2004 Hong Kong legislative election in New Territories West

2004 Hong Kong legislative election in New Territories West

12 September 2004 (2004-09-12)
All 8 New Territories West seats to the Legislative Council
First party Second party Third party   Leader Lee Wing-tat & Albert Ho Tam Yiu-chung Leung Yiu-chung Party Democratic DAB NWSC Alliance Pro-democracy Pro-Beijing Pro-democracy Last election 2 seats, 34.3% 2 seats, 29.6% 1 seat, 17.3% Seats before 1 2 1 Seats won 2 2 1 Seat change 1 Popular vote 115,251 115,251 59,033 Percentage 26.9% 24.9% 12.7% Swing 7.4% 4.7% 4.5%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Selina Chow Lee Cheuk-yan Albert Chan Party Liberal CTU Independent Alliance Pro-Beijing Pro-democracy Pro-democracy Last election 0 seat, 1.7% 1 seat, 15.2% 1 seat, 12.7% Seats before 0 1 1 Seats won 1 1 1 Seat change 1 Popular vote 50,437 45,725 36,278 Percentage 10.9% 9.9% 7.8% Swing 8.7% 5.3% 4.9%
Party with most votes in each District Council Constituency.

These are the New Territories West results of the 2004 Hong Kong legislative election. The election was held on 12 September 2004 and all 8 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. All the incumbents were elected with the new two seats gained by Lee Wing-tat of the Democratic Party and Selina Chow of the Liberal Party.

Overall results

Before election:

↓

4	2
Pro-democracy	Pro-Beijing

Change in composition:

↓

5	3
Pro-democracy	Pro-Beijing

Party			Seats	Seats change	Contesting list(s)	Votes	%	% change
		Democratic	2	+1	2	124,842	26.9	−7.4
		NWSC	1	0	1	59,033	12.7	−4.5
		CTU	1	0	1	45,725	9.9	−5.3
		ADPL	0	0	1	14,570	3.1	N/A
		Independent	1	0	1	36,278	7.8	N/A
Pro-democracy camp			5	0	6	280,448	60.5	–6.2
		DAB	2	0	1	115,251	24.9	−4.7
		Liberal	0	+1	1	50,437	10.9	+8.1
		New Forum	0	0	1	4,511	1.0	N/A
		Independent	0	0	1	1,725	0.4	N/A
Pro-Beijing camp			3	0	4	171,924	37.1	+4.8
		Independent	0	0	2	11,036	2.4	N/A
Turnout:						463,408	53.5

Candidates list

Legislative Election 2004: New Territories West
List		Candidates	Votes	Of total (%)	± from prev.
	DAB	Tam Yiu-chung, Cheung Hok-ming Leung Che-cheung, Au Yeung Po-chun, Tsui Fan, Chan Han-pan, Andy Lo Kwong-sing, Philip Ng King-wah	115,251	24.87 (12.5+12.37)	−4.71
	Democratic	Lee Wing-tat Sumly Chan Yuen-sum	62,500	13.49 (12.5+0.99)	+3.11
	Democratic	Ho Chun-yan Cheung Yin-tung	62,342	13.45 (12.5+0.95)	+2.25
	NWSC	Leung Yiu-chung Andrew Wan Siu-kin	59,033	12.74 (12.5+0.24)	−4.53
	Liberal	Selina Chow Liang Shuk-yee	50,437	10.88	+8.14
	CTU	Lee Cheuk-yan Ip Ngok-fung	45,725	9.87	−5.32
	Independent	Albert Chan Wai-yip	36,278	7.83	−4.86
	ADPL	Yim Tim-sang, Kong Fung-yi, Tai Yin-chiu, Kwun Tung-wing	14,570	3.14	N/A
	Nonpartisan	Stephen Char Shik-ngor	9,116	1.97	N/A
	New Forum	Lui Hau-tuen, Siu Shing-choi, Chan Choi-hi	4,511	0.97	N/A
	Nonpartisan	Ng Tak-leung	1,920	0.41	N/A
	Independent	Chow Ping-tim	1,725	0.37	N/A
Total valid votes			463,408	100.00
Rejected ballots			3,449
Turnout			466,857	53.48	+9.75
Registered electors			873,031

See also

• Legislative Council of Hong Kong
• Hong Kong legislative elections
• 2004 Hong Kong legislative election