Hong Kong local elections, 2007

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Hong Kong local elections, 2007
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All Elected Constituencies
405 (of the 534) seats in all 18 Districts Councils
Turnout 38.83%
  First party Second party Third party
  Tam Yau Chung.jpg Albert Ho Chun Yan.jpg CF
Leader Tam Yiu-chung Albert Ho Lau Kong-wah
Party DAB Democratic Civil Force
Alliance Pro-Beijing Pro-democracy Pro-Beijing
Last election 62 seats, 22.94% 95 seats, 21.27% 17 seats, 2.45%
Seats won 115 59 18
Seat change Increase38 Decrease14 Increase1
Popular vote 292,916 175,054 30,880
Percentage 25.73% 15.38% 2.71%
Swing Increase2.79pp Decrease5.90pp Increase0.26pp
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
  Frederick Fung Kin Kee.jpg James Tien.jpg 150x150px
Leader Frederick Fung James Tien Audrey Eu
Party ADPL Liberal Civic
Alliance Pro-democracy Pro-Beijing Pro-democracy
Last election 25 seats, 5.07% 14 seats, 2.77% new party
Seats won 17 14 8
Seat change Decrease8 Increase4 Increase1
Popular vote 52,386 50,026 48,837
Percentage 4.60% 4.39% 4.29%
Swing Decrease0.46pp Increase1.63pp N/A
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Map of the winning party by constituency

The 2007 Hong Kong District Council elections were held on 18 November 2007. Elections were held to all 18 districts of Hong Kong, returned 405 members from directly elected constituencies out of total 534 councils member. The pan-democrats suffered a devastating loss in the election.

General outcome

e • d Summary of the 18 November 2007 District Councils of Hong Kong election results
Political Affiliation Popular vote % % +/− Standing Elected +/−
Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong 292,916 25.73 +2.79 178 115 +38
Liberal Party 50,026 4.39 +1.63 55 14 +4
Civil Force 30,880 2.71 +0.27 20 18 +1
Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions 4,208 0.37 +0.11 3 1 +1
Tseung Kwan O Residents' Association 1,922 0.17 - 1 1 -
Tin Shui Wai Women Association 1,457 0.13 - 1 1 -
Federation of Hong Kong and Kowloon Labour Unions 1,339 0.12 +0.12 1 1 0
New Territories General Chamber of Commerce 818 0.07 - 1 0 -
New Century Forum 543 0.05 -0.03 1 0 0
Hong Kong Civic Association 390 0.03 - 5 0 -
Independents 226,645 19.91 - 161 118 -
Total for pro-Beijing camp 614,621 53.98 +7.38 430 273 -
Democratic Party 175,054 15.38 -5.90 110 59 -14
Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood 52,386 4.60 -0.46 37 17 -8
Civic Party 48,837 4.29 - 41 8 +1
League of Social Democrats 28,601 2.51 - 29 6 -6
Frontier 18,203 1.60 -0.81 15 3 -3
Neighbourhood and Workers Service Centre 12,565 1.10 -0.24 5 4 0
Yuen Long Tin Shui Wai Democratic Alliance 9,530 0.84 +0.04 11 1 -2
Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions 2,273 0.20 -0.18 2 0 -2
Civic Act-up 991 0.09 -0.40 2 0 -2
Individuals 60,510 5.31 - 44 10 -
Total for Democratic Coalition for DC Election 409,573 35.97 - 296 108 -
Independent democrats and others 36,208 3.18 - 39 19 -
Total for pan-democracy camp 445,781 39.15 -5.51 335 127 -
Independent and others 78,133 6.86 -2.21 142 5 -
Total (turnout 38.83%) 1,138,358 100.0 - 907 405 +5

Note 1: The total seats of the District Councils are 534 including 27 ex-officio members (Rural Committee Chairmen in the New Territories), and 102 members appointed members by the Chief Executive of Hong Kong.
Note 2: Candidates ran under both DAB and FTU banners were all counted as DAB in this chart.


Results by district

Council Previous control Previous party Camp control Largest party DAB DP CF ADPL Lib Civ Others
Central and Western Pro-Beijing Democratic Pro-Beijing Democratic 3 6 1 1 4
Wan Chai No Overall Control Civic Act-up Pro-Beijing DAB 2 9
Eastern Pro-Beijing DAB Pro-Beijing DAB 14 3 2 2 16
Southern Pro-Beijing Democratic Pro-Beijing Democratic 1 3 1 12
Yau Tsim Mong Pro-Beijing Democratic Pro-Beijing DAB 7 1 8
Sham Shui Po Pro-democracy ADPL No Overall Control ADPL 3 2 10 6
Kowloon City Pro-Beijing Democratic Pro-Beijing DAB 6 2 3 2 1 8
Wong Tai Sin Pro-Beijing DAB Pro-Beijing DAB 8 3 2 1 11
Kwun Tong Pro-Beijing Democratic Pro-Beijing DAB 9 3 22
Tsuen Wan Pro-Beijing Democratic Pro-Beijing DAB 3 3 1 2 8
Tuen Mun Pro-Beijing DAB Pro-Beijing DAB 11 7 2 1 18
Yuen Long Pro-Beijing DAB Pro-Beijing DAB 7 2 3 16
North Pro-Beijing Democratic Pro-Beijing DAB 9 4 3
Tai Po Pro-Beijing Democratic Pro-Beijing DAB 7 4 8
Sai Kung Pro-Beijing DAB Pro-Beijing DAB 9 4 3 7
Sha Tin Pro-Beijing Civil Force Pro-Beijing Civil Force 8 3 15 1 9
Kwai Tsing Pro-democracy Democratic Pro-Beijing Democratic 5 9 1 13
Islands Pro-Beijing DAB Pro-Beijing DAB 4 2 4

Vote summary







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Votes, of total, by camp

  Pro-Beijing (53.98%)
  Pan-democrats (39.15%)
  Other (6.87%)







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Seats, of total, by camp

  Pro-Beijing (67.41%)
  Pan-democrats (31.36%)
  Other (1.23%)
Popular vote
DAB
  
 25.73%
Democratic
  
 15.78%
ADPL
  
 4.60%
Liberal
  
 4.39%
Civic
  
 4.29%
Civil Force
  
 2.71%
LSD
  
 2.51%
Frontier
  
 1.60%
NCF
  
 1.29%
NWSC
  
 1.10%
Others
  
 36.00%

Seat summary

Seats
DAB
  
 28.40%
Democratic
  
 14.57%
Civil Force
  
 4.44%
ADPL
  
 4.20%
Liberal
  
 3.46%
Civic
  
 1.98%
LSD
  
 1.48%
NCF
  
 1.48%
NWSC
  
 0.99%
Frontier
  
 0.74%
Others
  
 39.26%

Aftermath

In December 2007, Donald Tsang named 27 government-appointed Council members.[1]

Tsang was criticised for not appointing a single member of the pan-democrats.[1]

Footnotes

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Frank Ching, "Tsang grooms his kind of political talent", Pg A12, South China Morning Post, 24 June 2008
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