2012 Hong Kong legislative election in Kowloon East

These are the Kowloon East results of the 2012 Hong Kong legislative election. The election was held on 9 September 2012 and all 5 seats in Kowloon East where consisted of Wong Tai Sin District and Kwun Tong District were contested. It was the first time the Pro-Beijing camp gained the majority of the Kowloon East seats. The Democratic Party, Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong, Federation of Trade Unions and Civic Party each secured their party's incumbent seat. The new last seat was gained by the pro-Beijing independent candidate Paul Tse, defeating the two radical democrats Wong Yeung-tat and Andrew To and former LegCo member Mandy Tam with narrow margin.

2012 Hong Kong legislative election in Kowloon East
9 September 2012 (2012-09-09)
All 5 Kowloon East seats to the Legislative Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Chan Kam-lam Wu Chi-wai Alan Leong
Party DAB Democratic Civic
Alliance Pro-Beijing Pan-democracy Pan-democracy
Last election 1 seat, 22.6% 1 seat, 18.2% 1 seat, 16.6%
Seats before 1 1 1
Seats won 1 1 1
Seat change
Popular vote 47,415 43,764 41,669
Percentage 16.7% 15.4% 14.6%
Swing 5.9% 11.9% 2.0%
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Wong Kwok-kin Paul Tse
Party FTU Independent
Alliance Pro-Beijing Pro-Beijing
Last election 1 seat, 21.3% No seat
Seats before 1 0
Seats won 1 1
Seat change 1
Popular vote 40,824 38,546
Percentage 14.3% 13.5%
Swing 7.0% N/A
Party with most votes in each District Council Constituency.

Overall results

Before election:

↓
2 2
Pan-democracy Pro-Beijing

Change in composition:

↓
2 3
Pan-democracy Pro-Beijing
Party Seats Seats
change		 Contesting
list(s)		 Votes % %
change
Democratic 1 0 1 43,764 15.4 −7.0
Civic 1 0 1 41,669 14.6 −2.0
People Power 0 0 1 36,608 12.9 N/A
LSD 0 0 1 27,253 9.6 −2.5
Independent 0 0 1 5,440 1.9 N/A
Pro-democracy camp 2 0 5 154,734 54.3 −1.7
DAB 1 0 1 47,415 16.7 −5.9
FTU 1 0 1 40,824 14.3 −7.0
Independent 1 0 1 38,546 13.5 N/A
Pro-Beijing camp 3 +1 3 126,785 44.5 +0.6
Independent 0 0 1 3,263 1.2 N/A
Turnout: 284,782 51.1

Candidates list
Legislative Election 2012: Kowloon East[1]
List Candidates Votes % ±
DAB Chan Kam-lam
Joe Lai Wing-ho, Hung Kam-in, Wilson Or Chong-shing		 47,415 16.65 −5.95
Democratic Wu Chi-wai
Mok Kin-shing, Hon Ka-ming		 43,764 15.37 −5.03
Civic Alan Leong Kah-kit
Jeremy Jansen Tam Man-ho		 41,669 14.63 −1.97
FTU Wong Kwok-kin
Kan Ming-tung, Mok Kin-wing, Ho Kai-ming		 40,824 14.34 −6.96
Independent Paul Tse Wai-chun 38,546 13.54 N/A
People Power Wong Yeung-tat, Chan Sau-wai 36,608 12.85 N/A
LSD Andrew To Kwan-hang 27,253 9.57 −2.68
Independent Tam Heung-man 5,440 1.91 N/A
Nonpartisan Kay Yim Fung-chi, Chan Heung-yin 3,263 1.15 N/A
Turnout 284,782 51.05 +7.04

Results by districts
List Candidates Wong Tai Sin Kwun Tong Total
Civic || align="left" |Alan Leong || 14.06||15.05||14.63
FTU || align="left" |Wong Kwok-kin || 16.97||12.42||14.34
LSD || align="left" |Andrew To || 9.96||9.29||9.57
Nonpartisan || align="left" | Kay Yim|| 1.11||1.17||1.15
Democratic || align="left" |Wu Chi-wai || 17.52||13.80||15.37
DAB || align="left" |Chan Kam-lam || 13.37||19.04||16.65
Independent || align="left" |Paul Tse || 11.59||14.95||13.54
People Power || align="left" | Wong Yeung-tat || 12.91||12.82||12.86
Independent || align="left" |Mandy Tam || 2.51||1.47||1.91

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

See also

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