Pro-Beijing camp Pro-Beijing camp The 2000 Hong Kong Legislative Council election was held on 10 September 2000 for members of the 2nd Legislative Council (LegCo) of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR).

[1] In contrast, the pro-Beijing rival Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong (DAB) raised its vote share over two years by five percent, to 29.6 percent if including Tang Siu-tong from the Hong Kong Progressive Alliance (HKPA).

As a result, the DAB won 11 seats, a sharp increase of three seats from the previous election, making it the second largest political party in the legislature, despite an alleged corruption scandal involving its vice-chairman Cheng Kai-nam at the peak of the campaign.

Before election: Change in composition: (Total votes added up by this reference) Archived 22 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine Four incumbents lost re-election.

Voting System: Closed party-list proportional representation with the largest remainder method and Hare Quota.