These are the Hong Kong Island results of the 2012 Hong Kong legislative election. The election was held on 9 September 2012 and all 7 seats in Hong Kong Island were contested. The pro-Beijing camp achieved a majority of Island seats for the first time with the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong gained two seats with two separate lists led by Tsang Yok-sing and Christopher Chung respectively. Both Civic Party and People Power failed in getting the last seat in whom Tanya Chan placed second on the Civic's candidate list and Christopher Lau were defeated by Wong Kwok-hing from the Federation of Trade Unions. Besides, 24-year-long member Miriam Lau of the Liberal Party also lost in her first attempt of direct election.
Overall results Before election: + ↓ 4 2 Pan-democracy Pro-Beijing Change in composition: + ↓ 3 4 Pan-democracy Pro-Beijing
Party Seats Seatschange Contestinglist(s) Votes % %change 1 −1 1 70,475 21.3 −5.1 1 0 1 40,558 12.3 −0.4 1 0 1 31,523 9.5 −0.4 0 0 1 18,667 5.6 N/A 0 0 1 3,169 1.0 −2.3 0 0 2 17,243 5.2 N/A Pro-democracy camp 3 −1 7 181,635 54.9 −5.0 2 +1 2 70,418 21.3 +2 1 0 1 30,289 9.2 −10.3 1 0 1 27,336 8.3 N/A 0 0 1 17,686 5.6 N/A 0 0 1 2,980 0.9 N/A Pro-Beijing camp 4 +2 6 148,709 45.0 +5.5 0 0 1 422 0.1 N/A Turnout: 330,766 54.7
Candidates list
Results by districts List Candidates Central &Western Wan Chai Eastern Southern Total Hui Ching-on 0.570.571.24 0.500.90 Sin Chung-kai 13.8012.2211.19 13.6012.26 Lo Wing-lok 4.644.675.19 5.47 5.11 Christopher Lau 4.965.115.85 5.915.64 Christopher Chung 4.6811.1514.75 3.6310.25 Ng Wing-chun 0.220.080.11 0.110.13 Cyd Ho 9.398.849.79 9.329.53 Regina Ip 9.0610.948.66 9.649.16 Wong Kwok-hing 6.215.029.38 8.638.26 Kenneth Chan 21.8523.1121.26 20.2121.31 Ho Kar-tai 0.120.110.09 0.130.10 Jasper Tsang 18.0710.656.03 17.5111.04 Miriam Lau 5.606.79 5.40 4.415.35 Avery Ng 0.850.731.05 0.930.96
Opinion polling
See also Legislative Council of Hong Kong Hong Kong legislative elections 2012 Hong Kong legislative election
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