All 60 seats to the Legislative Council 31 seats needed for a majority
Registered
2,795,371 (GC)
Turnout
1,489,705 (53.29%)
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
Martin Lee
Allen Lee
Tsang Yok-sing
Party
Democratic
Liberal
DAB
Alliance
Pro-democracy
Pro-Beijing
Pro-Beijing
Leader's seat
Hong Kong Island
New Territories East (defeated)
Kowloon West
Last election
19 seats, 42.26%
10 seats, 1.64%
6 seats, 15.66%
Seats won
13
10
9
Popular vote
634,635
50,335
373,428
Percentage
42.87%
3.40%
25.23%
Swing
0.61pp
1.76pp
9.57pp
Fourth party
Fifth party
Sixth party
Leader
Ambrose Lau
Emily Lau
Christine Loh
Party
HKPA
Frontier
Citizens
Alliance
Pro-Beijing
Pro-democracy
Pro-democracy
Leader's seat
Election Committee
New Territories East
Hong Kong Island
Last election
1 seat, 2.85%
Did not contest
Did not contest
Seats won
5
3
1
Popular vote
Did not run in GCs
148,507
41,633
Percentage
N/A
10.03%
2.81%
Swing
N/A
New party
New party
Elected candidates by each constituency
Party control before election
Pro-Beijing camp
Party control after election
Pro-Beijing camp
The 1998 Hong Kong Legislative Council election was held on 24 May 1998 for members of the 1st Legislative Council of Hong Kong (LegCo) since the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) in 1997. Replacing the Provisional Legislative Council (PLC) strictly controlled by the Beijing government and boycotted by the pro-democracy camp, the elections returned 20 members from directly elected geographical constituencies, 10 seats from the Election Committee constituency and 30 members from functional constituencies, of which 10 were uncontested.
Taking the advantage of the proportional representation system installed by Beijing, the pro-Beijing party, the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong (DAB), the weaker side compared to the more developed pro-democratic party, the Democratic Party recorded a clearer increase in the number of seats in the election.[1]
The Democratic Party returned to the Legislative Council as the largest party with 13 seats, while the Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood, a pro-democratic party joined. The Beijing-controlled Provisional Legislative Council lost all its seats.
^Kwong, Bruce Kam-kwan (2009). Patron-Client Politics and Elections in Hong Kong. Routledge. p. 79.
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