Hong Kong legislative election, 1998

Hong Kong legislative election, 1998

24 May 1998
All 60 seats to the Legislative Council
Turnout	53.29% (GC)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Martin Lee Allen Lee Tsang Yok-sing Party Democratic Liberal DAB Alliance Pro-democracy Pro-Beijing Pro-Beijing Leader's seat Hong Kong Island New Territories East (defeated) Kowloon West Last election 19 seats, 41.9% 10 seats, 1.6% 6 seats, 15.4% Seats won 13 (9 GCs + 4 FCs) 10 (0 GC + 9 FCs + 1 EC) 9 (5 GCs + 2 FCs + 2 EC) Popular vote 634,635 50,335 373,428 Percentage 42.87% 3.4% 25.23% Swing 0.61pp 1.76pp 9.57pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   PA Emily Lau Christine Loh Leader Ambrose Lau Emily Lau Christine Loh Party Progressive Alliance Frontier Citizens Alliance Pro-Beijing Pro-democracy Pro-democracy Leader's seat Election Committee New Territories East Hong Kong Island Last election 1 seat, 2.85% New party New party Seats won 5 (2 FCs + 3 EC) 3 (3 GCs) 1 (1 GC) Popular vote N/A 148,507 41,633 Percentage N/A 10.03% 2.81% Swing N/A N/A N/A
400px Parties with most votes by each Geographical Constituency
Elected President Rita Fan Independent

The 1998 Hong Kong legislative election was held on 24 May 1998 for members of the 1st Legislative Council of Hong Kong (LegCo) since the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) in 1997. Replacing the Provisional Legislative Council (PLC) strictly controlled by the Beijing government and boycotted by the pro-democracy camp, the elections returned 20 members from directly elected geographical constituencies and 30 members from functional constituencies, of which 10 were uncontested.

Taking the advantage of the proportional representation system installed by Beijing, the pro-Beijing party, the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong (DAB), the weaker side compared to the more developed pro-democratic party, the Democratic Party recorded a clearer increase in the number of seats in the election.

The Democratic Party returned to the Legislative Council as the largest party with 13 seats, while the Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood, a pro-democratic party joined the Beijing-controlled Provisional Legislative Council lost all its seats.

General outcome

For details by LegCo members, see List of LegCo members elected in Hong Kong legislative election, 1998.

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Ring charts of the election results showing popular vote against seats won, coloured in green (Pro-democracy camp) and red (Pro-Beijing camp) on the left and the party colours on the right. Seats won in the election (outer ring) against number of votes (inner ring).

 Overall Summary of the 24 May 1998 Legislative Council of Hong Kong election results

Parties			Geographical constituencies			Functional constituencies Seats gained	Elections committee Seats gained	Total seats gained
			Popular vote	%	Seats gained
		Democratic Party	634,635	42.87	9	4	0	13
		The Frontier	148,507	10.03	3	0	0	3
		Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood	59,034	3.99	0	0	0	0
		Citizens Party	41,633	2.81	1	0	0	1
		123 Democratic Alliance	3,050	0.21	0	−	−	0
		Pro democracy individuals and others	95,390	6.44	2	1	0	3
Total for pro-democracy camp			979,199	66.15 (68.53)	15 (75%)	5 (16.67%)	0 (0%)	20 (33.33%)
		Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong	373,428	25.23	5	2	2	9
		Liberal Party	50,335	3.40	0	9	1	10
		Hong Kong Progressive Alliance	−	−	−	2	3	5
		Pro-government individuals and others	25,905	1.75	0	12	4	16
Total for pro-Beijing camp			449,668	30.38 (31.47)	5 (25%)	25 (83.33%)	10 (100%)	40 (66.67%)
Individuals and others			48,323	3.26	0	0	0	0
Valid votes			9,465	0.64
Total (turnout 53.29%)			1,489,705	100.00	20	30	10	60
10 candidates in 10 functional constituencies were elected unopposed to the Legislative Council.

(Total votes added up by this reference)

Vote summary

Popular vote
Democratic			42.87%
DAB			25.23%
Frontier			10.03%
ADPL			3.99%
Liberal			3.40%
Citizens			2.81%
123DA			0.21%
Independents			11.45%

Seat summary

Seats
Democratic			21.67%
Liberal			16.67%
DAB			15.00%
PA			8.33%
Frontier			5.00%
Citizens			1.67%
Independents			31.67%

Result breakdown

Geographical constituencies (20 seats)

Voting System: Closed party-list proportional representation with the Largest remainder method and Hare Quota.

Hong Kong Island (香港島) (4 seats) List Number Party/Allegiance Votes Received  % elected not elected 1 Citizens 39,251 12.76 Christine Loh Kung-wai   2     12,377 4.02   Chong Chan-yau 3 DAB 90,182 29.32 Gary Cheng Kai-nam Ip Kwok-him, Suen Kai-cheong, Christopher Chung Shu-kun 4 Liberal 7,485 2.43   Ada Wong Ying-Kay, Alice Tso Shing-Yuk, Alice Lam Chui-lin 5 Democratic 143,843 46.76 Martin Lee Chu-ming, Yeung Sum Yuen Bun-keung, Chan Kwok-leung 6     2,588 0.84   Louis Leong Wing-on 7     10,950 3.56   Jennifer Chow Kit-bing 8     935 0.3   Li Hung       307,611 100.0     Kowloon West (九龍西) (3 seats) List Number Party/Allegiance Votes Received  % elected not elected 1 Democratic 113,079 55.05 Lau Chin-shek, James To Kun-sun Eric Wong Chong-ki 2 ADPL 39,534 19.25   Frederick Fung Kin-kee, Liu Sing-lee, Tam Kwok-kiu 3   Atlas Alliance 2,302 1.12   Helen Chung Yee-fong 4 Liberal 5,854 2.85   Chiang Sai-cheong, Chan Noi-yue, Edward Li King-wah 5 DAB 44,632 21.73 Jasper Tsang Yok-sing Ip Kwok-chung, Wen Choy-bon       205,401 100.0     Kowloon East (九龍東) (3 seats) List Number Party/Allegiance Votes Received  % elected not elected 1 Democratic 145,986 55.8 Szeto Wah, Li Wah-ming Mak Hoi-wah 2 DAB 109,296 41.78 Chan Yuen-han Kwok Bit-chun, Lam Man-fai 3     6,339 2.42   Fok Pui-yee       261,621 100.0     New Territories West (新界西) (5 seats) List Number Party/Allegiance Votes Received  % elected not elected 1 Democratic 147,098 39.21 Lee Wing-tat, Ho Chun-yan Zachary Wong Wai-yin, Josephine Chan Shu-ying 2     25,905 6.91 Lam Wai-keung, Tai Kuen, Chow Ping-tim, Carmen Chan Ka-mun, Tso Shiu-wai 3   38,627 10.3 Leung Yiu-chung   4 Frontier 46,696 12.45 Lee Cheuk-yan Ip Kwok Fun 5     11,176 2.98   Ting Yin-wah 6 Liberal 3,138 0.84   Paul Chan Sing-kong, Liu Kwong-sang, Wong Kwok-keung 7 DAB 72,587 19.35 Tam Yiu-chung Leung Che-cheung, Chau Chuen-heung, Chan Wan-sang, Hui Chiu-fai 8 ADPL 19,500 5.2   Yim Tin-sang 9 Pioneer 968 0.26   Lam Chi-leung 10 123DA 3050 0.81   Yum Sin-ling, Christopher Chu Cho-yan, Mak Ip-sing, Shung King-fai 11     6428 1.71   Yeung Fuk-kwong       375,173 100.00     New Territories East (新界東) (5 seats) List Number Party/Allegiance Votes Received  % elected not elected 1 Liberal 33,858 10.25   Allen Lee Peng-fei, Wong Yiu-chee, Cheng Chee-kwok 2     44,386 13.43 Andrew Wong Wang-fat   3 Citizens 2,382 0.72   Lui Yat-ming 4 Frontier 101,811 30.81 Emily Lau Wai-hing, Cyd Ho Sau-lan   5 DAB 56,731 17.17 Lau Kong-wah Cheung Hon-chung, Chan Ping, Wan Yuet-kau, Wong Mo-tai 6 Democratic 84,629 25.61 Andrew Cheng Kar-foo Wong Sing-chi, Lam Wing-yin, Shirley Ho Suk-ping 7     6,637 2.01   Brian Kan Ping-chee       330,434 100.00

External links

• Official Government election site