These are the Kowloon East results of the 2012 Hong Kong legislative election. The election was held on 9 September 2012 and all 5 seats in Kowloon East where consisted of Wong Tai Sin District and Kwun Tong District were contested. It was the first time the Pro-Beijing camp gained the majority of the Kowloon East seats. The Democratic Party, Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong, Federation of Trade Unions and Civic Party each secured their party's incumbent seat. The new last seat was gained by the pro-Beijing independent candidate Paul Tse, defeating the two radical democrats Wong Yeung-tat and Andrew To and former LegCo member Mandy Tam with narrow margin.
Overall results Before election: + ↓ 2 2 Pan-democracy Pro-Beijing Change in composition: + ↓ 2 3 Pan-democracy Pro-Beijing
Party Seats Seatschange Contestinglist(s) Votes % %change 1 0 1 43,764 15.4 −7.0 1 0 1 41,669 14.6 −2.0 0 0 1 36,608 12.9 N/A 0 0 1 27,253 9.6 −2.5 0 0 1 5,440 1.9 N/A Pro-democracy camp 2 0 5 154,734 54.3 −1.7 1 0 1 47,415 16.7 −5.9 1 0 1 40,824 14.3 −7.0 1 0 1 38,546 13.5 N/A Pro-Beijing camp 3 +1 3 126,785 44.5 +0.6 0 0 1 3,263 1.2 N/A Turnout: 284,782 51.1
Candidates list
Results by districts List Candidates Wong Tai Sin Kwun Tong Total Alan Leong 14.0615.0514.63 Wong Kwok-kin 16.9712.4214.34 Andrew To 9.969.299.57 Kay Yim 1.111.171.15 Wu Chi-wai 17.5213.8015.37 Chan Kam-lam 13.3719.0416.65 Paul Tse 11.5914.9513.54 Wong Yeung-tat 12.9112.8212.86 Mandy Tam 2.511.471.91
Opinion polling
See also Legislative Council of Hong Kong Hong Kong legislative elections 2012 Hong Kong legislative election
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