Poll recap: Electoral Affairs Commission chairman Justice Woo Kwok-hing (centre) and members Norman Leung and Elizabeth Shing meet the media on election results.

Counting continued through the night at the Hong Kong International Trade & Exhibition Centre, ending just after noon today. The term of office for the newly elected Legislative Council members will begin on October 1 and last for four years.

After the final results were announced, Electoral Affairs Commission Chairman Justice Woo Kwok-hing said it took less time to count the ballots this year - about 13 hours - than it did in 2000.

In the last LegCo elections, it took about 14 hours to count only 1.3 million votes for geographic constituencies. This year, it took about an hour less to count 1.78 million votes - even though the ballots for the Hong Kong Island Geographic Constituency and the Accountancy Functional Constituency had to be recounted.

"If these two recounts had not been required, the time would have been much shorter," Justice Woo said.

He credited streamlined procedures for handling ballots in question and the conversion of voting stations into counting stations for the time savings.

The ballot-box design will be reviewed, and a report will be submitted to the Chief Executive Tung Chee Hwa in three months' time, he said.

"Overall, the election was conducted in a fair, open and honest fashion," he added.

Geographical Constituency results

After a recount, DAB Party members Ma Lik and Choy So-yuk, independents Rita Fan and Audrey Eu, and Democrats Yeung Sum and Martin Lee were named the winners in the Hong Kong Island Geographic Constituency. 

In Kowloon East, Democratic Party member Fred Li, DAB Party members Chan Kam-lam and Chan Yuen-han, former talk show host and independent Albert Cheng, and senior counsel Alan Leong have been elected.

In Kowloon West, ADPL member Frederick Fung, independent Lau Chin-shek, DAB member Jasper Tsang and Democratic Party member James To have won.

In New Territories East, maverick Leung Kwok-hung - also known as "Long Hair" - has been elected, along with Democratic Party members Andrew Cheng, Emily Lau and Ronny Tong, Liberal James Tien, and DAB Party members Lau Kong-wah and Li Kwok-ying.

In New Territories West, voters elected independent democrat Albert Chan, Democratic Party members Lee Wing-tat and Ho Chun-yan, Neighbourhood & Workers' Service Centre member Leung Yiu-chung,  DAB Party members Tam Yiu-chung and Cheung Hok-ming, Liberal Selina Chow, and HKCTU member Lee Cheuk-yan.

Functional Constituency results

Of the 30 Functional Constituency seats, 11 were uncontested. (See bottom.) The results of the other 19 are listed below.

* Lau Wong-fat has been declared the winner of the District Council Functional Constituency.

* Chim Pui-chung has won the Financial Services Functional Constituency.

* Sin Chung-kai keeps his seat in the IT Functional Constituency.

* Tommy Cheung has won the Catering Functional Constituency.

* Margaret Ng has been re-elected to the Legal Functional Constituency.

* Raymond Ho has won the Engineering Functional Constituency.

* Vincent Fang has won the Wholesale & Retail Functional Constituency.

* Timothy Fok keeps his seat in the Sports, Performing Arts, Culture & Publication Functional Constituency.

* Patrick Lau has won the Architectural, Surveying & Planning Functional Constituency.

* Cheung Man-kwong has won the Education Functional Constituency.

* Kwok Ka-ki has won the Medical Functional Constituency.

* Sophie Lau has won the Textiles & Garment Functional Constituency.

* The three Labour Functional Constituency seats go to  Kwong Chi-kin, Li Fung-ying and Wong Kwok-hing.

* Joseph Lee has been elected to the Health Services Functional Constituency.

* Cheung Chiu-hung has won the Social Welfare Functional Constituency.

* Howard Young in the Tourism Functional Constituency.

* Tam Heung-man won the Accountancy Functional Constituency, in which a total of nine candidates were vying for the seat.

Uncontested Functional Constituency Seats

The following candidates were uncontested:

* Lam Wai-keung, in the Heung Yee Kuk Functional Constituency;

* Wong Yun-kan in the Agriculture & Fisheries Functional Constituency;

* Bernard Chan in the Insurance Functional Consituency;

* Miriam Lau in the Transport Functional Consituency;

* Abraham Shek in the Real Estate & Construction Functional Consituency;

* David Li, in the Finance Functional Consituency;

* Wong Ting-kwong, in the Import & Export Functional Consituency;

* Jeffery Lam and Philip Wong, in the two Commercial Functional Consituency seats; and

* Andrew Leung and Lui Ming-wah, in the two Industrial Functional Consituency seats.