2008 Hong Kong legislative election in Hong Kong Island

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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	Seats change	Contesting list(s)	Votes	%	% change
	Civic	1	+1	1	82,600	26.4	+5.5
	Democratic	1	–1	1	39,808	12.7	−24.5
	Civic Act-up	1	+1	1	30,887	9.9	N/A
	LSD	0	0	1	10,202	3.3	N/A
	Independent	0	0	2	24,478	7.8	N/A
Pro-democracy camp		4	0	6	187,975	60.0	+0.5
	DAB	1	0	1	60,417	19.3	–1.8
	Liberal	0	0	1	2,166	0.7	N/A
	Independent	1	0	1	61,073	19.5	N/A
Pro-Beijing camp		2	0	2	123,656	39.5	–0.1
	Independent	0	0	1	1,798	0.6	N/A
Turnout:					313,429	50.2

Legislative Election 2008: Hong Kong Island^[1]
List		Candidates	Votes	Of total (%)	± from prev.
	Civic	Tanya Chan, Audrey Eu Yuet-mee Amy Yung Wing-sheung	82,600	26.4 (16.67+9.68)	N/A
	Independent	Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee Louis Shih Tai-cho, Wong Kin-hing, Ronald Chan Ngok-pang	61,073	19.5 (16.67+2.82)	N/A
	DAB	Jasper Tsang Yok-sing Choy So-yuk, Christopher Chung Shu-kun, Cheung Kwok-kwan, Chan Hok-fung, Kwok Wai-keung	60,417	19.3 (16.67+2.61)	−1.8
	Democratic	Kam Nai-wai Yeung Sum, Tsui Yuen-wa	39,808	12.7	−24.5
	Civic Act-up	Cyd Ho Sau-lan	30,887	9.9	N/A
	Independent	Lo Wing-lok	20,523	6.5	N/A
	LSD	Tsang Kin-shing	10,202	3.3	+1.8
	Ind. democrat	Joseph Lai Chi-keong	3,955	1.3	N/A
	Liberal	Lam Chui-lin, Wong Kam-chuen, Ngan Choi-chik	2,166	0.7	N/A
	Nonpartisan	Myra Sophia Siu Man-wa	1,798	0.6	N/A
Total valid votes			313,429	100.00
Rejected ballots			1,441
Turnout			314,870	50.17	−7.45
Registered electors			627,657

^ "2008 Legislative Election". Electoral Affairs Commission. 2008-09-08. Archived from the original on 2012-06-16. Retrieved 2012-03-09.

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Pre-election issues

Parties elected to
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Pan-democracy camp	Democratic Party Civic Party League of Social Democrats Neighbourhood and Workers Service Centre Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood The Frontier Civic Act-up
Pro-Beijing camp	Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions Liberal Party

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