2007 Eastern District Council election

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2007 Eastern District Council election

← 2003

18 November 2007

2011 →

37 (of the 46) seats to Eastern District Council
23 seats needed for a majority

Turnout

35.9%

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	DAB	Democratic	Civic
Last election	12 seats, 27.3%	6 seats, 19.2%	New party
Seats before	12	5	1
Seats won	14	3	2
Seat change	2	2	1
Popular vote	33,127	14,065	7,989
Percentage	33.5%	14.2%	8.1%
Swing	6.2%	5.0%	N/A

	Fourth party	Fifth party

Party	LSD	Liberal
Last election	New party	1 seat, 2.7%
Seats before	2	1
Seats won	2	2
Seat change		1
Popular vote	5,821	1,669
Percentage	5.9%	1.7%
Swing	N/A	1.0%

Colours on map indicate winning party for each constituency.

The 2007 Eastern District Council election was held on 18 November 2007 to elect all 37 elected members to the 46-member District Council.^[1]

Overall election results

Before election:

↓
13	2	22
Pro-democracy	I.	Pro-Beijing

Change in composition:

↓
10	1	26
Pro-dem	I.	Pro-Beijing

Eastern District Council election result 2007
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
DAB	14	3	1	+2	37.8	33.5	33,127	+6.2
Independent	12	2	4	−2	32.4	32.4	32,028
Democratic	3	1	3	–2	8.1	14.2	14,065	−5.0
Civic	2	1	0	+1	5.4	8.1	7,989	N/A
LSD	2	0	0	0	5.4	5.9	5,821	N/A
Democratic Coalition	2	0	0	0	5.4	4.3	4,253
Liberal	2	1	0	+1	5.4	1.7	1,669	−1.0

References

^ "Election Results - Overall Results". Electoral Affairs Commission. Archived from the original on 2011-08-09.

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Results breakdown
Hong Kong Island	Central and Western Wan Chai Eastern Southern
Kowloon	Yau Tsim Mong Sham Shui Po Kowloon City Wong Tai Sin Kwun Tong
New Territories	Tsuen Wan Tuen Mun Yuen Long North Tai Po Sai Kung Sha Tin Kwai Tsing Islands

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