Hong Kong local elections, 1999

Hong Kong local elections, 1999

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All Elected Constituencies 390 (of the 519) seats in all 18 Districts Councils
Turnout	35.82% 2.71pp
First party Second party Third party   Leader Martin Lee Tsang Yok-sing Frederick Fung Party Democratic DAB ADPL Alliance Pan-democracy Pro-Beijing Pan-democracy Last election 75 seats, 23.01% 37 seats, 11.82% 29 seats, 6.95% Seats won 86 83 19 Popular vote 201,461 190,792 38,119 Percentage 24.85% 23.53% 4.70% Swing 1.84pp 11.56pp 2.25pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   PA Leader Ambrose Lau James Tien Lau Kong-wah Party Progressive Alliance Liberal Civil Force Alliance Pro-Beijing Pro-Beijing Pro-Beijing Last election 12 seats, 4.19% 18 seats, 7.39% 10 seats, 1.77% Seats won 17 15 11 Popular vote 22,886 27,718 19,633 Percentage 2.82% 3.42% 2.42% Swing 2.16pp 3.98pp 0.65pp
Map of the winning party by constituency

The 1999 Hong Kong District Council elections were held on 28 November 1999. Election was held to all 18 districts of Hong Kong, for 390 members from directly elected constituencies out of total 519 council members, the first district councils election after the handover of Hong Kong.

The pro-Beijing camp scored fairly well in the election, with the flagship pro-Beijing party, the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong (DAB), improved its performance in catching up with the Democratic Party, the largest pro-democracy party. The Democratic Party sustained its political momentum by securing 24.9% of the votes as compared to 22.8% in 1994. The pro-grassroots pro-democracy party, the Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood (ADPL), appeared to lose some popular support from 7% of the total vote in 1994 to 4.7% in 1999. Overall, the pro-democracy forces failed to enhance their influence and outperform the pro-Beijing camp.

In comparison to the 1994 District Board elections, the pro-Beijing camp improved their performance and closed the gap with the pro-democracy camp. Although the Democratic Party maintained its share of votes, its success rate decline slightly due to the fct the party nominated far more candidates than it had in the 1994 elections. The Democratic Party contested directly with the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong (DAB), the pro-Beijing party, in 96 constituencies, of which 54 were won by the Democrats, 36 by the DAB contenders and 6 by other candidates. Incumbents changing their constituencies such as Stanley Ng Wing-fai in Yau Tsim Mong District and Shirley Ho Suk-ping in the Sha Tin District were defeated by the pro-Beijing candidates.