Prisca Tang
Kuok Kin Hong, who heads the General Audit Committee of the Legislative Assembly Elections, said yesterday at the Public Administration Building in Rua do Campo that the committee had reviewed all the provisionally invalidated ballots cast in Sunday’s direct and indirect elections and concluded that 16 votes – 15 from the direct election and one from the indirect election – which had initially been deemed invalid were finally declared valid, stressing that the previously announced official results of the direct legislative election were unaffected by the new tabulation.
According to Kuok, the number of spoilt votes was “not that many” compared to previous years. He noted that 137, 279 voters cast their ballot in the direct election. While 132, 071 were valid, 3,141 were blank and 2,067 were invalid.
Kuok pointed out that after the tabulation, according to the number of votes, the results for the directly elected Legislative Assembly (AL) members are as follows:
Si Ka Lon 26,599 votes
Lei Cheng I 23,761 votes
Jose Maria Pereira Coutinho 18,232 votes
Zheng Anting 16,813 votes
Leong Hong Sai 15,102 votes
Wong Kit Cheng 14,232 votes
Song Pek Kei 13,299.5 votes
Leong Sun Iok 11,880.5 votes
Che Sai Wang 9,116 votes
Lam U Tou 8,764 votes
Lo Choi In 8,406.5 votes
Ngan Iek Hang 7,551 votes
Ma Io Fong 7, 116 votes
Lei Leong Wong 6,649.75 votes
Kuok noted that the 12 indirectly-elected legislators are:
Industrial, commercial and financial sector
Kou Hoi In 969 votes
Jose Chui Sai Peng 484.5 votes
Ip Sio Kai 242.25 votes
Wang Sai Man 121.125 votes
Labour Sector
Lam Lon Wai 1,074 votes
Lei Chan U 537 votes
Professional sector
Chui Sai Cheong 624 votes
Vong Hin Fai 312 votes
Chan Iek Lap 156 votes
Social services and education sector
Alan Ho Ion Sang 1,776 votes
Cultural and sports sector
Andrew Chan Chak Mo 2,317 votes
Angela Leong On Kei 1158.5 votes
The 12 candidates in the indirect election ran unopposed.
Kuok said that the final numbers have been uploaded on the government’s election website, and they have also been posted on the first floor of the Public Administration Building for the public to see.
Kuok Kin Hong (centre), who heads the General Audit Committee of the Legislative Assembly Elections, talks to reporters yesterday about the final tally of Sunday’s election, at the Public Administration Building in Rua do Campo. Photo: Prisca Tang
