1998 Hong Kong Election Committee Subsector elections

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1998 Election Committee subsector elections
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2 April 1998 2000  

664 (of the 800) seats in the Election Committee
401 seats needed for a majority
Turnout23.38%
 First partySecond party
  Tsang Yok-sing.jpg PA
Leader Tsang Yok-sing Ambrose Lau
Party DAB HKPA
Alliance Pro-Beijing Pro-Beijing
Seats won2911

 Third partyFourth party
  Martin Lee 2014 cut.jpg Allen Lee at 71demo 2008.jpg
Leader Martin Lee Allen Lee
Party Democratic Liberal
Alliance Pro-democracy Pro-Beijing
Seats won87

The 1998 Election Committee subsector elections were held on 2 April 1998 to form the Election Committee responsible for electing the Chief Executive of Hong Kong as well as 10 seats of the Election Committee constituency in the first Legislative Council election in May 1998. The 800-member Election Committee was formed, consisting of 77 ex-officio members; 40 members nominated by the Religious Subsector; 95 returned uncontested from four subsectors; and 588 returned from 31 subsectors after the subsector elections. [1]

Contents

Formation of the Election Committee

An Election Committee was set up under the Annex I of the Hong Kong Basic Law with four sectors, each comprising 200 members of the Election Committee: [1]

  1. industrial, commercial and financial;
  2. the professions;
  3. labour, social services and religious; and
  4. political, including members of the Provisional Legislative Council, Hong Kong deputies to the National People's Congress, representatives of Hong Kong members of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and representatives of district-based organisations.

The four sectors are subdivided into 38 subsectors. Members from 35 of the subsectors were returned by election and three subsectors do not require election: the National People's Congress subsector and the Provisional Legislative Council subsector since the Hong Kong deputies to the National People's Congress and the members of the Provisional Legislative Council are ex-officio members of the Election Committee, and the Religious subsector's EC members were returned by way of nomination. [1]

Subsectors of the Election Committee

The 38 Subsectors and the number of the members were:

First Sector:

  1. Catering (11)
  2. Commercial (first) (12)
  3. Commercial (second) (12)
  4. Employers’ Federation of Hong Kong (11)
  5. Finance (12)
  6. Financial services (12)
  7. Hong Kong Chinese Enterprises Association (11)
  8. Hotel (11)
  9. Import and export (12)
  10. Industrial (first) (12)
  11. Industrial (second) (12)
  12. Insurance (12)
  13. Real estate and construction (12)
  14. Textiles and garment (12)
  15. Tourism (12)
  16. Transport (12)
  17. Wholesale and retail (12)

Second Sector:

  1. Accountancy (20)
  2. Architectural, surveying and planning (20)
  3. Chinese medicine (20)
  4. Education (20)
  5. Engineering (20)
  6. Health services (20)
  7. Higher education (20)
  8. Information technology (20)
  9. Legal (20)
  10. Medical (20)

Third Sector:

  1. Agriculture and fisheries (40)
  2. Labour (40)
  3. Religious (40)
  4. Social welfare (40)
  5. Sports, performing arts, culture and publication (40)

Fourth Sector:

  1. National People's Congress (36)
  2. Provisional Legislative Council (60)
  3. Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (41)
  4. Heung Yee Kuk (21)
  5. Hong Kong and Kowloon Provisional District Boards (21)
  6. New Territories Provisional District Boards (21)

Nominations

There were total of 1,074 nominations of all the 35 subsectors during the nomination period from 13 March to 20 March 1998 while 1,058 of them validly nominated for the 35 subsectors. The candidates for four of the 35 subsectors were returned uncontested. Since 117 Election Committee members were either ex-officio or nominated by the Religious subsector, and four subsectors returning 95 Election Committee members were uncontested, there were 963 candidates remaining to contesting in 31 subsectors for 588 seats in the EC. [1]

Results

Statistics are generated from the Report on the 1998 Legislative Council Elections. [1]

SectorSubsectorRegistered
voters
CandidatesElected
ICatering1,7562011
ICommercial (First)1,2931812
ICommercial (Second)1,7441212
IEmployers' Federation of Hong Kong1261411
IFinance1991512
IFinancial Services5312512
IHong Kong Chinese Enterprises Association2211111
IHotel812911
IImport and Export1,1611412
IIndustrial (First)7201512
IIndustrial (Second)5481212
IInsurance1921912
IReal Estate and Construction3922112
ITextiles and Garment2,7371312
ITourism7461712
ITransport1303112
IWholesale and Retail2,2042712
ISub-total for First Sector14,781313200
IIAccountancy9,8973920
IIArchitectural, Surveying and Planning3,2163620
IIChinese Medicine2,2663220
IIEducation56,7023620
IIEngineering5,3504820
IIHealth Services27,4802620
IIHigher Education4,4882720
IIInformation Technology3,1445320
IILegal3,5583320
IIMedical6,7844920
IISub-total for Second Sector122,885379200
IIIAgriculture and Fisheries1656940
IIILabour4094940
IIIReligiousN/A4040
IIISocial Welfare3,3904940
IIISports, Performing Arts, Culture and Publication (Sports)1,1341110
IIISports, Performing Arts, Culture and Publication (Performing Arts)1310
IIISports, Performing Arts, Culture and Publication (Culture)2410
IIISports, Performing Arts, Culture and Publication (Publication)1110
IIISub-total for Third Sector5,098266200
IVNational People's CongressN/A3636
IVLegislative CouncilN/A6060
IVChinese People's Political Consultative Conference1134141
IVHeung Yee Kuk1052221
IVHong Kong and Kowloon District Councils2293721
IVNew Territories District Councils2062321
IVSub-total for Fourth Sector671219200
TOTAL143,4351,177800

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References

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