The 2000 Hong Kong Legislative Council election was held on 10 September 2000 for members of the 2nd

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(LegCo) of the

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(HKSAR). The election returned 24 members from directly elected

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, 6 seats from the Election Committee constituency and 30 members from

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, of which 9 uncontested. The election saw the decline in turnout rate from 53.29 percent in 1998 to 43.57 percent. The Democratic Party was able to maintain the largest party status in the legislature by retaining 12 seats, despite its vote share fell sharply by eight percent, if including

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from the

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(CTU) running in the same ticket with Democrat

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in Kowloon West, from 42 percent in 1998 to 34 percent in 2000. In contrast, the

pro-Beijing The pro-Beijing camp, pro-establishment camp or pro-China camp is a political alignment in Hong Kong which generally supports the policies of the Beijing central government and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) towards Hong Kong. The term " ...

rival

Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong The Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB) is a pro-Beijing political party registered since 1992 in Hong Kong. Chaired by Gary Chan and holding 19 Legislative Council seats, it is currently the largest party ...

(DAB) raised its vote share over two years by five percent, to 29.6 percent if including

Tang Siu-tong Tang Siu-tong, SBS, JP (born 26 September 1942 in Hong Kong), was a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong from 1992 to 2004.

from the

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(HKPA). As a result, the DAB won 11 seats, a sharp increase of three seats from the previous election, making it the second largest political party in the legislature, despite an alleged corruption scandal involving its vice-chairman

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at the peak of the campaign. Cheng did not take his office and a

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in December was won by a

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independent

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. The

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won 21 seats in total, of which 16 of those returned from the directly elected geographical constituencies, one seat more than the previous election which secured the one-thirds vote to veto any government's proposal of any constitutional amendment. As of , these were the last elections won by a party other than the

Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong The Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB) is a Pro-Beijing camp (Hong Kong), pro-Beijing political party registered since 1992 in Hong Kong. Chaired by Gary Chan and holding 19 Legislative Council of Hong Kong ...

which began to dominate Hong Kong politics from

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Change in composition

According to the Annex II of the

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, the number of the Election Committee constituency indirectly elected by the 800-member

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would reduce from 10 seats to 6 seats, while the directly elected

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seats would increase from 20 to 24. As a result, each geographical constituency except the

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was added one extra seat. After the two municipal councils, the

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and Regional Council, were abolished in 1999, the two corresponding functional constituencies were also abolished and replaced by the

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and

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seats.

Parties and candidates

A total of 155 candidates representing ten political parties and candidates who were independents or not non-affiliated ran for the total number of 60 seats. 88 of whom ran in the 24 directly elected geographical constituencies, 57 for the 30 indirectly elected

and 10 were nominated for the 6 Election Committee seats. * The Democratic Party, chaired by

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, was the largest pro-democracy party holding 13 seats in the first Legislative Council term. Despite being perceived as anti-Beijing, the party's manifesto stated clear support for China's sovereignty over Hong Kong and Hong Kong's status as an "indivisible part of China." Nevertheless, the party was strongly identified with democratic principles, including "democracy, freedom, human rights and the rule of law." It believed in a rapid pace for Hong Kong's democratic development. The party filled tickets in all five geographical constituencies besides its candidacies in the functional constituencies including

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and

. It was also the first time the party deployed separate tickets in the

New Territories West New Territories West (NTW) is the western part of Hong Kong's New Territories, covering Yuen Long District, Yuen Long, Tuen Mun District, Tuen Mun, Tsuen Wan District, Tsuen Wan, Kwai Tsing District, Kwai Tsing and the Islands District. History ...

in hope of winning three seats by purchasing seats with remainder votes under the

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system. * The

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, chaired by James Tien, was the party representing big-business interests. Its manifesto was "Energise Our Economy, Enrich Our Lives." Although its economic inclinations were the opposite of the

(DAB), it also had pro-Beijing sympathies like the latter. After the defeat of former chairman

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in direct election in 1998, the party only filled two tickets in the geographical constituencies while its core members remained relying heavily on the business sectors of the functional constituencies. * The

(DAB), chaired by

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, was the pro-Beijing party representing the Beijing interests in Hong Kong. It called for gradual and step-by step progress towards democratisation and supported for social welfare improvements, including greater spending on education, housing, employee retraining which had given it strong grassroots supports. Holding 10 seats in the first Legislative Council term, the DAB won five directly elected seats in the 1998 election, taking advantages from the

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system installed by Beijing. * The

(HKPA), chaired by

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, was a small pro-Beijing party which had a pro-business stance which assuring another voting block support of Beijing interests. It heavily relied on the seats in the indirectly elected functional constituencies and Election Committee seats. In the election, the party filled a ticket in New Territories East for the first time and a candidate with rural background

Tang Siu-tong Tang Siu-tong, SBS, JP (born 26 September 1942 in Hong Kong), was a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong from 1992 to 2004.

in the DAB ticket in New Territories West. * The Frontier, headed by

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was active on human rights and environmental issues and routinely criticised both Hong Kong and Beijing governments on matters involving individual rights and freedoms. The Frontier believed the Basic Law should be redrafted and advocated democracy and freedom in China and Hong Kong. The party had strong support in New Territories East where saw its two incumbents Emily Lau and

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got elected. Ho ran in Hong Kong Island in the coming election, targeting retiring Citizens Party's

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's seat. * The

(CTU), presided by

, was a pro-democracy labour union. It had strong pro-grassroots and pro-labour inclination besides its pro-democracy stance. It had two incumbents Lau Chin-shek and

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who ran as Democratic Party and The Frontier candidates respectively in the last election. After quitting the Democratic Party, Lau would run in the joint ticket with Democratic Party's

in Kowloon West in the coming election. * The

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(NWSC) had its sole legislator

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ran for his re-election in New Territories West. Largely pro-democracy and pro-grassroots, the NWSC had its strong base in public housing estates in

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. * The

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, headed by

Ng Ching-fai Ng Ching-fai, Order of the Bauhinia Star, GBS ( zh, s=吴清辉, t=吳清輝, p=Wú Qīnghuī, j=Ng4 Ching1 Fai1; born 20 November 1939 in Shanghai, China) is a professor of chemistry and the former president and vice-chancellor of Hong Kong Ba ...

, was newly formed small party with a pro-middle class inclination. It had two members in the first Legislative Council term, Ng Ching-fai and

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, both were elected through the Election Committee, despite the two were running for re-election as nonpartisans. The party would also run in Hong Kong Island and New Territories East with tickets led by former civil servant

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and Law Cheung-kwok respectively. * The

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(ADPL), chaired by

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, was a major party before 1997 until it lost all its seat in the first Legislative Council election in 1998. It had a moderate pro-democracy stance and strong pro-grassroots inclination. It filled in one ticket in its strong base Kowloon West in the coming election with chairman Frederick Fung and vice-chairman

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. * The April Fifth Action was a small socialist group in which "Longhair"

Leung Kwok-hung Leung Kwok-hung ( zh, t=梁國雄; born 27 March 1956), also known by his nickname "Long Hair" (), is a Hong Kong politician and social activist. He was a member of the Legislative Council, representing the New Territories East. A Trotskyist ...

was its most well-known figure. It called for radical political changes with a strong anti-government rhetoric. Leung Kwok-hung would be running in the New Territories East in the coming election.

Retiring incumbents

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, representing the

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resigned from the Legislative Council as protest to the government's decision on abolishing the two municipal councils,

and Regional Council and their corresponding Legislative Council constituencies in 2000. No by-election was held due to the short period before the general election.

General result

2000 Hong Kong legislative election result by party

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seats ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" rowspan=2 , Total
seats ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" rowspan=2 , ± , - ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" , Votes ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" , % ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" , ± pp ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" , Seats ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" , Votes ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" , % ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" , ± pp ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" , Seats , - , rowspan=5 style="text-align:left;background-color:Pink;border-bottom-style:hidden;", , style="background-color:", , style="text-align:left;" ,

, 374,780 , 28.40 , 3.17 , 7 , 1,493 , 1.68 , 1.30 , 3 , 1 , 11 , 2 , - , style="background-color:", , style="text-align:left;" ,

, 24,858 , 1.88 , 1.52 , 0 , 4,416 , 4.96 , 3.23 , 8 , 0 , 8 , 2 , - , style="background-color:", , style="text-align:left;" ,

, 25,773 , 1.95 , ''N/A'' , 1 , 133 , 0.15 , 0.41 , 1 , 2 , 4 , 1 , - , style="background-color:", , style="text-align:left;" ,

, 21,103 , 1.60 , ''N/A'' , 0 , – , – , – , – , 1 , 1 , 1 , - , style="background-color:", , style="text-align:left;" , Pro-government individuals and others , 14,534 , 1.10 , – , 0 , 30,571 , 34.34 , , 13 , 2 , 15 , − , -style="background-color:Pink" , style="text-align:left;" colspan=3 , Total for pro-Beijing camp , 461,048 , 34.94 , 4.55 , 8 , 30,571 , 41.12 , 9.01 , 25 , 6 , 39 , , - , rowspan=7 style="text-align:left;background-color:LightGreen;width:1px;border-bottom-style:hidden;" , , style="background-color:;width:1px", , style="text-align:left;" , Democratic Party , 417,873 , 31.66 , , 9 , 40,624 , 45.63 , 17.44 , 3 , – , 12 , 0 , - , style="background-color:", , style="text-align:left;" ,

, 96,752 , 7.33 , ''N/A'' , 2 , – , – , – , – , – , 2 , 0 , - , style="background-color:", , style="text-align:left;" , The Frontier , 89,529 , 6.78 , 3.25 , 2 , – , – , – , – , – , 2 , 0 , - , style="background-color:", , style="text-align:left;" ,

, 62,717 , 4.75 , 0.75 , 1 , – , – , – , – , – , 1 , 1 , - , style="background-color:", , style="text-align:left;" ,

, 59,348 , 4.50 , ''N/A'' , 1 , – , – , – , – , – , 1 , 0 , - , style="background-color:", , style="text-align:left;" , April Fifth Action , 18,235 , 1.38 , ''N/A'' , 0 , − , − , − , − , − , 0 , 0 , - , style="background-color:", , style="text-align:left;" , Pro-democracy individuals and others , 54,795 , 4.15 , – , 1 , 9,066 , 10.18 , , 2 , – , 3 , − , -style="background-color:LightGreen" , style="text-align:left;" colspan=3 , Total for pro-democracy camp , 799,249 , 60.56 , 5.59 , 16 , 49.690 , 55.81 , 9.74 , 5 , – , 21 , 1 , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" colspan=2 , Non-partisan individuals and others , 59,397 , 4.50 , , 0 , 2,729 , 3.07 , , 0 , – , 0 , − , - , style="text-align:left;background-color:#E9E9E9" colspan="3", Total , width="75" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", 1,319,694 , width="40" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", 100.00 , width="40" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", , style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", 24 , width="75" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", 89,032 , width="40" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", 100.00 , width="40" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", , style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", 30 , style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", 6 , width="30" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", 60 , style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", 0 , - , style="text-align:left;background-color:#E9E9E9" colspan=14, , - , style="text-align:left;background-color:#E9E9E9" colspan="3", Valid votes , width="75" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", 1,319,694 , width="30" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", 99.14 , width="30" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", 0.22 , width="30" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9" rowspan="4" , , width="75" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", 89,032 , width="30" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", 96.66 , width="30" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", 1.31 , width="30" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9" colspan="4" rowspan="4" , , - , style="text-align:left;background-color:#E9E9E9" colspan="3", Invalid votes , width="75" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", 11,386 , width="30" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", 0.86 , width="30" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", 0.22 , width="75" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", 3,080 , width="30" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", 3.34 , width="30" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", 1.31 , - , style="text-align:left;background-color:#E9E9E9" colspan="3", Votes cast / turnout , width="75" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", 1,331,080 , width="40" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", 43.57 , width="30" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", 9.72 , width="75" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", 92,112 , width="40" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", 56.50 , width="30" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", 7.00 , - , style="text-align:left;background-color:#E9E9E9" colspan="3", Registered voters , width="75" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", 3,055,378 , width="40" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", 100.00 , width="30" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", 9.30 , width="75" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", 163,030 , width="40" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", 100.00 , width="30" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan=14 , 9 candidates in 9 functional constituencies were elected unopposed to the Legislative Council.
(Total votes added up by this reference)
2000LegCoElectionRingCharts

Vote summary

Seat summary

Incumbents defeated

Four incumbents lost re-election.

Results breakdown

Geographical constituencies (24 seats)

Voting System: Closed

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with the

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and

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Functional Constituencies (30 seats)

Voting systems: Different voting systems apply to different functional constituencies, namely for the

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, Agriculture and Fisheries,

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and

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, the preferential elimination system of voting; and for the remaining 24 FCs used the

first-past-the-post voting system First-past-the-post (FPTP)—also called choose-one, first-preference plurality (FPP), or simply plurality—is a single-winner voting rule. Voters mark one candidate as their favorite, or first-preference, and the candidate with more first- ...

Election Committee (6 seats)

References

External links

Official Government election site
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