:2000 Hong Kong legislative election in Kowloon East
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{{Infobox election
| election_name = 2000 Hong Kong legislative election in Kowloon East
| country = Hong Kong
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| previous_mps = List of Legislative Council of Hong Kong members elected in 1998
| previous_election = Hong Kong legislative election, 1998 (Kowloon East)
| previous_year = 1998
| next_election = Hong Kong legislative election, 2004 (Kowloon East)
| next_year = 2004
| elected_mps = members elected
| seats_for_election = All 4 Kowloon East seats to the Legislative Council
| election_date = {{Start date|2000|09|10|df=y}}
| image1 = 123px
| leader1 = Chan Yuen-han
| party1 = Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong
| alliance1 = Pro-Beijing camp
| leaders_seat1 =
| last_election1 = 1 seat, 41.8%
| seats_before1 = 1
| seats1 = 2
| seat_change1 = {{increase}}1
| popular_vote1 = 108,587
| percentage1 = 47.4%
| swing1 = {{increase}}5.6%
| image2 = 110px
| leader2 = Szeto Wah
| party2 = Democratic Party (Hong Kong)
| alliance2 = Pro-democracy camp
| last_election2 = 2 seats, 55.8%
| seats_before2 = 2
| seats2 = 2
| seat_change2 = {{nochange}}
| popular_vote2 = 103,863
| percentage2 = 45.3%
| swing2 = {{decrease}}10.5%
| map_image =
| map_size = 280px
| map_caption = Party with most votes in each District Council Constituency.
}}
These are the Kowloon East results of the 2000 Hong Kong legislative election. The election was held on 10 September 2000 and all 4 seats in Kowloon East which consisted of Wong Tai Sin District and Kwun Tong District were contested. The Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong received more votes than the Democratic Party for the first time, with Chan Kam-lam getting elected.
Overall results
Before election:
| style="width:50%; text-align:center;"
|+ ↓ |
| style="color:white;"
| style="background:green; width:67%;" | 2 | style="background:red; width:33%;" | 1 |
| Pro-democracy
| Pro-Beijing |
Change in composition:
| style="width:50%; text-align:center;"
|+ ↓ |
| style="color:white;"
| style="background:green; width:50%;" | 2 | style="background:red; width:50%;" | 2 |
| Pro-democracy
| Pro-Beijing |
| class="wikitable" |
| colspan="3" rowspan="1" align="center" | Party
! align="center" | Seats ! align="center" | Seats ! align="center" | Contesting ! align="center" | Votes ! align="center" | % ! align="center" | % |
|---|
| bgcolor="Pink" rowspan="1"|
| {{Party name with colour|DABHK}} | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | +1 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 108,587 | align="center" | 47.4 | align="center" | +5.6 |
| bgcolor="LightGreen" rowspan="1"|
| {{Party name with colour|Democratic Party (Hong Kong)}} | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 103,863 | align="center" | 45.3 | align="center" | –10.5 |
| bgcolor="#DDDDDD"|
| {{Party name with colour|Independent (politician)}} or others | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 16,828 | align="center" | 7.4 | align="center" | N/A |
| colspan="6" rowspan="1" align="right" | Turnout:
| align="center" | 229,278 | align="center" | 44.7 | align="center" | |
Candidates list
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong
|candidate = Chan Yuen-han, Chan Kam-lam
Lam Man-fai, Angelis Chan Joy-kong
|votes = 108,587
|percentage = 47.4
(25+22.36)
|change = +5.62
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (Hong Kong)
|candidate = Szeto Wah, Fred Li Wah-ming
Wu Chi-wai, Andrew To Kwan-hang
|votes = 103,863
|percentage = 45.3
(25+20.3)
|change = −10.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Nonpartisan candidate
|candidate = Lam Hoi-shing
|votes = 9,805
|percentage = 4.3
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Nonpartisan candidate
|candidate = Shi Kai-biu, Lam Wai-yin
|votes = 7,023
|percentage = 3.1
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box total valid
|votes = 229,278
|percentage = 100.00
|change =
}}
{{Election box rejected|
|votes = 2,384
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 296,370
|percentage = 44.72
|change = –9.69
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 518,035
}}
{{Election box end}}
See also
References
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{{Kowloon East legislative elections}}
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