Hong Kong legislative election, 2012 (Kowloon West)

2012 Hong Kong legislative election in Kowloon West

9 September 2012

All 5 Kowloon West seats to the Legislative Council   First party Second party Third party   Leader Ann Chiang Wong Yuk-man Claudia Mo Party DAB People Power Civic Alliance Pro-Beijing Pan-democracy Pan-democracy Last election 1 seat, 18.9% 1 seat, 18.2% 0 seat, 8.4% Seats before 1 1 0 Seats won 1 1 1 Seat change 1 Popular vote 47,363 38,578 37,925 Percentage 20.4% 16.6% 16.3% Swing 0.2% 0.2% 7.9%   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Helena Wong Priscilla Leung Party Democratic KWND Alliance Pan-democracy Pro-Beijing Last election 1 seat, 14.4% 1 seat, 9.6% Seats before 1 1 Seats won 1 1 Seat change Popular vote 36,029 34,548 Percentage 15.5% 14.9% Swing 1.1% 5.3%

Party with most votes in each District Council Constituency.

These are the Kowloon West results of the Hong Kong legislative election, 2012. The election was held on 9 September 2012 and all 5 seats in Kowloon West where consisted of Yau Tsim Mong District, Sham Shui Po District and Kowloon City District were contested. Ann Chiang replacing Starry Lee who contested the District Council (Second) functional constituency stood for the largest pro-Beijing party Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong. Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood's Tam Kwok-kiu replacing Frederick Fung who contested the new super seats as well, however lost to his ally Civic Party's Claudia Mo who was not elected in 2008. The ADPL once again lost all the seats in this stronghold since the 1998 election.

Overall results

Party			Seats	Seats change	Contesting list(s)	Votes	%	% change
		People Power	1	0	1	38,578	16.6	−0.2
		Civic	1	+1	1	37,925	16.3	+7.9
		Democratic	1	0	1	36,029	15.5	+1.1
		ADPL	0	−1	1	30,364	13.2	−4.0
		Independent	0	0	1	2,399	1.0	N/A
Pro-democracy camp			3	0	5	145,565	62.7	−1.7
		DAB	1	0	1	47,363	20.4	+0.2
		KWND	1	0	1	34,548	14.9	+5.3
		Independent	0	0	1	3,746	1.6	N/A
Pro-Beijing camp			2	0	3	85,657	36.9	+2.1
		Independent or others	0	0	1	859	0.4	N/A
Turnout:				232,081	53.3

Candidates list

Legislative Election 2012: Kowloon West[1]
List		Candidates	Votes	%	±
	DAB	Chiang Lai-wan Chris Ip Ngo-tung, Vincent Cheng Wing-shun, Chan Wai-ming, Lam Sum-lim	47,363	20.41 (20+0.41)	+1.51
	People Power	Wong Yuk-man Yim Tat-ming, Chau Tsun-kiu, Lau Tit-wai	38,578	16.62	−1.58
	Civic	Claudia Mo Man-ching Joe Wong Tak-chuen	37,925	16.34	+7.94
	Democratic	Wong Pik-wan Cheung Man-kwong, Li Yiu-kee, Yuen Hoi-man, Chong Miu-sheung	36,029	15.52	+1.12
	KWND	Leung Mei-fun Yang Wing-kit, Wai Hoi-ying, Leung Man-kwong	34,548	14.89	+5.29
	ADPL	Tam Kwok-kiu, Liu Sing-lee, Rosanda Mok Ka-han, Wong Chi-yung, Austen Ng Po-shan	30,634	13.20	−4.00
	Independent	Wong Yee-him	3,746	1.61	N/A
	Independent democrat	Wong Yat-yuk	2,399	1.03	N/A
	Awakening Association	Lam Yi-lai, Simon Ho Ka-kuen, Au Wing-ho, Lee Ka-wai	859	0.37	+0.07
Turnout			232,081	53.25	+6.07

Results by districts

List		Candidates	Yau Tsim Mong	Sham Shui Po	Kowloon City	Total
	Independent	Wong Yee-him	1.65	1.16	2.05	1.61
	Democratic	Helena Wong	18.10	11.90	17.49	15.52
	ADPL	Tam Kwok-kiu	6.67	21.71	8.91	13.20
	Independent	Roger Wong	1.22	0.96	0.98	1.03
	DAB	Ann Chiang	22.71	19.12	20.20	20.41
	People Power	Wong Yuk-man	16.75	16.68	16.49	16.62
	Awakening Association	Lam Yi-lai	0.53	0.35	0.29	0.37
	KWND	Priscilla Leung	14.43	13.24	16.84	14.89
	Civic	Claudia Mo	17.96	14.88	16.76	16.34

Opinion polling

See also

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

References

1. "2012 LegCo Election - Election Results". Electoral Affairs Commission.