All 60 seats to the Legislative Council 31 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered
3,372,007 (GC)5.14%
Turnout
1,524,249 (45.20%) 10.44pp
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
Tam Yiu-chung
Albert Ho
James Tien
Party
DAB
Democratic
Liberal
Alliance
Pro-Beijing
Pan-democracy
Pro-Beijing
Leader's seat
New Territories West
New Territories West
New Territories East (lost seat)
Last election
10 seats, 22.73%
9 seats, 25.19%
10 seats, 6.72%
Seats won
10[n 1]
8
7
Seat change
1
1
3
Popular vote
347,373
312,692
65,622
Percentage
22.92%
20.63%
4.33%
Swing
0.19pp
4.56pp
2.39pp
Fourth party
Fifth party
Sixth party
Leader
Audrey Eu
Cheng Yiu-tong
Wong Yuk-man
Party
Civic
FTU
LSD
Alliance
Pan-democracy
Pro-Beijing
Pan-democracy
Leader's seat
Hong Kong Island
Did not stand
Kowloon West
Last election
New party
3 seats, 2.97%
New party
Seats won
5
4[n 1]
3
Seat change
1
1
1
Popular vote
206,980
86,311
153,390
Percentage
13.66%
5.70%
10.12%
Swing
7.04pp
2.73pp
N/A
Seventh party
Eighth party
Ninth party
Leader
Leung Yiu-chung
Lau Chin-shek
Bruce Liu
Party
NWSC
CTU
ADPL
Alliance
Pan-democracy
Pan-democracy
Pan-democracy
Leader's seat
New Territories West
Kowloon West (lost seat)
Did not stand
Last election
1 seat, 3.33%
1 seat, 3.95%
1 seat, 4.22%
Seats won
1
1
1
Seat change
Popular vote
42,441
42,366
42,211
Percentage
2.80%
2.80%
2.79%
Swing
0.53pp
1.15pp
1.43pp
Result by parties and camps
Result by parties
Party control before election
Pro-Beijing camp
Party control after election
Pro-Beijing camp
The 2008 Hong Kong Legislative Council election was held on 7 September 2008[1] for the 4th Legislative Council since the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. There were 60 seats in the 4th Legislative Council, with 30 members elected by geographical constituencies through direct elections, and 30 members by functional constituencies.[2] Candidates for 14 functional constituency seats were unopposed.
The turnout rate was 45 percent with 1.51 million voters casting the ballots, about 10 percent lower than the previous election in 2004. The Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong (DAB) remained the largest single party in the Legislative Council with 13 seats if including the two members of the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions (FTU) while the pro-business Liberal Party suffered a big defeat by losing the two heavyweights, chairman James Tien and vice-chairwoman Selina Chow lost their seats in the New Territories East and the New Territories West. The duo resigned from their party positions and Chow resigned from the Executive Council after the election, which was followed by a great split of the party.[3]
In the backdrop of a deteriorating economy and rising inflation, the pro-grassroots parties scored victories as the new pro-democracy party League of Social Democrats (LSD) had their three candidates elected and the FTU also won in two seats in the geographical constituencies. The pro-democracy flagship party Democratic Party retook the second largest party status despite losing one seat to its ally, the new middle-class oriented Civic Party which took two seats in Hong Kong Island with party leader Audrey Eu stood as the second candidate behind party's new face Tanya Chan.
The share of the pan-democratic parties' vote among voters dropped from 60 percent in 2004 to 57 percent, which translated into a net loss of two seats compared to the last election. The pan-democrats were elected to a total of 23 seats, 19 seats in the directly elected geographical constituencies, and four seats from the functional constituencies. By virtue of having in excess of one-third of the seats in Legislative Council, their ability to veto constitutional changes remained intact. The pan-democrats' veto power was seen as crucial for the electoral arrangements for the 2012 Legislative Council election, which would take place during this session.[4]
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