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Opinion polling for the 2012 Hong Kong legislative election

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 5, 2026
Entity authorityQ7098204 ↗
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This article presents detailed opinion polling for the 2012 Hong Kong legislative election.

Overall poll results

Overall poll results each party in geographical constituencies according to each constituency.

Seat projection

Seats gained by each party in geographical constituencies according to the opinion polling.

Opinion polls by constituency

Hong Kong Island

Key: Pro-democrats secured; Pro-Beijing secured.

Kowloon East

Key: Pro-democrats secured; Pro-Beijing secured.

Kowloon West

Key: Pro-democrats secured; Pro-Beijing secured.

New Territories East

Key: Pro-democrats secured; Pro-Beijing secured.

New Territories West

Key: Pro-democrats secured; Pro-Beijing secured.

District Council (Second)

This chart presents detailed opinion polling for the 2012 Hong Kong legislative election in District Council (Second).

Key: Pro-democrats secured; Pro-Beijing secured.

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