2000 Hong Kong Island by-election

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Turnout

33.27%


Candidate	Audrey Eu	Chung Shu-kun
Party	Independent	DAB
Alliance	Pro-democracy	Pro-Beijing
Popular vote	108,401	78,282
Percentage	52.11%	37.63%

Member before election

Gary Cheng (declined seat)
DAB

Elected Member

Audrey Eu
Independent

The Hong Kong Island by-election, 2000 was held on 10 December 2000, when then Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong (DAB) vice-chairman Gary Cheng declined to accept his seat as a result of a scandal. Audrey Eu, who was then running as an independent backed by the pro-democracy camp won the by-election with 52.1% of valid vote. Cheng was subsequently jailed for abuse of office.

Result

Hong Kong Island by-election 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Audrey Eu Yuet-mee	108,401	52.11
	DAB	Christopher Chung Shu-kun	78,282	37.23
	Independent	Jennifer Chow Kit-bing	13,717	6.59
	Independent	Paul Tse Wai-chun	5,076	0.50
	Independent	Simon Lo Ching-cheung	1,317	0.25
	Independent	Shi Kai-biu	1,231	0.19
Majority			30,119	17.61
Total valid votes			208,024	100.00
Rejected ballots			648
Turnout			208,672	33.27
Registered electors			627,208
	Independent gain from DAB		Swing

References

Hong Kong Economic Journal, Page 9, 13 August 2007.
Sangwon Suh and Yulanda Chung "A PR Man's PR Woes", Asiaweek.com, 8 September 2000

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