Hong Kong legislative election, 1998

Hong Kong legislative election, 1998

24 May 1998

All 60 seats to the Legislative Council Turnout 53.29% (GC)   First party Second party Third party   Leader Martin Lee Allen Lee Tsang Yok-sing Party Democratic Liberal DAB Alliance Pro-democracy Pro-Beijing Pro-Beijing Leader's seat Hong Kong Island New Territories East (defeated) Kowloon West Last election 19 seats, 41.9% 10 seats, 1.6% 6 seats, 15.4% Seats won 13 (9 GCs + 4 FCs) 10 (0 GC + 9 FCs + 1 EC) 9 (5 GCs + 2 FCs + 2 EC) Popular vote 634,635 50,335 373,428 Percentage 42.87% 3.4% 25.23% Swing 0.61% 1.76% 9.57%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   PA Leader Ambrose Lau Emily Lau Christine Loh Party Progressive Alliance Frontier Citizens Alliance Pro-Beijing Pro-democracy Pro-democracy Leader's seat Election Committee New Territories East Hong Kong Island Last election 1 seat, 2.85% new new Seats won 5 (2 FCs + 3 EC) 3 (3 GCs) 1 (1 GC) Popular vote N/A 148,507 41,633 Percentage N/A 10.03% 2.81% Swing N/A N/A N/A

Elected candidates by each Geographical Constituency

Elected President Rita Fan Independent

The 1998 Hong Kong legislative election was held on 24 May 1998 for members of the 1st Legislative Council of Hong Kong (LegCo) since the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) in 1997. Replacing the Provisional Legislative Council (PLC) strictly controlled by the Beijing government and boycotted by the pro-democracy camp, the elections returned 20 members from directly elected geographical constituencies and 30 members from functional constituencies, of which 10 were uncontested.

Taking the advantage of the proportional representation system installed by Beijing, the pro-Beijing party, the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong (DAB), the weaker side compared to the more developed pro-democratic party, the Democratic Party recorded a clearer increase in the number of seats in the election.^[1]

The Democratic Party returned to the Legislative Council as the largest party with 13 seats, while the Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood, a pro-democratic party joined the Beijing-controlled Provisional Legislative Council lost all its seats.

General outcome

Ring charts of the election results showing popular vote against seats won, coloured in green (Pro-democracy camp) and red (Pro-Beijing camp) on the left and the party colours on the right. Seats won in the election (outer ring) against number of votes (inner ring).

(Total votes added up by this reference)

Geographical constituencies (20 seats)

Voting System: Closed party-list proportional representation with the largest remainder method and Hare Quota.

References

External links

• Official Government election site

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