szeto wah ran in the 1995 legislative council election as implemented by the patten's proposal. he defeated another veteran politician elsie tu in kowloon southeast, who he had defeated few months ago in the urban council election. the democratic party won 12 of the 20 directly elected seats. with other individuals, the pro-democrats won 31 of the 60 seats. in response to the patten's proposal, beijing decided to dismantle the promised "through train" which allowed the 1995 elected legislature to survive through 1997. the democrats boycotted the provisional legislative council as they deemed as extra-constitutional.