Hong Kong local elections, 2007

Hong Kong local elections, 2007

2003 ← 18 November 2007 → 2011

All Elected Constituencies 405 (of the 534) seats in all 18 Districts Councils Turnout 38.83% 5.27pp   First party Second party Third party   Leader Tam Yiu-chung Albert Ho Lau Kong-wah Party DAB Democratic Civil Force Alliance Pro-Beijing Pan-democracy Pro-Beijing Last election 62 seats, 22.94% 95 seats, 21.27% 17 seats, 2.45% Seats won 115 59 18 Seat change 38 14 1 Popular vote 292,916 175,054 30,880 Percentage 25.73% 15.38% 2.71% Swing 2.79pp 5.90pp 0.26pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Frederick Fung James Tien Audrey Eu Party ADPL Liberal Civic Alliance Pan-democracy Pro-Beijing Pan-democracy Last election 25 seats, 5.07% 14 seats, 2.77% new party Seats won 17 14 8 Seat change 8 4 1 Popular vote 52,386 50,026 48,837 Percentage 4.60% 4.39% 4.29% Swing 0.46pp 1.63pp N/A

Map of the winning party by constituency

The 2007 Hong Kong District Council elections were held on 18 November 2007. Elections were held to all 18 districts of Hong Kong, returned 405 members from directly elected constituencies out of total 534 councils member. A total number of 886 candidates contesting in 364 seats, while 41 seats were uncontested. A total number of 1.4 million voters cast their ballots, consisting 38% of the electorate, significantly lower than the last elections in 2003. The pro-Beijing flagship party Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB) received the largest victory in its history, rebounding their loss from the 2003 with extra gain. The pan-democrats suffered a devastating loss.

In September 2007, the pan-democrats announced their plan to field 289 candidates in the election, including 138 incumbents and 136 newcomers after a process of coordination initiated by the Power for Democracy under the banner of Democratic Coalition for DC Election. After the coordination, the number constituencies with more than one pro-democratic candidates reduced from 30 to 7. The pan-democrats demanded universal suffrage and abolition of the appointed seat in the District Councils as the election platform.

The Democratic Party, the flagship pro-democratic party fielded 114 candidates, Civic Party 41, Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood (ADPL) 38, League of Social Democrats 28, The Frontier 15, as well as Democratic Alliance, Civic Act-up, Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions (CTU), Neighbourhood and Worker's Service Centre (NWSC) and the others.

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