These are the New Territories West results of the 2000 Hong Kong legislative election. The election was held on 10 September 2000 and all 6 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. The Democratic Party first applied electoral strategy of dividing three candidate lists in order to avoid wasted votes, as largest remainder method encouraged. Lee Wing-tat failed to be re-elected, losing votes to another Democratic ticket of Albert Chan, while the last seat was won by Tang Siu-tong of the Hong Kong Progressive Alliance who stood with the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong ticket.
Overall results Before election: + ↓ 4 1 Pro-democracy Pro-Beijing Change in composition: + ↓ 4 2 Pro-democracy Pro-Beijing
Party Seats Seatschange Contestinglist(s) Votes % %change 2 0 3 117,733 34.3 −4.9 1 0 1 59,348 17.3 +7.0 1 0 1 52,202 15.2 +2.7 Pro-democracy camp 4 0 5 229,283 66.7 –4.5 2 +1 1 101,629 29.6 +10.2 0 0 1 9,408 2.7 +1.9 Pro-Beijing camp 2 0 2 111,037 32.3 +3.5 0 0 1 3,274 1.0 N/A Turnout: 343,594 43.7
Candidates list
See also Legislative Council of Hong Kong Hong Kong legislative elections 2000 Hong Kong legislative election
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