Miriam Lau Kin-yee (Liberal) 76.26% Thomas Pang Cheung-wai (DAB) 23.74% | ||
Education | Cheung Man-kwong (PTU/Democratic) | Incumbent hold | Cheung Man-kwong (PTU/Democratic) 86.29% Lee Kit-kong 13.71% | ||
Legal | Margaret Ng Ngoi-yee (Independent) | Incumbent hold | Margaret Ng Ngoi-yee (Independent) 60.75% Anthony Chow Wing-kin (Independent) 39.25% | ||
Accountancy | Eric Li Ka-cheung (Independent) | Incumbent hold | Eric Li Ka-cheung (Independent) 64.55% Edward Chow Kwong-fai (Independent) 22.75% Peter Chan Po-fun(Independent) 12.70% | ||
Medical | Leong Che-hung (Independent) | Incumbent retired Independent gain | Lo Wing-lok (Independent) 39.96% Dennis Lam Shun-chiu (Independent) 32.29% Kwok Ka-ki (Independent) 19.20% So Kai-ming (Independent) 8.55% | ||
Health Services | Michael Ho Mun-ka (Democratic) | Incumbent retired Independent gain | Michael Mak Kwok-fung (Independent) 43.60% Thomas Wong Kwok-shing (Independent) 29.09% Alice Tso Shing-yuk 27.31% | ||
Engineering | Raymond Ho Chung-tai | Incumbent hold | Raymond Ho Chung-tai 60.69% Luk Wang-kwong 39.31% | ||
Architectural, Surveying and Planning | Edward Ho Sing-tin (Liberal) | Incumbent lost re-election Independent gain | Kaizer Lau Ping-cheung 39.88% Kenneth Law Kin-chung (Independent) 32.61% Edward Ho Sing-tin (Liberal) 27.51% | ||
Labour (3 seats) | Lee Kai-ming (Nonpartisan) | Incumbent retired Nonpartisan gain | Li Fung-ying (Nonpartisan) 283 Leung Fu-wah (Nonpartisan) 259 Chan Kwok-keung (DAB) 226 Leung Suet-fong 102 | ||
Chan Wing-chan (DAB) | Incumbent retired Nonpartisan gain | ||||
Chan Kwok-keung (DAB) | Incumbent hold | ||||
Social Welfare | Law Chi-kwong (Democratic) | Incumbent hold | Law Chi-kwong (Democratic) 65.93% Grace Leung Yuet-ming (Nonpartisan) 34.07% | ||
Real Estate and Construction | Ronald Joseph Arculli (Independent) | Incumbent retired Independent gain | Abraham Shek Lai-him (Independent) 75.48% Jimmy Tse Lai-leung (Independent) 24.52% | ||
Tourism | Howard Young (Liberal) | Incumbent hold | Howard Young (Liberal) 45.07% Joseph Tung Yao-chung (Nonpartisan) 32.40% Francis Bagaman (Nonpartisan) 22.53% | ||
Commercial (First) | James Tien Pei-chun (Liberal) | Incumbent hold | Jeffrey Lam Kin-fung (Liberal) uncontested | ||
Commercial (Second) | Philip Wong Yu-hong | Incumbent hold | Philip Wong Yu-hong uncontested | ||
Industrial (First) | Kenneth Ting Woo-shou (Liberal) | Incumbent hold | Kenneth Ting Woo-shou (Liberal) 57.22% Chan Siu-king (Nonpartisan) 42.78% | ||
Industrial (Second) | Lui Ming-wah | Incumbent hold | Lui Ming-wah uncontested | ||
Finance | David Li Kwok-po | Incumbent hold | David Li Kwok-po 73.55% Leo Kung Lin-cheng 26.45% | ||
Financial Services | Fung Chi-kin | Incumbent lost re-election Nonpartisan gain | Wu King-cheong 53.47% Fung Chi-kin (Progressive Alliance) 40.18% Irene So Wai-yin 6.35% | ||
Sports, Performing Arts, Culture and Publication | Timothy Fok Tsun-ting | Incumbent hold | Timothy Fok Tsun-ting uncontested | ||
Import and Export | Hui Cheung-ching (Progressive Alliance) | Incumbent hold | Hui Cheung-ching (Progressive Alliance) uncontested | ||
Textiles and Garment | Sophie Lau Yau-fun (Liberal) | Incumbent hold | Sophie Lau Yau-fun (Liberal) uncontested | ||
Wholesale and Retail | Selina Chow Liang Shuk-yee (Liberal) | Incumbent hold | Selina Chow Liang Shuk-yee (Liberal) 75.40% Lau Chi-wing 24.60% | ||
Information Technology | Sin Chung-kai (Democratic) | Incumbent hold | Sin Chung-kai (Democratic) 73.69% Kan Wing-kay 26.31% | ||
Catering | New constituencies | Tommy Cheung Yu-yan (Liberal) 53.59% Leung Kwok-cheong 26.11% David Ng Tak-leung (DAB) 20.30% | |||
District Council | Ip Kwok-him (DAB) 57.39% Cosmas Chiang Sai-cheong (Liberal) 42.61% |
Election Committee (6 seats)
No. | Party | Candidate | Votes | |
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21 | Independent | Ma Fung-kwok | 376 | |
22 | Independent | Shiu Sin-por | 360 | |
23 | Independent | Ng Ching-fai | 401 | |
24 | Progressive Alliance | David Chu Yu-lin | 464 | |
25 | DAB | Yeung Yiu-chung | 490 | |
26 | Independent | Rita Fan Hsu Lai-tai | 651 | |
27 | Independent | Ho Ka-cheong | 117 | |
28 | Independent | Ng Leung-sing | 483 | |
29 | Progressive Alliance | Ambrose Lau Hon-chuen | 594 | |
30 | Liberal | Ho Sai-chu | 378 |
References
- 1 2 Poon, Kit (2007). The Political Future of Hong Kong: Democracy Within Communist China. Routledge. p. 72.
- ↑ "2004 LegCo Election- Facts about the Election". Elections.gov.hk.