1911 Chinese provisional presidential election

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1911 Chinese provisional presidential elections
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29 December 1911 1912  
  Sun Zhong Shan Xian Sheng  (cropped).jpg Huang xing.jpg Li Yuanhong.jpg
Nominee Sun Yat-sen Huang Hsing Li Yuanhong
Party Tongmenghui Tongmenghui Independent
Electoral vote1610
Percentage94.11%5.88%0%

Elected President

Sun Yat-sen
Tongmenghui

Photograph of the provisional government assembled in Nanjing to elect a leader after the outbreak of the Wuchang Uprising on 10 October 1911 Republic of China presidential election, 1911.jpg
Photograph of the provisional government assembled in Nanjing to elect a leader after the outbreak of the Wuchang Uprising on 10 October 1911

The 1911 Chinese provisional presidential election was the election held on 29 December 1911 during the Xinhai Revolution for the First Provisional President and Vice President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of China. Sun Yat-sen and Li Yuanhong were elected as President and Vice-President respectively. Sun swore in at midnight on 1 January 1912 and declared the official establishment of the Republic of China.

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Electors

One vote was given to each of the seventeen provinces presented in the assembly. [a] Five other provinces were still under Qing control. [b] The protectorates in Outer Mongolia, Inner Mongolia, Qinghai and Tibet were semi-independent and did not participate the election.

Results

Official list of election candidates 1911Nian Zhong Hua Min Guo Lin Shi Da Zong Tong Xuan Ju 2.jpg
Official list of election candidates
Official results of the election which says "Elected candidate, Sun Wen (Sun Yat-sen), 16 votes" 1911Nian Zhong Hua Min Guo Lin Shi Da Zong Tong Xuan Ju 1.jpg
Official results of the election which says "Elected candidate, Sun Wen (Sun Yat-sen), 16 votes"

President

CandidatePartyVotes%
Sun Yat-sen Tongmenghui 1694.12
Huang Hsing Tongmenghui 15.88
Li Yuanhong Independent00.00
Total17100.00

Vice-President

CandidatePartyVotes%
Li Yuanhong Independent17100.00
Huang Hsing Tongmenghui 00.00
Total17100.00

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