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2012 Hong Kong legislative election in Kowloon West

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FieldValue
election_name2012 Hong Kong legislative election in Kowloon West
countryHong Kong
typeparliamentary
ongoingno
previous_mpsList of Legislative Council of Hong Kong members elected in 2008
previous_electionHong Kong legislative election, 2008 (Kowloon West)
previous_year2008
next_electionHong Kong legislative election, 2016 (Kowloon West)
next_year2016
elected_mpsmembers elected
seats_for_electionAll 5 Kowloon West seats to the Legislative Council
election_date
image1[[File:Chiang Lai-wan.JPG100px]]
leader1Ann Chiang
party1Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong
alliance1Pro-Beijing camp
last_election11 seat, 18.9%
seats_before11
seats1**1**
seat_change1
popular_vote1**47,363**
percentage1**20.4%**
swing10.2%
image2[[File:Wong Yuk Man.jpg100px]]
leader2Wong Yuk-man
party2People Power (Hong Kong)
alliance2Pan-democracy camp
last_election21 seat, 18.2%
seats_before21
seats2**1**
seat_change2
popular_vote238,578
percentage216.6%
swing20.2%
image3[[File:Claudia Mo (Enlarged).jpg100px]]
leader3Claudia Mo
party3Civic Party
alliance3Pan-democracy camp
last_election30 seat, 8.4%
seats_before30
seats3**1**
seat_change31
popular_vote337,925
percentage316.3%
swing37.9%
image4[[File:Helena Wong Pik-wan.JPG100px]]
leader4Helena Wong
party4Democratic Party (Hong Kong)
alliance4Pan-democracy camp
last_election41 seat, 14.4%
seats_before41
seat_change4
seats4**1**
popular_vote436,029
percentage415.5%
swing41.1%
image5[[File:Priscilla Leung Mei Fun.jpg100px]]
leader5Priscilla Leung
party5Kowloon West New Dynamic
alliance5Pro-Beijing camp
last_election51 seat, 9.6%
seats_before51
seats5**1**
seat_change5
popular_vote534,548
percentage514.9%
swing55.3%
image6[[File:Tam Kwok Kiu (cropped).jpg100px]]
leader6Tam Kwok-kiu
party6Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood
alliance6Pan-democracy camp
last_election61 seat, 17.2%
seats_before61
seats60
seat_change61
popular_vote635,440
percentage613.2%
swing64.0%
map_image2012 LegCo Election Kowloon West.svg
map_size325px
map_captionParty with most votes in each District Council Constituency.

These are the Kowloon West results of the 2012 Hong Kong legislative election. 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

Before election:

**Pan-democracy****Pro-Beijing**

Change in composition:

**Pan-democracy****Pro-Beijing**
PartySeatsSeats
changeContesting
list(s)Votes%%
change
10138,57816.6
1+1137,92516.3+7.9
10136,02915.5+1.1
0−1130,36413.2−4.0
0012,3991.0N/A
**Pro-democracy camp****3****0****5****145,565****62.7****−1.7**
10147,36320.4
10134,54814.9+5.3
0013,7461.6N/A
**Pro-Beijing camp****2****0****3****85,657****36.9****+2.1**
or others0018590.4
**Turnout:****232,081****53.3**

Candidates list

Chris Ip Ngo-tung, Vincent Cheng Wing-shun, Chan Wai-ming, Lam Sum-lim (20+0.41) Yim Tat-ming, Chau Tsun-kiu, Lau Tit-wai Joe Wong Tak-chuen Cheung Man-kwong, Li Yiu-kee, Yuen Hoi-man, Chong Miu-sheung Yang Wing-kit, Wai Hoi-ying, Leung Man-kwong

Results by districts

ListCandidatesYau Tsim MongSham Shui PoKowloon CityTotal
Wong Yee-him1.651.162.051.61
**Helena Wong**18.1011.9017.4915.52
Tam Kwok-kiu6.6721.718.9113.20
Roger Wong1.220.960.981.03
**Ann Chiang**22.7119.1220.2020.41
**Wong Yuk-man**16.7516.6816.4916.62
Awakening AssociationLam Yi-lai0.530.350.29
**Priscilla Leung**14.4313.2416.8414.89
**Claudia Mo**17.9614.8816.7616.34

Opinion polling

Main article: Opinion polling for the 2012 Hong Kong legislative election in Kowloon West

References

References

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