Hong Kong legislative election, 2008 (Hong Kong Island)

2008 Hong Kong legislative election in Hong Kong Island

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All 6 Hong Kong Island seats to the Legislative Council
First party Second party Third party   Leader Tanya Chan Regina Ip Jasper Tsang Party Civic Independent DAB Alliance Pan-democracy Pro-Beijing Pro-Beijing Last election 1 seat, 20.9% N/A 2 seats, 21.1% Seats before 1 0 1 Seats won 2 1 1 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 82,600 61,073 60,417 Percentage 26.4% 19.5% 19.3% Swing 5.5% N/A 1.8%   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Kam Nai-wai Cyd Ho Party Democratic Civic Act-up Alliance Pan-democracy Pan-democracy Last election 2 seats, 37.2% New party Seats before 2 0 Seats won 1 1 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 39,808 30,887 Percentage 12.7% 9.9% Swing 24.5% N/A
Party with most votes in each District Council Constituency.

These are the Hong Kong Island results of the Hong Kong legislative election, 2008. The election was held on 7 September 2008 and all 6 seats in Hong Kong Island were contested. The pan-democracy camp retained four seats as compared to pro-Beijing camp's two seats, with Civic Party successfully get two candidates, newcomer Tanya Chan and Audrey Eu who stood as second candidate on their list. Pro-Beijing independent Regina Ip who lost the Hong Kong Island by-election, 2007 less than a year ago, won a new seat.

Before election:

Change in composition: