Kowloon East (1998 constituency)

The single-constituency single-vote system was replaced by the proportional representation system for the first SAR Legislative Council election designed by Beijing to reward the weaker pro-Beijing candidates and dilute the electoral strength of the majority pro-democrats.[3] Three seats were allocated to Kowloon East, with the Democratic Party taking two seats, represented by Szeto Wah and Fred Li and the pro-Beijing Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong (DAB) taking one seat, represented by Chan Yuen-han.

In the 2000 Legislative Council election, one more seat were allocated to Kowloon East. The DAB ticket was able to win two seats with Chan Yuen-han's popularity carried Chan Kam-lam through, with the popular votes even exceeding the Democratic ticket. One more seat was added in the 2004 election, where former pro-democracy radio host Albert Cheng swept the votes with nearly a quarter of the vote share, while pro-democracy barrister Alan Leong also won a seat, replacing Szeto Wah who was retiring.

The constituency was reduced to four seats due to the reapportionment in the 2008 Legislative Council election. With Albert Cheng stepping down from the office, the seats were divided by Chan Kam-lam of the DAB , Wong Kwok-kin of the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions (FTU) who was succeeding Chan Yuen-han, Fredi Li of the Democratic Party and Alan Leong of the Civic Party. Leong resigned from the legislature to launch the "Five Constituencies Referendum" in 2010 to pressure the government over the 2012 constitutional reform proposal, but was re-elected with a low turnout due to the government and pro-Beijing boycott.[4]

Kowloon East was given back five seats in the 2012 Legislative Council election, with an extra seat being fought for between pro-Beijing independent Paul Tse and two radical democrats, Andrew To of the League of Social Democrats (LSD) and Wong Yeung-tat of the People Power. Tse eventually took the last seat with a thin margin due to the pro-democracy infighting, making the pro-Beijing camp winning the majority of the seats for the first time. The balance of power remained unchanged in the 2016 election, with Wu Chi-wai taking the torch from Fred Li one term earlier, and Wilson Or and Jeremy Tam succeeding Chan Kam-lam and Alan Leong respectively.

The following lists the members since the creation of the Kowloon East constituency. The number of seats allocated to Kowloon East varied between three and five between 1998 and 2016 due to reapportionment.

The largest remainder method (with Hare quota) of the proportional representative electoral system was introduced in 1998, replacing the single-member constituencies of the 1995 election. Elected candidates are shown in bold. Brackets indicate the quota + remainder.

2010s

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Vote share

  DAB (15.66%)

  Democratic (15.29%)

  FTU (14.38%)

  Civic (13.80%)

  Civic Passion (10.11%)

  People Power (9.67%)

  KEC (3.91%)

  Frontier (0.79%)

  VLHK (0.74%)

  Other (15.65%)

2016 Legislative Council election: Kowloon East
List		Candidates	Votes	%	±
Quota			65,799	20.00
	DAB	Wilson Or Chong-shing Joe Lai Wing-ho, Jack Cheung Ki-tang	51,516	15.66	–0.99
	Democratic	Wu Chi-wai Mok Kin-shing, Cheng Keng-ieong, Wu Chi-kin	50,309	15.29	–0.08
	Nonpartisan	Paul Tse Wai-chun	47,527	14.45	+0.91
	FTU	Wong Kwok-kin Chow Luen-kiu, Kan Ming-tung, Kwok Wang-hing	47,318	14.38	+0.04
	Civic	Jeremy Jansen Tam Man-ho Alan Leong Kah-kit	45,408	13.80	–0.83
	Civic Passion	Wong Yeung-tat	33,271	10.11	N/A
	People Power	Tam Tak-chi	31,815	9.67	–3.18
	KEC	Chan Chak-to	12,854	3.91	N/A
	Frontier	Tam Heung-man	2,603	0.79	–1.17
	Labour	Wu Sui-shan, Chiu Shi-shun	2,535	0.77	N/A
	VLHK	Patrick Ko Tat-pun	2,444	0.74	N/A
	Nonpartisan	Lui Wing-kei	1,393	0.42	N/A
Total valid votes			328,993	100.00
Rejected ballots			7,754
Turnout			336,738	55.98	+4.01
Registered electors			601,566

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  DAB (16.65%)

  Democratic (15.37%)

  Civic (14.63%)

  FTU (14.34%)

  People Power (12.85%)

  LSD (9.57%)

  Other (16.59%)

2012 Legislative Council election: Kowloon East
List		Candidates	Votes	%	±
Quota			56,957	20.00
	DAB	Chan Kam-lam Joe Lai Wing-ho, Hung Kam-in, Wilson Or Chong-shing	47,415	16.65	−5.95
	Democratic	Wu Chi-wai Mok Kin-shing, Hon Ka-ming	43,764	15.37	−5.03
	Civic	Alan Leong Kah-kit Jeremy Jansen Tam Man-ho	41,669	14.63	−1.97
	FTU	Wong Kwok-kin Kan Ming-tung, Mok Kin-wing, Ho Kai-ming	40,824	14.34	−6.96
	Independent	Paul Tse Wai-chun	38,546	13.54	N/A
	People Power	Wong Yeung-tat, Chan Sau-wai	36,608	12.85	N/A
	LSD	Andrew To Kwan-hang	27,253	9.57	−2.68
	Independent	Tam Heung-man	5,440	1.91	N/A
	Nonpartisan	Kay Yim Fung-chi, Chan Heung-yin	3,263	1.15	N/A
Total valid votes			284,782	100.00
Rejected ballots			5,979
Turnout			290,761	51.97	+9.12
Registered electors			559,528

2010 Kowloon East by-election[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Civic	Alan Leong Kah-kit	82,066	92.53
	Tertiary 2012	Lai King-fai	6,630	7.47
Majority			75,436	85.05
Total valid votes			88,696	100.00
Rejected ballots			2,530
Turnout			91,226	16.79
Registered electors			543,253
	Civic hold		Swing

2000s

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  Democratic (27.3%)

  DAB (22.6%)

  FTU (21.3%)

  Civic (16.6%)

  LSD (12.2%)

2008 Legislative Council election: Kowloon East[6]
List		Candidates	Votes	%	±
Quota			59,061	25.00
	DAB	Chan Kam-lam Joe Lai Wing-ho, Maggie Chan Man-ki, Hung Kam-in	53,472	22.63	+3.82
	FTU	Wong Kwok-kin Chan Yuen-han, Peter Wong Kit-hin, Kan Ming-tung	50,320	21.30	+3.42
	Democratic	Fred Li Wah-ming Kai Ming-wah, Wong Kai-ming, Wong Wai-tag	48,124	20.37	+1.16
	Civic	Alan Leong Kah-kit Yu Kwun-wai, Wong Hok-ming	39,274	16.62	−2.49
	LSD	Andrew To Kwan-hang	28,690	12.14	−12.79
	Democratic	Wu Chi-wai	16,365	6.93	N/A
Total valid votes			236,245	100.00
Rejected ballots			1,691
Turnout			237,936	44.01	−12.45
Registered electors			540,649

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  Democratic (19.2%)

  DAB (18.8%)

  FTU (17.9%)

  Other (44.1%)

2004 Legislative Council election: Kowloon East[7]
List		Candidates	Votes	%	±
Quota			58,797	20.00
	Nonpartisan (Frontier)	Albert Cheng Jing-han Andrew To Kwan-hang	73,279	24.93 (20.00+4.93)	N/A
	Democratic	Fred Li Wah-ming Wu Chi-wai, Ho Wai-to	56,462	19.21	−26.09
	Independent	Alan Leong Kah-kit	56,175	19.11	N/A
	DAB (FTU)	Chan Kam-lam Choi Chun-wa, Chan Tak-ming	55,306	18.81	N/A
	FTU (DAB)	Chan Yuen-han Lam Man-fai, Tang Ka-piu	52,564	17.88	N/A
Total valid votes			293,986	100.00
Rejected ballots			2,384
Turnout			296,370	56.46	+11.74
Registered electors			524,896

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  DAB (47.4%)

  Democratic (45.3%)

  Other (7.3%)

2000 Legislative Council election: Kowloon East[8]
List		Candidates	Votes	%	±
Quota			57,320	25.00
	DAB	Chan Yuen-han, Chan Kam-lam Lam Man-fai, Angelis Chan Joy-kong	108,587	47.36 (25+22.36)	+5.62
	Democratic	Szeto Wah, Fred Li Wah-ming Wu Chi-wai, Andrew To Kwan-hang	103,863	45.30 (25+20.30)	−10.50
	Nonpartisan	Lam Hoi-shing	9,805	4.28	N/A
	Nonpartisan	Shi Kai-biu, Lam Wai-yin	7,023	3.06	N/A
Total valid votes			229,278	100.00
Rejected ballots			2,384
Turnout			296,370	44.72	–9.69
Registered electors			518,035

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