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Hong Kong legislative election, 2012 (Hong Kong Island)

2012 Hong Kong legislative election in Hong Kong Island
Hong Kong
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All 7 Hong Kong Island seats to the Legislative Council
  First party Second party Third party
  Tsang Yok Sing Photo.JPG Chankolok.jpg Sin Chung Kai.JPG
Leader Jasper Tsang &
Christopher Chung
Kenneth Chan Sin Chung-kai
Party DAB Civic Democratic
Alliance Pro-Beijing Pan-democracy Pan-democracy
Last election 1 seat, 19.3% 2 seats, 26.4% 1 seat, 12.7%
Seats before 1 2 1
Seats won 2 1 1
Seat change Increase1 Decrease1 Steady
Popular vote 70,418 70,475 40,558
Percentage 21.3% 21.3% 12.3%
Swing Increase2% Decrease5.1% Decrease0.4%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
  Cyd Ho Sau Lan.jpg Regina Ip at VP New Year Fair 2009 cut.jpg Wong Kwok Hing.jpg
Leader Cyd Ho Regina Ip Wong Kwok-hing
Party Labour NPP FTU
Alliance Pan-democracy Pro-Beijing Pro-Beijing
Last election 1 seat, 9.9% 1 seat, 19.5% N/A
Seats before 1 1 0
Seats won 1 1 1
Seat change Steady Steady Increase1
Popular vote 31,523 30,289 27,336
Percentage 9.5% 9.2% 8.3%
Swing Decrease0.4% Decrease10.3% N/A

2012 LegCo Election Hong Kong Island.svg
Party with most votes in each District Council Constituency.

These are the Hong Kong Island results of the Hong Kong legislative election, 2012. The election was held on 9 September 2012 and all 7 seats in Hong Kong Island were contested. The pro-Beijing camp achieved a majority of Island seats for the first time with the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong gained two seats with two separate lists led by Tsang Yok-sing and Christopher Chung respectively. Both Civic Party and People Power failed in getting the last seat in whom Tanya Chan placed second on the Civic's candidate list and Christopher Lau were defeated by Wong Kwok-hing from the Federation of Trade Unions. Besides, 24-year-long member Miriam Lau of the Liberal Party also lost in her first attempt of direct election.

Before election:

Change in composition:


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