Law received 50,818 votes, the second-highest among all candidates for the six-seat Hong Kong Island constituency, and was elected.
(meta data) TITLE: (HK elections) Nathan Law elected as youngest lawmaker; Ricky Wong falls short | The Standard (meta data) AUTHOR: The Standard (meta data) PUBLISHER: The Standard Aug 21, 17:0332°C63% The Student The StandardJobs The Standard Section News Event & Promotion Coffee Break Order Form Top News Central Station Event and Promotion # (HK elections) Nathan Law elected as youngest lawmaker; Ricky Wong falls short Local | 5 Sep 2016 12:55 pm #### Email to Friend Your Name: Your Email: Your Friend's Email: Message: *Captcha Student activist Nathan Law Kwun-chung, 23, has been elected as Hong Kong's youngest-ever legislator, winning 50,818 votes in Sunday's polls to win one of six seats in the Hong Kong Island geographical constituency of the Legislative Council. Law, a co-founder of the group Demosisto, trailed only top vote-getter Regina Ip of the New People's Party, who amassed 60,760 votes. But even though most pre-election polls pointed to a relatively easy win for media tycoon Ricky Wong who ran as an independent, he was left on the outside looking in – falling around 2,000 votes short. Law said he feels both happy and nervous, as he was entering "a new stage of his life" which is going to be a great challenge. He said voters showed that they trusted that he can propel the democratic movement in a new direction. Law – whose group has called for a referendum in ten years' time to determine Hong Kong's future – promised to initiate discussions on the topic in the council. TS Channel The remaining four seats went to candidates who picked up the torch from their colleagues. The Horace Cheung from the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong and the Federation of Trade Union's Kwok Wai-keung won on the pro-government side, replacing Christopher Chung and Wong Kwok-hing. For the pan-democrats, newcomer Ted Hui from the Democratic Party won a seat to take over from retiring incumbent Sin Chung-Kai, while the Civic Party's Tanya Chan returned to the council as a legislator after a four-year absence to take over from Kenneth Chan. Hui said the result was "a bit better than expected", and he will be able to relax a bit now that the campaigning was over. However, it will be the end of the line for Labour Party incumbent Cyd Ho, who won less than 20,000 votes. -RTHK #### Other Local breaking newsMore news >> 47 held over 'Lennon Wall' incidents(13 mins ago) Pharmacists advise MTR to shut stations for a week to clear deadly tear gas (37 mins ago) Chopper attack suspect due in court tomorrow(42 mins ago) 251 HK residents seek move to Malaysia (51 mins ago) Union condemns bullying of MTR station staff (1 hr 0 secs ago) China crafts self-serving narrative of HK protests in 43-page media letter(1 hr 55 mins ago) Police say chopper attack suspect remains in custody(2 hrs 44 mins ago) Hospital assault victim's son contradicts police claims of no CCTV footage(08-21 14:01) Trial against retired prosecutor to begin next month(08-21 13:59) Jeremy Tam fears China punishing more companies (08-21 13:10) Flipping Version #### Search Archive Advanced Search August 2019 Today's Standard #### Yearly Magazine Yearly Magazine
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Nathan Law
Legislative Councillor and disqualification.
In April 2016, Law and other leaders of the Umbrella Revolution including Joshua Wong Chi-fung formed a new political party Demosistō which aimed to fight for the self-determination right of Hong Kong people when the "one country, two systems" expires in 2047, where he became the founding chairman of the new party. He has expressed his interest in running in Hong Kong Island in the 2016 Legislative Council election.