PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 9 SEPTEMBER 2012 ============================================================================= Elections to the Hong Kong Legislative Council Source: Hong Kong government elections website The Hong Kong Legislative Council has 70 members, 35 directly elected from five multi-member constituencies, and 35 elected by “functional constituencies” based on occupation and interest groups. At this election five members were directly elected by all voters not enrolled in any other “functional constituency,” meaning that all voters now have two votes, and that the Council now has a majority of directly elected members. SUMMARY OF VOTES AND SEATS I ============================================================================= Party Votes % Seats ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Assoc for Democracy and People's Livelihood 30,634 01.7 -01.1 - -1 Civic Party 255,007 14.1 +01.6 5 +1 Dem Alliance for the Betterment of HK 325,163 18.0 -04.9 9 +2 Democratic Party 211,191 11.7 -08.9 3 -4 Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions 127,857 07.1 +01.4 3 +1 Kowloon West New Dynamic 34,548 01.9 1 +1 Labour Party 112,140 06.2 +03.2 3 +2 League of Social Democrats 87,997 04.9 -02.3 1 -1 Liberal Party 48,702 02.7 -01.6 1 +1 Neighbourhood and Workers Service Centre 43,799 02.4 -00.4 1 Neo Democrats 28,621 01.6 1 +1 New People’s Party 68,097 03.8 2 +2 People Power 176,250 09.7 3 +3 Others 260,960 14.4 2 -3 Functional constituencies 35 +5 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,810,966 70 +10 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- These voting totals are for the 35 directly-elected members. The Labour Party vote is compared with the Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions vote in 2008. SUMMARY OF VOTES AND SEATS II ============================================================================= Party Votes % Seats ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Assoc for Democracy and People's Livelihood 262,172 16.5 1 Dem Alliance for the Betterment of HK 476,875 30.0 1 Democratic Party 545,308 34.3 2 Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions 246,196 15.5 1 Others 61,321 03.9 - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,591,872 5 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- These voting totals are for the 5 directly-elected “District Council” members.