2012 Hong Kong legislative election in New Territories West explained

Election Name:2012 Hong Kong legislative election in New Territories West
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 (New Territories West)
Previous Year:2008
Next Election:Hong Kong legislative election, 2016 (New Territories West)
Next Year:2016
Elected Mps:members elected
Seats For Election:All 9 New Territories West seats to the Legislative Council
Leader1:Tam Yiu-chung, Leung Che-cheung & Ben Chan
Party1:Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong
Alliance1:Pro-Beijing camp
Last Election1:2 seats, 23.1%
Seats Before1:2
Seats1:3
Seat Change1:1
Popular Vote1:113,828
Percentage1:22.8%
Swing1:0.3%
Leader2:Kwok Ka-ki
Party2:Civic Party
Alliance2:Pan-democracy camp
Last Election2:0 seat, 7.0%
Seats Before2:0
Seats2:1
Seat Change2:1
Popular Vote2:72,185
Percentage2:14.5%
Swing2:7.5%
Leader3:Albert Chan
Party3:People Power (Hong Kong)
Alliance3:Pan-democracy camp
Last Election3:1 seat, 8.1%
Seats Before3:1
Seats3:1
Popular Vote3:44,355
Percentage3:8.9%
Swing3:0.8%
Leader4:Leung Yiu-chung
Party4:Neighbourhood and Workers Service Centre
Alliance4:Pan-democracy camp
Last Election4:1 seat, 10.7%
Seats Before4:1
Seats4:1
Popular Vote4:43,799
Percentage4:8.8%
Swing4:1.9%
Leader5:Lee Cheuk-yan
Party5:Labour Party (Hong Kong)
Alliance5:Pan-democracy camp
Last Election5:1 seat, 10.6%
Seats Before5:1
Seats5:1
Popular Vote5:40,967
Percentage5:8.2%
Swing5:2.4%
Leader6:Michael Tien
Party6:New People's Party (Hong Kong)
Alliance6:Pro-Beijing camp
Last Election6:new
Seats Before6:0
Seats6:1
Seat Change6:1
Popular Vote6:37,808
Percentage6:7.6%
Swing6:N/A
Leader7:Alice Mak
Party7:HKFTU
Alliance7:Pro-Beijing camp
Last Election7:1 seat, 9.0%
Seats Before7:1
Seats7:1
Popular Vote7:35,239
Percentage7:7.1%
Swing7:1.9%
Leader8:Lee Wing-tat
Party8:Democratic Party (Hong Kong)
Alliance8:Pan-democracy camp
Last Election8:2 seats, 23.2%
Seats Before8:2
Seats8:0
Seat Change8:2
Popular Vote8:58,684
Percentage8:11.8%
Swing8:11.4%
Map Size:325px

These are the New Territories West results of the 2012 Hong Kong legislative election. The election was held on 9 September 2012 and all 9 seats in New Territories West, which consists of Tsuen Wan District, Tuen Mun District, Yuen Long District, Kwai Tsing District and Islands District, were contested. The Democratic Party suffered a devastating result by losing all two of their seats in the region. The electoral strategy of the Civic Party, the heavyweight Audrey Eu placed second after Kwok Ka-ki in the hope of gaining two seats, produced an extra 70,000 votes but this was still not enough to get Eu into the LegCo. The Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong split three separate lists in order to avoid wasted votes (see largest remainder method). All three DAB lists were elected.

Overall results

Before election:

53
Pan-democracyPro-Beijing
Change in composition:
45
Pan-democracyPro-Beijing
PartySeatsSeats
change
Contesting
list(s)
Votes%%
change
1+1172,18514.5+7.5
0−2258,68411.8−11.4
10144,3558.9+0.8
10143,7998.8−1.9
10140,9678.2−2.4
0019,2801.9N/A
0012,8960.6N/A
Pro-democracy camp4–18272,16654.6−6.7
3+13113,82822.8−0.3
1+1137,8087.6N/A
10135,2397.1−1.9
00116,7673.4N/A
00110,8052.2N/A
Pro-Beijing camp5+27214,44743.0+4.7
00111,9972.4N/A
Turnout:232,08153.3

Results by districts

ListCandidatesTsuen WanTuen MunYuen LongKwai TsingIslandsTotal
Leung Che-cheung 1.172.3120.341.066.746.77
Alice Mak 5.047.785.878.279.267.07
Josephine Chan 2.5910.706.481.051.755.19
Albert Chan 8.729.479.318.098.778.90
Mak Ip-shing 0.150.341.550.200.230.58
1.561.982.051.801.611.86
Kwok Ka-ki20.4314.3612.4312.4017.4614.48
Michael Tien 11.756.437.406.845.597.58
1.312.372.062.681.742.17
Chan Yut-wah 2.542.352.742.002.672.41
Leung Yiu-chung8.756.165.5014.946.738.78
Chan Han-pan 17.480.990.8212.3413.277.33
Chan Keung 0.603.296.291.914.643.36
Lee Wing-tat7.432.952.3813.337.726.58
Lee Cheuk-yan 5.929.1810.107.226.428.22
Tam Yiu-chung 4.5519.334.675.895.398.72

See also