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2000 Hong Kong legislative election in Kowloon East

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2000 Hong Kong legislative election in Kowloon East

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All 4 Kowloon East seats to the Legislative Council
  First party Second party
 
Leader Chan Yuen-han Szeto Wah
Party DAB Democratic
Alliance Pro-Beijing Pro-democracy
Last election 1 seat, 41.8% 2 seats, 55.8%
Seats before 1 2
Seats won 2 2
Seat change Increase1 Steady
Popular vote 108,587 103,863
Percentage 47.4% 45.3%
Swing Increase5.6% Decrease10.5%

These are the Kowloon East results of the 2000 Hong Kong legislative election. The election was held on 10 September 2000 and all 4 seats in Kowloon East which consisted of Wong Tai Sin District and Kwun Tong District were contested. The Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong received more votes than the Democratic Party for the first time, with Chan Kam-lam getting elected.

Overall results

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Before election:

2 1
Pro-democracy Pro-Beijing

Change in composition:

2 2
Pro-democracy Pro-Beijing
Party Seats Seats
change
Contesting
list(s)
Votes % %
change
DAB 2 +1 1 108,587 47.4 +5.6
Democratic 2 0 1 103,863 45.3 –10.5
Independent or others 0 0 2 16,828 7.4 N/A
Turnout: 229,278 44.7

Candidates list

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Legislative Election 2000: Kowloon East[1]
List Candidates Votes Of total (%) ± from prev.
DAB Chan Yuen-han, Chan Kam-lam
Lam Man-fai, Angelis Chan Joy-kong
108,587 47.4
(25+22.36)
+5.62
Democratic Szeto Wah, Fred Li Wah-ming
Wu Chi-wai, Andrew To Kwan-hang
103,863 45.3
(25+20.3)
−10.5
Nonpartisan Lam Hoi-shing 9,805 4.3 N/A
Nonpartisan Shi Kai-biu, Lam Wai-yin 7,023 3.1 N/A
Total valid votes 229,278 100.00
Rejected ballots 2,384
Turnout 296,370 44.72 –9.69
Registered electors 518,035

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "ߪk | | G". Archived from the original on 2012-05-02. Retrieved 2012-03-09.