2007 Hong Kong local elections

2007 Hong Kong local elections

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All Elected Constituencies 405 (of the 534) seats in all 18 Districts Councils
Registered	3,295,826 10.84%
Turnout	1,148,815 (38.83%) 5.27pp
First party Second party Third party   Leader Tam Yiu-chung Albert Ho Lau Kong-wah Party DAB Democratic Civil Force Alliance Pro-Beijing Pan-democracy Pro-Beijing Last election 62 seats, 22.94% 95 seats, 21.27% 17 seats, 2.45% Seats won 115 59 18 Seat change 40 21 3 Popular vote 292,916 175,054 30,880 Percentage 25.73% 15.38% 2.71% Swing 2.79pp 5.90pp 0.26pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Frederick Fung James Tien Audrey Eu Party ADPL Liberal Civic Alliance Pan-democracy Pro-Beijing Pan-democracy Last election 25 seats, 5.07% 14 seats, 2.77% New party Seats won 17 14 8 Seat change 7 3 2 Popular vote 52,386 50,026 48,837 Percentage 4.60% 4.39% 4.29% Swing 0.46pp 1.63pp N/A   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   Leader Wong Yuk-man Leung Yiu-chung Emily Lau Party LSD NWSC Frontier Alliance Pan-democracy Pan-democracy Pan-democracy Last election New party 4 seats, 1.35% 6 seats, 2.41% Seats won 6 4 3 Seat change 3 Popular vote 28,601 12,565 18,203 Percentage 2.51% 1.10% 1.60% Swing N/A 0.24pp 0.81pp
Map of the winning party by constituency

The 2007 Hong Kong District Council elections were held on 18 November 2007. Elections were held to all 18 districts of Hong Kong, returned 405 members from directly elected constituencies out of total 534 councils member. A total number of 886 candidates contesting in 364 seats, while 41 seats were uncontested. A total number of 1.4 million voters cast their ballots, consisting 38% of the electorate, significantly lower than the last elections in 2003.

The pro-Beijing flagship party Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB) received the largest victory in its history, rebounding their loss from the 2003 with extra gain, taking total number of 115 seats, compared to 62 seats in the 2003 elections. The pan-democrats suffered a devastating loss, with its electoral coalition winning only about a hundred seats out of almost 300 candidates. The pro-democracy flagship party Democratic Party was beaten in every region especially in Kowloon, losing almost half of the seats as compared to the 2003 elections.

As a result, the pan-democrats lost control of their two traditional strongholds, Sham Shui Po and Kwai Tsing with the help of the pro-government members appointed by Chief Executive Donald Tsang to the District Councils.