 With a slate of widely respected legislators projecting an image of competence and ability, the Civic Party went into the September 2008 Legislative Council elections heavily favoured, with some pundits predicting they would take over as the flagship of the pan-democratic movement from what at the time seemed to be an ailing Democratic Party.However, the party's results failed to match pre-election predictions.Ronny Tong only took the sixth out of seven seats in his constituency, Alan Leong the final seat.