2012 Hong Kong legislative election in Hong Kong Island

These are the Hong Kong Island results of the 2012 Hong Kong legislative election. The election was held on 9 September 2012 and all 7 seats in Hong Kong Island were contested. The pro-Beijing camp achieved a majority of Island seats for the first time with the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong gained two seats with two separate lists led by Tsang Yok-sing and Christopher Chung respectively. Both Civic Party and People Power failed in getting the last seat in whom Tanya Chan placed second on the Civic's candidate list and Christopher Lau were defeated by Wong Kwok-hing from the Federation of Trade Unions. Besides, 24-year-long member Miriam Lau of the Liberal Party also lost in her first attempt of direct election.

2012 Hong Kong legislative election in Hong Kong Island
9 September 2012 (2012-09-09)
All 7 Hong Kong Island seats to the Legislative Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Jasper Tsang &
Christopher Chung		 Kenneth Chan Sin Chung-kai
Party DAB Civic Democratic
Alliance Pro-Beijing Pan-democracy Pan-democracy
Last election 1 seat, 19.3% 2 seats, 26.4% 1 seat, 12.7%
Seats before 1 2 1
Seats won 2 1 1
Seat change 1 1
Popular vote 70,418 70,475 40,558
Percentage 21.3% 21.3% 12.3%
Swing 2% 5.1% 0.4%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Cyd Ho Regina Ip Wong Kwok-hing
Party Labour NPP FTU
Alliance Pan-democracy Pro-Beijing Pro-Beijing
Last election 1 seat, 9.9% 1 seat, 19.5% N/A
Seats before 1 1 0
Seats won 1 1 1
Seat change 1
Popular vote 31,523 30,289 27,336
Percentage 9.5% 9.2% 8.3%
Swing 0.4% 10.3% N/A
Party with most votes in each District Council Constituency.

Overall results

Before election:

↓
4 2
Pan-democracy Pro-Beijing

Change in composition:

↓
3 4
Pan-democracy Pro-Beijing
Party Seats Seats
change		 Contesting
list(s)		 Votes % %
change
Civic 1 −1 1 70,475 21.3 −5.1
Democratic 1 0 1 40,558 12.3 −0.4
Labour 1 0 1 31,523 9.5 −0.4
People Power 0 0 1 18,667 5.6 N/A
LSD 0 0 1 3,169 1.0 −2.3
Independent 0 0 2 17,243 5.2 N/A
Pro-democracy camp 3 −1 7 181,635 54.9 −5.0
DAB 2 +1 2 70,418 21.3 +2
NPP 1 0 1 30,289 9.2 −10.3
FTU 1 0 1 27,336 8.3 N/A
Liberal 0 0 1 17,686 5.6 N/A
Independent 0 0 1 2,980 0.9 N/A
Pro-Beijing camp 4 +2 6 148,709 45.0 +5.5
Independent 0 0 1 422 0.1 N/A
Turnout: 330,766 54.7

Candidates list
Legislative Election 2012: Hong Kong Island[1]
List Candidates Votes % ±
Civic Chan Ka-lok
Tanya Chan		 70,475 21.31
(14.29+7.02)		 −5.09
Democratic Sin Chung-kai
Yeung Sum, Chai Man-hon, Cheng Lai-king, Leung Suk-ching, Hui Chi-fung		 40,558 12.26 −0.44
DAB Jasper Tsang Yok-sing 36,517 11.04 −8.26
DAB Christopher Chung Shu-kun
Eddie Ting Kong-ho, Jennifer Chow Kit-bing, Kung Pak-cheung, Ngan Chun-lim, Kenny Lee Kwun-yee, Cheng Chi-sing		 33,901 10.25 N/A
Labour Cyd Ho Sau-lan
Cheng Sze-lut, Chung Chung-fai		 31,523 9.53 −0.37
NPP Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee
Wong Chor-fung, Tse Tsz-kei		 30,289 9.16 −10.34
FTU Wong Kwok-hing
Pan Pey-chyou, Chu Ting-lok, Stanley Ho Ngai-kam, Chan Chi-hang		 27,336 8.26 N/A
People Power Christopher Lau Gar-hung, Shiu Yeuk-yuen, Jeff Au Yeung Ying-kit 18,667 5.64 N/A
Liberal Miriam Lau Kin-yee, Shiu Ka-fai, Lee Chun-keung 17,686 5.35 +4.65
Independent Lo Wing-lok 16,900 5.11 −1.39
LSD Avery Ng Man-yuen 3,169 0.96 −2.34
Nonpartisan Hui Ching-on 2,980 0.90 N/A
Independent Ng Wing-chun 422 0.13 N/A
Nonpartisan Ho Kar-tai 343 0.10 N/A
Turnout 330,766 54.69 +4.52

Results by districts
List Candidates Central &
Western		 Wan Chai Eastern Southern Total
Nonpartisan || align="left" |Hui Ching-on || 0.57||0.57||1.24 || 0.50||0.90
Democratic || align="left" |Sin Chung-kai || 13.80||12.22||11.19 ||13.60||12.26
Independent || align="left" |Lo Wing-lok || 4.64||4.67||5.19 ||5.47 ||5.11
People Power || align="left" |Christopher Lau || 4.96||5.11||5.85 ||5.91||5.64
DAB || align="left" |Christopher Chung || 4.68||11.15||14.75 ||3.63||10.25
Independent || align="left" |Ng Wing-chun || 0.22||0.08||0.11 ||0.11||0.13
Labour || align="left" |Cyd Ho || 9.39||8.84||9.79 ||9.32||9.53
NPP || align="left" |Regina Ip || 9.06||10.94||8.66 ||9.64||9.16
FTU || align="left" |Wong Kwok-hing || 6.21||5.02||9.38 ||8.63||8.26
Civic || align="left" |Kenneth Chan || 21.85||23.11||21.26 || 20.21||21.31
Nonpartisan || align="left" |Ho Kar-tai || 0.12||0.11||0.09 ||0.13||0.10
DAB || align="left" |Jasper Tsang || 18.07||10.65||6.03 || 17.51||11.04
Liberal || align="left" |Miriam Lau || 5.60||6.79|| 5.40 ||4.41||5.35
LSD || align="left" |Avery Ng || 0.85||0.73||1.05 ||0.93||0.96

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

See also

References
  1. "2012 LegCo Election - Election Results". Electoral Affairs Commission.
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