Hong Kong local elections, 2007

Hong Kong local elections, 2007

18 November 2007
All Elected Constituencies 405 (of the 534) seats in all 18 Districts Councils
Turnout	38.83%
First party Second party Third party   CF Leader Tam Yiu-chung Albert Ho Lau Kong-wah Party DAB Democratic Civil Force Alliance Pro-Beijing Pro-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   150x150px Leader Frederick Fung James Tien Audrey Eu Party ADPL Liberal Civic Alliance Pro-democracy Pro-Beijing Pro-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
400px 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. The pan-democrats suffered a devastating loss in the election.

General outcome

 Summary of the 18 November 2007 District Councils of Hong Kong election results

Political Affiliation			Popular vote	%	% +/−	Standing	Elected	+/−
		Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong	292,916	25.73	+2.79	178	115	+38
		Liberal Party	50,026	4.39	+1.63	55	14	+4
		Civil Force	30,880	2.71	+0.27	20	18	+1
		Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions	4,208	0.37	+0.11	3	1	+1
		Tseung Kwan O Residents' Association	1,922	0.17	-	1	1	-
		Tin Shui Wai Women Association	1,457	0.13	-	1	1	-
		Federation of Hong Kong and Kowloon Labour Unions	1,339	0.12	+0.12	1	1	0
		New Territories General Chamber of Commerce	818	0.07	-	1	0	-
		New Century Forum	543	0.05	-0.03	1	0	0
		Hong Kong Civic Association	390	0.03	-	5	0	-
		Independents	226,645	19.91	-	161	118	-
Total for pro-Beijing camp			614,621	53.98	+7.38	430	273	-
		Democratic Party	175,054	15.38	-5.90	110	59	-14
		Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood	52,386	4.60	-0.46	37	17	-8
		Civic Party	48,837	4.29	-	41	8	+1
		League of Social Democrats	28,601	2.51	-	29	6	-6
		Frontier	18,203	1.60	-0.81	15	3	-3
		Neighbourhood and Workers Service Centre	12,565	1.10	-0.24	5	4	0
		Yuen Long Tin Shui Wai Democratic Alliance	9,530	0.84	+0.04	11	1	-2
		Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions	2,273	0.20	-0.18	2	0	-2
		Civic Act-up	991	0.09	-0.40	2	0	-2
		Individuals	60,510	5.31	-	44	10	-
	Total for Democratic Coalition for DC Election		409,573	35.97	-	296	108	-
		Independent democrats and others	36,208	3.18	-	39	19	-
Total for pan-democracy camp			445,781	39.15	-5.51	335	127	-
Independent and others			78,133	6.86	-2.21	142	5	-
Total (turnout 38.83%)			1,138,358	100.0	-	907	405	+5

Note 1: The total seats of the District Councils are 534 including 27 ex-officio members (Rural Committee Chairmen in the New Territories), and 102 members appointed members by the Chief Executive of Hong Kong.
Note 2: Candidates ran under both DAB and FTU banners were all counted as DAB in this chart.

Results by district

Council	Previous control	Previous party		Camp control	Largest party		DAB	DP	CF	ADPL	Lib	Civ	Others
Central and Western	Pro-Beijing		Democratic	Pro-Beijing		Democratic	3	6			1	1	4
Wan Chai	No Overall Control		Civic Act-up	Pro-Beijing		DAB	2						9
Eastern	Pro-Beijing		DAB	Pro-Beijing		DAB	14	3			2	2	16
Southern	Pro-Beijing		Democratic	Pro-Beijing		Democratic	1	3			1		12
Yau Tsim Mong	Pro-Beijing		Democratic	Pro-Beijing		DAB	7	1					8
Sham Shui Po	Pro-democracy		ADPL	No Overall Control		ADPL	3	2		10			6
Kowloon City	Pro-Beijing		Democratic	Pro-Beijing		DAB	6	2		3	2	1	8
Wong Tai Sin	Pro-Beijing		DAB	Pro-Beijing		DAB	8	3		2	1		11
Kwun Tong	Pro-Beijing		Democratic	Pro-Beijing		DAB	9	3					22
Tsuen Wan	Pro-Beijing		Democratic	Pro-Beijing		DAB	3	3			1	2	8
Tuen Mun	Pro-Beijing		DAB	Pro-Beijing		DAB	11	7		2	1		18
Yuen Long	Pro-Beijing		DAB	Pro-Beijing		DAB	7	2			3		16
North	Pro-Beijing		Democratic	Pro-Beijing		DAB	9	4					3
Tai Po	Pro-Beijing		Democratic	Pro-Beijing		DAB	7	4					8
Sai Kung	Pro-Beijing		DAB	Pro-Beijing		DAB	9	4	3				7
Sha Tin	Pro-Beijing		Civil Force	Pro-Beijing		Civil Force	8	3	15		1		9
Kwai Tsing	Pro-democracy		Democratic	Pro-Beijing		Democratic	5	9			1		13
Islands	Pro-Beijing		DAB	Pro-Beijing		DAB	4					2	4

Vote summary

Votes, of total, by camp

  Pro-Beijing (53.98%)

  Pan-democrats (39.15%)

  Other (6.87%)

Seats, of total, by camp

  Pro-Beijing (67.41%)

  Pan-democrats (31.36%)

  Other (1.23%)

Popular vote
DAB			25.73%
Democratic			15.78%
ADPL			4.60%
Liberal			4.39%
Civic			4.29%
Civil Force			2.71%
LSD			2.51%
Frontier			1.60%
NCF			1.29%
NWSC			1.10%
Others			36.00%

Seat summary

Seats
DAB			28.40%
Democratic			14.57%
Civil Force			4.44%
ADPL			4.20%
Liberal			3.46%
Civic			1.98%
LSD			1.48%
NCF			1.48%
NWSC			0.99%
Frontier			0.74%
Others			39.26%

Aftermath

In December 2007, Donald Tsang named 27 government-appointed Council members.

• thirteen members of the Liberal Party
• eleven members of the DAB
• three members from the Federation of Trade Unions

Tsang was criticised for not appointing a single member of the pan-democrats.