These are the Hong Kong Island results of the 2008 Hong Kong legislative election. The election was held on 7 September 2008 and all 6 seats in Hong Kong Island were contested. The pan-democracy camp retained four seats as compared to pro-Beijing camp's two seats, with Civic Party successfully get two candidates, newcomer Tanya Chan and Audrey Eu who stood as second candidate on their list. Pro-Beijing independent Regina Ip who lost the 2007 Hong Kong Island by-election less than a year ago, won a new seat.
Overall results Before election: + ↓ 4 2 Pan-democracy Pro-Beijing Change in composition: + ↓ 4 2 Pan-democracy Pro-Beijing
Party Seats Seatschange Contestinglist(s) Votes % %change 1 +1 1 82,600 26.4 +5.5 1 –1 1 39,808 12.7 −24.5 1 +1 1 30,887 9.9 N/A 0 0 1 10,202 3.3 N/A 0 0 2 24,478 7.8 N/A Pro-democracy camp 4 0 6 187,975 60.0 +0.5 1 0 1 60,417 19.3 –1.8 0 0 1 2,166 0.7 N/A 1 0 1 61,073 19.5 N/A Pro-Beijing camp 2 0 2 123,656 39.5 –0.1 0 0 1 1,798 0.6 N/A Turnout: 313,429 50.2
Candidates list
See also Legislative Council of Hong Kong Hong Kong legislative elections 2008 Hong Kong legislative election
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