2004 Hong Kong legislative election in New Territories East

2004 Hong Kong legislative election in New Territories East

12 September 2004 (2004-09-12)
All 7 New Territories East seats to the Legislative Council
First party Second party   Leader Andrew Cheng Lau Kong-wah Party 7.1 United Front DAB Alliance Pro-democracy Pro-Beijing Last election New alliance 1 seats, 21.6% Seats before 3 1 Seats won 3 2 Seat change 1 Popular vote 168,833 95,434 Percentage 39.2% 22.1% Swing N/A 0.4%   Third party Fourth party   Leader James Tien Leung Kwok-hung Party Liberal April Fifth Action Alliance Pro-Beijing Pro-democracy Last election 0 seat, 5.0% 0 seat, 5.9% Seats before 0 0 Seats won 1 1 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 68,560 60,925 Percentage 15.9% 14.1% Swing 10.9% 8.2%
Party with most votes in each District Council Constituency.

These are the New Territories East results of the 2004 Hong Kong legislative election. The election was held on 12 September 2004 and all 7 seats in New Territories East where consisted of North District, Tai Po District, Sai Kung District and Sha Tin District were contested. The pro-democracy camp formed an electoral coalition "7.1 United Front" aimed at four seats, however due to the largest remainder method the wasted votes contributed to Li Kwok-ying who placed second on the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong ticket. Radical democrat Leung Kwok-hung of April Fifth Action also won a seat for the first time.

Overall results

Before election:

↓

4	1
Pro-democracy	Pro-Beijing

Change in composition:

↓

4	3
Pro-democracy	Pro-Beijing

Party			Seats	Seats change	Contesting list(s)	Votes	%	% change
		7.1 United Front	3	0	1	168,833	39.2	N/A
		April Fifth Action	1	+1	1	60,925	14.1	+8.2
		Independent	0	–1	1	23,081	5.4	–10.6
Pro-democracy camp			4	0	3	252,839	58.7	–6.9
		DAB	2	+1	1	95,434	22.1	+0.4
		Liberal	1	+1	1	68,560	15.9	+10.9
		HKPA	0	0	1	14,174	3.3	+0.4
Pro-Beijing camp			3	+2	3	178,168	41.3	+6.9
Turnout:						431,007	56.4

Candidates list

Legislative Election 2004: New Territories East[1]
List		Candidates	Votes	Of total (%)	± from prev.
	7.1 United Front	Andrew Cheng Kar-foo, Emily Lau Wai-hing, Ronny Tong Ka-wah Wong Sing-chi, Richard Tsoi Yiu-cheong, Shirley Ho Suk-ping, Ricky Or Yiu-lam	168,833	39.17 (14.29+14.29+10.59)	N/A
	DAB	Lau Kong-wah, Li Kwok-ying Mok Kam-kwai, Chan Kwok-tai, So Sai-chi, Wong Pik-kiu, Chan Hak-kan	95,434	22.14 (14.29+7.85)	+0.39
	Liberal	James Tien Pei-chun	68,560	15.91	+10.89
	April Fifth Action	Leung Kwok-hung	60,925	14.14	+8.22
	Nonpartisan	Andrew Wong Wang-fat	23,081	5.36	−10.64
	HKPA	Tso Wung-wai	14,174	3.29	+0.42
Total valid votes			431,007	100.00
Rejected ballots			3,745
Turnout			434,752	56.42	+11.64
Registered electors			770,590

See also

• Legislative Council of Hong Kong
• Hong Kong legislative elections
• 2004 Hong Kong legislative election

References

1. "2004 Legislative Election". Electoral Affairs Commission. 15 December 2004. Archived from the original on 2 May 2012. Retrieved 9 March 2012.