Hong Kong Legislative Council elections, 2004

Hong Kong legislative election, 2004

2000 ← 12 September 2004 → 2008

outgoing members ← → members elected

All to the Legislative Council Opinion polls Turnout 55.64% (GC) 12.07pp   First party Second party Third party   Leader Ma Lik James Tien Yeung Sum Party DAB Liberal Democratic Alliance Pro-Beijing Pro-Beijing Pro-democracy Leader's seat Hong Kong Island New Territories East Hong Kong Island Last election 11 seats, 28.40% 7 seats, 1.88% 13 seats, 31.74% Seats won 10 (8 GCs + 2 FCs) 10 (2 GCs + 8 FCs) 9 (7 GCs + 2 FCs) Seat change 2 2 Popular vote 402,420 118,997 445,988 Percentage 22.73% 6.72% 25.19% Swing 5.67pp 4.84pp 6.47pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Ronny Tong and others Cheng Yiu-tong Emily Lau Party A45CG FTU Frontier Alliance Pro-democracy Pro-Beijing Pro-democracy Leader's seat New Territories East Did not stand New Territories East Last election New party N/A 2 seats, 6.78% Seats won 4 (3 GCs + 1 FC) 3 (1 GC + 2 FCs) 1 (1 GC) Seat change 2 2 1 Popular vote 117,216 52,564 121,900 Percentage 6.62% 2.97% 6.89% Swing N/A N/A 0.11pp

Elected candidates by each constituency

President before election Rita Fan Independent Elected President Rita Fan Independent

Rita Fan
Independent

Rita Fan
Independent

The 2004 Hong Kong Legislative Council election was held on 12 September 2004 for members of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (LegCo). The election returned 30 members from directly elected geographical constituencies and 30 members from functional constituencies, of which 11 were unopposed.

A record number of 3.2 million people registered to vote in the election. The turnout rate was an unprecedented 55.6% with 1,784,406 voters casting ballots, beating the previous record set in 1998 by 200,000 votes. While pro-democratic opposition candidates gained new seats in the legislature, their gains fell short of their expectations.

In the geographical constituencies, candidates from the pro-democratic camp secured 60 percent of the seats in the geographical sectors of the election, taking 18 seats (up from 17) in this category, and 62 percent of the popular vote. On the other hand, the pro-Beijing and pro-business candidates made greater gains, winning 12 directly elected seats (up from 7). Ironically, in the functional constituencies which the pro-democratic camp sought to abolish, the camp made more gains (from 5 to 7 seats).

Overall, the democrats took 25 seats and the pro-government camp 35 seats. Bills initiated by the government can still be passed on pro-government support alone, but bills originated by members cannot be passed without democratic support, since these bills require absolute majorities in each sector (geographical and functional) of the legislature. Constitutional amendments require a two-thirds vote and thereby also require support from the democratic camp.

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