Election Name: | 2012 Hong Kong legislative election in Hong Kong Island |
Country: | Hong Kong |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Mps: | List of Legislative Council of Hong Kong members elected in 2008 |
Previous Election: | Hong Kong legislative election, 2008 (Hong Kong Island) |
Previous Year: | 2008 |
Next Election: | Hong Kong legislative election, 2016 (Hong Kong Island) |
Next Year: | 2016 |
Elected Mps: | members elected |
Seats For Election: | All 7 Hong Kong Island seats to the Legislative Council |
Leader1: | Jasper Tsang &<br />Christopher Chung |
Party1: | Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong |
Alliance1: | Pro-Beijing camp |
Last Election1: | 1 seat, 19.3% |
Seats Before1: | 1 |
Seats1: | 2 |
Seat Change1: | 1 |
Popular Vote1: | 70,418 |
Percentage1: | 21.3% |
Swing1: | 2% |
Leader2: | Kenneth Chan |
Party2: | Civic Party |
Alliance2: | Pan-democracy camp |
Last Election2: | 2 seats, 26.4% |
Seats Before2: | 2 |
Seats2: | 1 |
Seat Change2: | 1 |
Popular Vote2: | 70,475 |
Percentage2: | 21.3% |
Swing2: | 5.1% |
Leader3: | Sin Chung-kai |
Party3: | Democratic Party (Hong Kong) |
Alliance3: | Pan-democracy camp |
Last Election3: | 1 seat, 12.7% |
Seats Before3: | 1 |
Seats3: | 1 |
Popular Vote3: | 40,558 |
Percentage3: | 12.3% |
Swing3: | 0.4% |
Leader4: | Cyd Ho |
Party4: | Labour Party (Hong Kong) |
Alliance4: | Pan-democracy camp |
Last Election4: | 1 seat, 9.9% |
Seats Before4: | 1 |
Seats4: | 1 |
Popular Vote4: | 31,523 |
Percentage4: | 9.5% |
Swing4: | 0.4% |
Leader6: | Wong Kwok-hing |
Party6: | Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions |
Alliance6: | Pro-Beijing camp |
Last Election6: | N/A |
Seats Before6: | 0 |
Seats6: | 1 |
Seat Change6: | 1 |
Popular Vote6: | 27,336 |
Percentage6: | 8.3% |
Swing6: | N/A |
Leader5: | Regina Ip |
Party5: | New People's Party (Hong Kong) |
Alliance5: | Pro-Beijing camp |
Last Election5: | 1 seat, 19.5% |
Seats Before5: | 1 |
Seats5: | 1 |
Popular Vote5: | 30,289 |
Percentage5: | 9.2% |
Swing5: | 10.3% |
Map Size: | 325px |
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.
Before election:
4 | 2 | |
Pan-democracy | Pro-Beijing |
3 | 4 | |
Pan-democracy | Pro-Beijing |
Party | Seats | Seats change | Contesting list(s) | Votes | % | % change | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | −1 | 1 | 70,475 | 21.3 | −5.1 | ||||
1 | 0 | 1 | 40,558 | 12.3 | −0.4 | ||||
1 | 0 | 1 | 31,523 | 9.5 | −0.4 | ||||
0 | 0 | 1 | 18,667 | 5.6 | N/A | ||||
0 | 0 | 1 | 3,169 | 1.0 | −2.3 | ||||
0 | 0 | 2 | 17,243 | 5.2 | N/A | ||||
Pro-democracy camp | 3 | −1 | 7 | 181,635 | 54.9 | −5.0 | |||
2 | +1 | 2 | 70,418 | 21.3 | +2 | ||||
1 | 0 | 1 | 30,289 | 9.2 | −10.3 | ||||
1 | 0 | 1 | 27,336 | 8.3 | N/A | ||||
0 | 0 | 1 | 17,686 | 5.6 | N/A | ||||
0 | 0 | 1 | 2,980 | 0.9 | N/A | ||||
Pro-Beijing camp | 4 | +2 | 6 | 148,709 | 45.0 | +5.5 | |||
0 | 0 | 1 | 422 | 0.1 | N/A | ||||
Turnout: | 330,766 | 54.7 |
List | Candidates | Central &<br />Western | Wan Chai | Eastern | Southern | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hui Ching-on | 0.57 | 0.57 | 1.24 | 0.50 | 0.90 | ||
Sin Chung-kai | 13.80 | 12.22 | 11.19 | 13.60 | 12.26 | ||
4.64 | 4.67 | 5.19 | 5.47 | 5.11 | |||
4.96 | 5.11 | 5.85 | 5.91 | 5.64 | |||
Christopher Chung | 4.68 | 11.15 | 14.75 | 3.63 | 10.25 | ||
Ng Wing-chun | 0.22 | 0.08 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.13 | ||
Cyd Ho | 9.39 | 8.84 | 9.79 | 9.32 | 9.53 | ||
Regina Ip | 9.06 | 10.94 | 8.66 | 9.64 | 9.16 | ||
Wong Kwok-hing | 6.21 | 5.02 | 9.38 | 8.63 | 8.26 | ||
Kenneth Chan | 21.85 | 23.11 | 21.26 | 20.21 | 21.31 | ||
Ho Kar-tai | 0.12 | 0.11 | 0.09 | 0.13 | 0.10 | ||
Jasper Tsang | 18.07 | 10.65 | 6.03 | 17.51 | 11.04 | ||
5.60 | 6.79 | 5.40 | 4.41 | 5.35 | |||
0.85 | 0.73 | 1.05 | 0.93 | 0.96 | |||