:2008 Hong Kong legislative election in Kowloon East

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{{Infobox election

| election_name = 2008 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 2004

| previous_election = Hong Kong legislative election, 2004 (Kowloon East)

| previous_year = 2004

| next_election = Hong Kong legislative election, 2012 (Kowloon East)

| next_year = 2012

| elected_mps = members elected

| seats_for_election = All 4 Kowloon East seats to the Legislative Council

| election_date = {{Start date|2008|09|07|df=y}}

| image1 = 110px

| leader1 = Fred Li & Wu Chi-wai

| party1 = Democratic Party (Hong Kong)

| alliance1 = Pan-democracy camp

| last_election1 = 1 seat, 19.2%

| seats_before1 = 1

| seats1 = 1

| seat_change1 = {{nochange}}

| popular_vote1 = 64,489

| percentage1 = 27.3%

| swing1 = {{increase}}8.1%

| image2 = 110px

| leader2 = Chan Kam-lam

| party2 = Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong

| alliance2 = Pro-Beijing camp

| leaders_seat2 =

| last_election2 = 1 seat, 18.8%

| seats_before2 = 1

| seats2 = 1

| seat_change2 = {{nochange}}

| popular_vote2 = 53,472

| percentage2 = 22.6%

| swing2 = {{increase}}3.8%

| image5 = 110px

| leader5 = Alan Leong

| party5 = Civic Party

| alliance5 = Pan-democracy camp

| last_election5 = 1 seat, 19.1%

| seats_before5 = 1

| seats5 = 1

| seat_change5 = {{nochange}}

| popular_vote5 = 39,274

| percentage5 = 16.6%

| swing5 = {{decrease}}2.5%

| image4 = 110px

| leader4 = Wong Kwok-kin

| party4 = HKFTU

| alliance4 = Pro-Beijing camp

| last_election4 = 1 seat, 17.9%

| seats_before4 = 1

| seat_change4 = {{nochange}}

| seats4 = 1

| popular_vote4 = 50,320

| percentage4 = 21.3%

| swing4 = {{increase}}3.4%

| map_image = 2008 LegCo Election Kowloon East.svg

| map_size = 280px

| map_caption = Party with most votes in each District Council Constituency.

}}

These are the Kowloon East results of the 2008 Hong Kong legislative election. The election was held on 7 September 2008 and all 4 seats in Kowloon East where consisted of Wong Tai Sin District and Kwun Tong District were contested, after one seat was abolished. The Democratic Party's Fred Li, Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong's Chan Kam-lam and Civic Party's Alan Leong each secured their party's incumbent seat, and Federation of Trade Unions's Wong Kwok-kin replaced retiring Chan Yuen-han.

Overall results

Before election:

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|+ ↓

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| style="background:green; width:60%;" | 3

| style="background:red; width:40%;" | 2

Pan-democracy

| Pro-Beijing

Change in composition:

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|+ ↓

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| style="background:green; width:50%;" | 2

| style="background:red; width:50%;" | 2

Pan-democracy

| Pro-Beijing

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colspan="3" rowspan="1" align="center" | Party

! align="center" | Seats

! align="center" | Seats
change

! align="center" | Contesting
list(s)

! align="center" | Votes

! align="center" | %

! align="center" | %
change

bgcolor="LightGreen" rowspan="3"|

| {{Party name with colour|Democratic Party (Hong Kong)}}

| align="center" | 1

| align="center" | 0

| align="center" | 2

| align="center" | 64,489

| align="center" | 27.3

| align="center" | +8.1

{{Party name with colour|Civic Party}}

| align="center" | 1

| align="center" | 0

| align="center" | 1

| align="center" | 39,274

| align="center" | 16.6

| align="center" | −2.5

{{Party name with colour|League of Social Democrats}}

| align="center" | 0

| align="center" | 0

| align="center" | 1

| align="center" | 28,690

| align="center" | 12.1

| align="center" | −2.5

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| colspan=3| Pro-democracy camp

| align="center" | 2

| align="center" | 0

| align="center" | 4

| align="center" | 132,453

| align="center" | 56.1

| align="center" | –7.2

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| {{Party name with colour|DABHK}}

| align="center" | 1

| align="center" | 0

| align="center" | 1

| align="center" | 53,472

| align="center" | 22.6

| align="center" | +3.8

{{Party name with colour|HKFTU}}

| align="center" | 1

| align="center" | 0

| align="center" | 1

| align="center" | 50,320

| align="center" | 21.3

| align="center" | +3.4

bgcolor="Pink"

| colspan=3| Pro-Beijing camp

| align="center" | 2

| align="center" | 0

| align="center" | 2

| align="center" | 103,792

| align="center" | 43.9

| align="center" | +7.2

colspan="6" rowspan="1" align="right" | Turnout:

| align="center" | 236,245

| align="center" | 44.0

| align="center" |

Candidates list

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong

|candidate = Chan Kam-lam
Joe Lai Wing-ho, Maggie Chan Man-ki, Hung Kam-in

|votes = 53,472

|percentage = 22.6

|change = +3.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions

|candidate = Wong Kwok-kin
Chan Yuen-han, Peter Wong Kit-hin, Kan Ming-tung

|votes = 50,320

|percentage = 21.3

|change = +3.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Democratic Party (Hong Kong)

|candidate = Fred Li Wah-ming
Kai Ming-wah, Wong Kai-ming, Wong Wai-tag

|votes = 48,124

|percentage = 20.4

|change = +1.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Civic Party

|candidate = Alan Leong Kah-kit
Yu Kwun-wai, Wong Hok-ming

|votes = 39,274

|percentage = 16.6

|change = −2.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = League of Social Democrats

|candidate = Andrew To Kwan-hang

|votes = 28,690

|percentage = 12.1

|change = −12.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Democratic Party (Hong Kong)

|candidate = Wu Chi-wai

|votes = 16,365

|percentage = 6.9

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box total valid

|votes = 236,245

|percentage = 100.00

|change =

}}

{{Election box rejected|

|votes = 1,691

|percentage =

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 237,936

|percentage = 44.01

|change = −12.45

}}

{{Election box Registered electors

|reg. electors = 540,649

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{{Election box end}}

See also

References

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