The 1998 Hong Kong legislative election for members of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong

Legislative Council of Hong Kong

The Legislative Council is the unicameral legislature of Hong Kong.-History:The Legislative Council of Hong Kong was set up in 1843 as a colonial legislature under British rule...

 (LegCo) was held on 24 May 1998. The elections returned 20 members from directly elected geographical constituencies and 30 members from functional constituencies

Functional constituency

In the political systems of Hong Kong and Macau, a functional constituency is a professional or special interest group involved in the electoral process...

, of which 10 were uncontested.

Geographical constituencies (20 seats)

Voting System: Closed

Closed list

Closed list describes the variant of party-list proportional representation where voters can only vote for political parties as a whole and thus have no influence on the party-supplied order in which party candidates are elected...

 party-list proportional representation

Party-list proportional representation

Party-list proportional representation systems are a family of voting systems emphasizing proportional representation in elections in which multiple candidates are elected...

 with the largest remainder method

Largest remainder method

The largest remainder method is one way of allocating seats proportionally for representative assemblies with party list voting systems...

 and Hare Quota

Hare quota

The Hare quota is a formula used under some forms of the Single Transferable Vote system and the largest remainder method of party-list proportional representation...

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Hong Kong Island (香港島) (4 seats)
List Number	Party/Allegiance	Votes Received |	Candidates
			% | elected | not elected
1	Citizens Party Citizens Party (Hong Kong) Citizens Party is a small pro-democracy political party in the Hong Kong. It was founded by Christine Loh Kung-wai in May 1997. Since 2005, the party has been headed by Doctor Joe Wong....	39,251	12.76	Christine Loh Christine Loh - External links :* ] ]*...
2		12,377	4.02		Chong Chan Yau
3	DAB	90,182	29.32	Gary Cheng Gary Cheng Gary Cheng Kai Nam is a Hong Kong politician who served as Vice Chairman for the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong party. He was a long time member of the Legislative Council. During the legislative election in 2000, he was exposed for failing to disclose his...	Ip Kwok-him, Suen Kai Cheong, Chung Shu Kun Christopher
4	Liberal Party Liberal Party (Hong Kong) Liberal Party is a business-friendly liberal conservative political party in Hong Kong.-Party beliefs:The party is known for its conservative and business-friendly policies. Despite being a political party friendly with Beijing, it fits in the centre-right political spectrum...	7,485	2.43		Ada WONG Ying-Kay, Alice TSO Shing-Yuk, Lam Chui-Lin Alice
5	Democratic Party Democratic Party (Hong Kong) The Democratic Party is a pro-democracy political party in Hong Kong. It was established on 2 October 1994. The party is currently the second largest party in the Legislative Council, headed by Chairman Albert Ho Chun-yan and, following the November 2008 merger with the Frontier, had around 745...	143,843	46.76	Martin Lee Martin Lee Martin Lee , QC, SC, JP, was the founding chairman of the Democratic Party in Hong Kong. He was a directly-elected Member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong for the Hong Kong Island geographical constituency... , Yeung Sum Yeung Sum Yeung Sum SBS JP is the second Chairman of the Democratic Party , a pro-democracy political party in Hong Kong. He is a lecturer in the University of Hong Kong. He was a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong.-Biography:...	Yuen Bun Keung, Chan Kwok Leung
6		2,588	0.84		Leong Wing On Louis
7		10,950	3.56		Chow Kit Bing Jennifer
8		935	0.3		Li Hung
		307,611	100.0

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Kowloon West (九龍西) (3 seats)
List Number	Party/Allegiance	Votes Received |	Candidates
			% | elected | not elected
1	Democratic Party Democratic Party (Hong Kong) The Democratic Party is a pro-democracy political party in Hong Kong. It was established on 2 October 1994. The party is currently the second largest party in the Legislative Council, headed by Chairman Albert Ho Chun-yan and, following the November 2008 merger with the Frontier, had around 745...	115,251	55.05	Lau Chin Shek Lau Chin Shek Lau Chin-shek is the President of the Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions and a vice Chairman of the Hong Kong Christian Industrial Committee. He was born in Guangzhou and had a secondary school education... , James To James To James To Kun-sun is a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong representing the Kowloon West constituency. James To was also a member of the Yau Tsim Mong District Council until 2007.-Views, policy positions and Legco voting:...	Wong Chong-Ki ERIC
2	HKADPL Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood The Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood is a pro-democracy political party in the Hong Kong. It was established on 26 October 1986. The current chairman of the party is Bruce Liu.-History:...	39,534	19.25		Frederick Fung Frederick Fung Frederick Fung Kin-kee SBS, JP is the former chairman of the Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood , a pro-democracy political party in Hong Kong... , Liu Sing Lee Bruce Liu Bruce Liu Sing-lee is a Hong Kong solicitor and politician. He is the chairman of the moderate Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood and an elected member of Kowloon City District Council representing the Kai Tak constituency.He graduated from the Department of Social Work in the... , Tam Kwok-Kiu
3	Atlas Alliance	2,302	1.12		Chung Yee Fong Helen
4	Liberal Party Liberal Party (Hong Kong) Liberal Party is a business-friendly liberal conservative political party in Hong Kong.-Party beliefs:The party is known for its conservative and business-friendly policies. Despite being a political party friendly with Beijing, it fits in the centre-right political spectrum...	5,854	2.85		Chiang Sai Cheong Ringo, Chan Noi Yue, Li King Wah Edward
5	DAB	44,632	21.73	Tsang Yok-sing Tsang Yok-sing Jasper Tsang Yok-sing, GBS JP was the founding Chairman of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong , the largest pro-Beijing political party in Hong Kong....	Ip Kwok Chung, Wen Choy Bon
		205,401	100.0

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Kowloon East (九龍東) (3 seats)
List Number	Party/Allegiance	Votes Received |	Candidates
			% | elected | not elected
1	Democratic Party Democratic Party (Hong Kong) The Democratic Party is a pro-democracy political party in Hong Kong. It was established on 2 October 1994. The party is currently the second largest party in the Legislative Council, headed by Chairman Albert Ho Chun-yan and, following the November 2008 merger with the Frontier, had around 745...	145,986	55.8	Szeto Wah Szeto Wah Szeto Wah was a politician of the pan-democracy camp of Hong Kong. He was formerly the chairman of The Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements in China and a member of the Legislative Council from 1985 to 1997 and 1998 to 2004.Although the Hong Kong government prior to as... , Fred Li Fred Li Fred Li Wah-ming, SBS, JP is a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong representing the constituency of Kowloon East. He was a member of the Kwun Tong District Council....	Mak Hoi Wah
2	DAB	109,296	41.78	Chan Yuen Han Chan Yuen Han Chan Yuen-han, SBS, JP, nicknamed Sister Han , is a noted Hong Kong female trade unionist...	Kwok Bit Chun, Lam Man Fai
3		6,339	2.42		Fok Pui Yee
		261,621	100.0

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New Territories West (新界西) (5 seats)
List Number	Party/Allegiance	Votes Received |	Candidates
			% | elected | not elected
1	Democratic Party	147,098	39.21	Lee Wing-tat, Albert Ho Albert Ho Albert Ho Chun-yan . He is currently secretary general of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements in China and chairman of the Democratic Party. He is a solicitor and a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong....	Wong Wai Yin Zachary, Chan Shu Ying
2		25,905	6.91		Lam Wai Keung Daniel Lam Daniel Lam Wai-keung SBS, JP is the former Chairman of the Hong Kong Regional Council as well as a former member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong.... , Tai Kuen, Chow Ping Tim, Chan Ka Mun, Tso Shiu Wai
3	The Frontier The Frontier (Hong Kong) The Frontier was a relatively radical pro-democracy political group in the Hong Kong. It was established on 26 August 1996. The group was headed by former convenor Emily Lau Wai-hing since its establishment as a loose group of individual pro-democracy activists.On 23 November 2008, the Frontier...	38,627	10.3	Leung Yiu-chung
4	The Frontier The Frontier (Hong Kong) The Frontier was a relatively radical pro-democracy political group in the Hong Kong. It was established on 26 August 1996. The group was headed by former convenor Emily Lau Wai-hing since its establishment as a loose group of individual pro-democracy activists.On 23 November 2008, the Frontier...	46,696	12.45	Lee Cheuk-yan	Ip Kwok Fun
5		11,176	2.98		Ting Yin Wah
6	Liberal Party Liberal Party (Hong Kong) Liberal Party is a business-friendly liberal conservative political party in Hong Kong.-Party beliefs:The party is known for its conservative and business-friendly policies. Despite being a political party friendly with Beijing, it fits in the centre-right political spectrum...	3,138	0.84		Chan Sing Kong Paul, Liu Kwong-Sang, Wong Kwok-Keung
7	DAB	72,587	19.35	Tam Yiu Chung Tam Yiu Chung Tam Yiu-chung, GBS, JP, is a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, representing the New Territories West constituency. He was a member of the Executive Council from 1997 to 2002...	Leung Che Cheung, Chau Chuen Heung, Chan Wan Sang, Hui Chiu Fai
8	HKADPL Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood The Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood is a pro-democracy political party in the Hong Kong. It was established on 26 October 1986. The current chairman of the party is Bruce Liu.-History:...	19,500	5.2		Yim Tin Sang
9	Pioneer	968	0.26		Lam Chi Leung
10	123 Democratic Alliance	3050	0.81		Yum Sin-Ling, Christopher Chu, Mak Ip-Sing, Shung King-Fai
11		6428	1.71		Yeung Fuk Kwong
		375,173	100.00

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New Territories East (新界東) (5 seats)
List Number	Party/Allegiance	Votes Received |	Candidates
			% | elected | not elected
1	Liberal Party Liberal Party (Hong Kong) Liberal Party is a business-friendly liberal conservative political party in Hong Kong.-Party beliefs:The party is known for its conservative and business-friendly policies. Despite being a political party friendly with Beijing, it fits in the centre-right political spectrum...	33,858	10.25		Allen Lee Allen Lee Allen Lee Peng Fei , CBE, JP, is a founding member of Liberal Party of Hong Kong, veteran Hong Kong politician, political programme radio host and TV host. Jonathan Dimbleby described him as a "weather vane" in his book The Last Governor.Lee was a senior member of the Legislative Council of Hong... , Wong Yiu Chee, Cheng Chee Kwok
2		44,386	13.43	Wong Wang Fat Andrew
3	Citizens Party Citizens Party (Hong Kong) Citizens Party is a small pro-democracy political party in the Hong Kong. It was founded by Christine Loh Kung-wai in May 1997. Since 2005, the party has been headed by Doctor Joe Wong....	2,302	0.72		Lui Yat- Ming
4	The Frontier The Frontier (Hong Kong) The Frontier was a relatively radical pro-democracy political group in the Hong Kong. It was established on 26 August 1996. The group was headed by former convenor Emily Lau Wai-hing since its establishment as a loose group of individual pro-democracy activists.On 23 November 2008, the Frontier...	101,811	30.81	Emily Lau Emily Lau Emily Lau Wai-hing JP is one of two vice-chairmen of Democratic Party.She was the convenor of The Frontier... , Cyd Ho Cyd Ho Cyd Ho Sau-lan is a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong for the Hong Kong Island constituency.Cyd Ho is a founding member of The Frontier, a pro-democracy political group, and since 2006, founding councillor of the World Future Council....
5	DAB	56,731	17.17	Lau Kong-wah	Cheung Hon Chung, Chan Ping, Wan Yuet Kau, Wong Mo Tai
6	Democratic Party Democratic Party (Hong Kong) The Democratic Party is a pro-democracy political party in Hong Kong. It was established on 2 October 1994. The party is currently the second largest party in the Legislative Council, headed by Chairman Albert Ho Chun-yan and, following the November 2008 merger with the Frontier, had around 745...	84,629	25.61	Andrew Cheng Kar Foo Andrew Cheng Andrew Cheng Kar Foo BA, MA, MEd, PCLL is a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong representing the New Territories East geographical constituency. He was a founder member of the Democratic Party, a member of Southern District Council between 1994 to 1999...	Wong Sing-chi, Lam Wing Yin, Ho Suk Ping
7		6,637	2.01		Brian Kan Ping-Chee
		330,434	100.00

External links

• Official Government election site