2000 Hong Kong Island by-election

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.

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10 December 2000

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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

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