Chief Executive Election 2007
Leong was nominated by the Civic Party as its party candidate for the Chief Executive election in 2007. He was also supported by the pan-democratic group, including the Democratic Party.
Leong later secured 132 nominations and became the first pro-democracy candidate to succeed in joining the Chief Executive election. In the end Leong lost to Donald Tsang in the CE election on 25 March 2007, gaining 123 votes from the 800-member Election Committee.
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