2016 Hong Kong legislative election in New Territories West

2016 Hong Kong legislative election in New Territories West
← 2012 4 September 2016 (2016-09-04)
All 9 New Territories West seats to the Legislative Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Ben Chan & Leung Che-cheung Eddie Chu Michael Tien
Party DAB Independent NPP
Alliance Pro-Beijing N/A Pro-Beijing
Last election 2 seats, 22.8% No seat 1 seat, 7.6%
Seats before 3 0 1
Seats won 2 1 1
Seat change Decrease1 Increase1 Steady
Popular vote 108,863 84,121 70,646
Percentage 18.0% 13.9% 11.7%
Swing Decrease4.8% N/A Increase4.1%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Cheng Chung-tai Alice Mak Kwok Ka-ki
Party Civic Passion FTU Civic
Alliance CP–PPI–HKRO Pro-Beijing Pan-democracy
Last election New party 1 seat, 7.1% 1 seat, 14.5%
Seats before 0 1 1
Seats won 1 1 1
Seat change Increase1 Steady Steady
Popular vote 54,496 49,680 42,334
Percentage 9.0% 8.2% 7.0%
Swing N/A Increase1.2% Decrease7.5%
  Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party
 
Leader Andrew Wan Junius Ho Lee Cheuk-yan
Party Democratic Independent Labour
Alliance Pan-democracy Pro-Beijing Pan-democracy
Last election 0 seat, 11.8% 0 seat, 2.2% 1 seat, 8.2%
Seats before 0 0 1
Seats won 1 1 0
Seat change Increase1 Increase1 Decrease1
Popular vote 41,704 35,657 35,657
Percentage 6.9% 5.9% 5.0%
Swing Decrease4.9% Increase3.7% Decrease3.2%
Party with most votes in each District Council Constituency.

These are the New Territories West results of the 2016 Hong Kong Legislative Council election. The election was held on 4 September 2016 and all 9 seats in New Territories West, which consists of Tsuen Wan District, Tuen Mun District, Yuen Long District, Kwai Tsing District and Islands District, were contested. Veteran social activist Eddie Chu received the highest votes of 84,121, 14 per cent of the vote share, in all geographical constituencies. The Democratic Party retook one seat after it was ousted in the previous election with newcomer Andrew Wan, while independent lawyer Junius Ho who was backed by the Liaison Office won the last seat by defeating pro-democracy heavyweight Labour Party's Lee Cheuk-yan. Localist group Civic Passion's Cheng Chung-tai also won the only seat for the CP–PPI–HKRO electoral alliance.

Overall results

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Before election:

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4 5
Anti-establishment Pro-establishment

Change in composition:

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4 5
Anti-establishment Pro-establishment
Party Seats Seats
change 		Contesting
list(s) 		Votes % %
change
DAB 2 –1 2 108,863 18.0 −4.8
NPP 1 0 1 70,646 11.7 +4.1
FTU 1 0 1 49,680 8.2 +1.2
Liberal 0 0 1 1,469 0.2 N/A
Politihk SS 0 0 1 604 0.1 N/A
Independent 1 +1 2 36,467 6.0 N/A
Pro-Beijing camp 5 0 8 267,769 44.4 +1.4
Civic 1 0 1 42,334 7.0 –7.5
Democratic 1 +1 1 41,704 6.9 −4.9
Labour 0 –1 1 30,149 5.0 −3.2
LSD/PP 0 –1 1 28,529 4.7 –6.0
NWSC 0 –1 1 20,974 3.5 −5.3
ADPL 0 0 1 17,872 3.0 N/A
Independent 0 0 1 2,408 0.4 N/A
Pro-democracy camp 2 –2 7 183,970 30.5 −14.1
Civic Passion 1 +1 1 54,496 9.0 N/A
Youngspiration 0 0 1 9,928 1.7 N/A
Christians to the World 0 0 1 812 0.1 N/A
Independent 1 +1 1 84,121 14.0 N/A
Localist groups 2 +2 4 149,357 24.8
Independent 0 0 1 2,390 0.4 N/A
Turnout: 603,446 56.4 +5.1

Candidates list

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Vote share

  DAB (18.04%)
  NPP (11.71%)
  Civic Passion (9.03%)
  FTU (8.23%)
  Civic (7.02%)
  Democratic (6.91%)
  Labour (5.00%)
  LSD/PP (4.73%)
  NWSC (3.48%)
  ADPL (3.36%)
  Youngspiration (1.65%)
  Liberal (0.24%)
  Christians to the World (0.14%)
  Politihk SS (0.14%)
  Other (20.32%)
Legislative Election 2016: New Territories West
List Candidates Votes Of total (%) ± from prev.
Nonpartisan Eddie Chu Hoi-dick 84,121 13.94
(11.11+2.83) 		N/A
NPP Michael Tien Puk-sun
Wilson Wong Wai-shun, So Ka-man, Tsui Hiu-kit, Kam Man-fung, Cheng Chit-pun, Sammi Fu Hiu-lam 		70,646 11.71
(11.11+0.60) 		–4.13
DAB Chan Han-pan
Kwok Fu-ying, Lai Sai-lung, Leung Kar-ming, Chan Chun-chung, Lui Dik-ming, Pau Ming-hong 		58,673 9.72 +2.39
Civic Passion Cheng Chung-tai
Cheung Yiu-sum 		54,496 9.03 N/A
DAB (NTAS) Leung Che-cheung
Liu Kin, Ken Wong Hon-kuen, Yip Man-pan, Chiu Kwan-siu, Lai Ka-man 		50,190 8.32 –0.40
FTU Alice Mak Mei-kuen
Yiu Kwok-wai, Kot Siu-yuen, Fung Pui-yin, Lau Chin-pang 		49,680 8.23 +1.16
Civic Kwok Ka-ki
Sin Ho-fai 		42,334 7.02 –7.46
Democratic Andrew Wan Siu-kin
Ho Chun-yan, Lee Wing-tat, Catherine Wong Lai-sheung, Lam Siu-fai 		41,704 6.91 –4.86
Independent Ho Kwan-yiu 35,657 5.91 +3.74
Labour Lee Cheuk-yan, Chiu Yan-loy 30,149 5.00 –3.22
LSD (People Power) Wong Ho-ming, Albert Chan Wai-yip 28,529 4.73 –6.03
NWSC Wong Yun-tat, Leung Ching-shan, Rayman Chow Wai-hung 20,974 3.48 –5.30
ADPL Frederick Fung Kin-kee 17,872 2.96 N/A
Youngspiration (TSWNF) Wong Chun-kit, Wong Pak-yu 9,928 1.65 N/A
Nonpartisan Tong Wing-chi 2,408 0.40 N/A
Nonpartisan Clarice Cheung Wai-ching 2,390 0.40 N/A
Liberal Chow Wing-kan 1,469 0.24 N/A
Christians to the World Hendrick Lui Chi-hang 812 0.13 N/A
Nonpartisan Kwong Koon-wan 810 0.13 N/A
Politihk SS Ko Chi-fai, Innes Tang Tak-shing 604 0.10 N/A
Total valid votes 603,446 100
Rejected ballots 9,624
Turnout 613,070 56.43 +5.14
Registered electors 1,086,515

Opinion polling

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Main article: Opinion polling for the Hong Kong legislative election, 2016 § New Territories West

See also

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References

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