2021 Hong Kong Election Committee Subsector elections

Last updated
2021 Election Committee subsector elections
Flag of Hong Kong.svg
  2016 19 September 20212026 

967 (of the 1,500) seats in the Election Committee
751 seats needed for a majority
Registered7,971 [1] [lower-alpha 1] Decrease2.svg96.77%
Turnout4,389 (89.77%) Increase2.svg43.24pp
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Starry Lee.jpg Stanley Ng 20230315 (cropped).jpg Regina Ip 2016.jpg
Leader Starry Lee Ng Chau-pei Regina Ip
Party DAB FTU NPP
Alliance Pro-Beijing Pro-Beijing Pro-Beijing
Seats won655610

 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
  Lam Chun-sing 20230429 (cropped).jpg Felix Chung 2015.jpg Lo Wai-kwok 2016.jpg
Leader Lam Chun-sing Felix Chung Lo Wai-kwok
Party FLU Liberal BPA
Alliance Pro-Beijing Pro-Beijing Pro-Beijing
Seats won976

Elected Convenor

TBD

The 2021 Election Committee subsector elections were held on 19 September 2021 for elected seats of the 1,500 members of the Election Committee (EC) which is responsible for electing 40 of the 90 seats in the Legislative Council (LegCo) in the 2021 election and the Chief Executive of Hong Kong (CE) in the 2022 election. [2]

Contents

Based on the new electoral framework imposed by the Beijing government, the composition of the Election Committee is drastically changed, seeing its size increasing from 1,200 to 1,500, with a sizeable number of new seats being nominated and elected by government-appointed and Beijing-controlled organisations, replacing a total number of 117 seats of District Council subsectors which would have been controlled by the pro-democracy camp due to the electoral landslide in the 2019 District Council election. [3] [4] [5] It was widely seen as Beijing's latest move to further curb the influence of the pro-democrats who were able to win more than a quarter of the total seats in the last election in 2016 and its following electoral success in the wake of the widespread anti-government protests of 2019. [6]

Under the new system, the registered voters for the Election Committee dropped by almost 97 per cent, sharply declining from 246,440 voters in 2016 to only 7,891 voters in 2021. [7] Only 13 of the 36 electable subsectors had a contested race, equal to around a quarter of the Election Committee seats involving 412 candidates and about 4,800 eligible voters, while the majority of the seats were either ex officio, nominated by special interest groups or elected uncontestedly. [8] With pro-democrats being purged before the election, the Election Committee was tightly controlled by the pro-Beijing camp with effectively no opposition presence. [9]

Background

2016–2017 electoral cycle

Despite the unique design of the Election Committee (EC) being deeply in favour of the pro-Beijing and pro-business interests, the pro-democrats were able to pocketed more than one-eighth of seats to nominate Civic Party's Alan Leong and Democratic Party's Albert Ho into the Chief Executive race in 2007 and 2012 respectively.

In the 2016 Election Committee Subsector elections, the pro-democrats launched the "Democrats 300+" campaign, aiming at winning more than 300 seats in order to nominate an alternative candidate against incumbent Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying. As a result, the pro-democrats took a record quarter of the seat in the elections, with the help of the landslide victories in the Second Sector of professions, the traditional pro-democracy stronghold, despite Leung Chun-ying announced that he would not seek for a second term two days before the Election Committee elections. [10] [11] The pro-democrats supported former Financial Secretary John Tsang and former judge Woo Kwok-hing against Beijing-favoured Carrie Lam, former Chief Secretary for Administration, making the 2017 Chief Executive election fairly competitive. [12]

2021 NPC electoral reform

In the summer of 2019, the Carrie Lam administration pushed for the extradition bill triggered the unprecedented waves of anti-government protests in the latter half of the year. In the November District Council election, the pro-democrats won a historic electoral landslide by winning more than 80 per cent of the seats, seizing control of 17 of the 18 District Councils as a result. [13] [14] Due to the bloc voting system in the Election Committee, it would mean that the pro-democrats could take all of the 117 seats of the District Council seats in the upcoming Election Committee elections and increase their bargaining power in picking the next Chief Executive. [15]

To thwart opposition momentum and neutralise the pro-democracy movement, the Carrie Lam administration unprecedentedly invoked the Emergency Regulations Ordinance to postpone the September 2020 Legislative Council election, citing the COVID-19 pandemic. [16] In March 2021, the National People's Congress (NPC), China's national legislature, unveiled the plan to drastically rewrite the electoral system for the Chief Executive, the Election Committee and the Legislative Council, claiming the necessity to ensure "patriots governing in Hong Kong" as the basis of further curbing the pro-democracy influence in the coming elections. [17] [18]

New electoral system

Changes to the composition of the Election Committee:
2016 composition (1,200 seats)
.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}
.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}
Elected (1,034)
Nominated (60)
Ex-officio (106)
2021 composition (1,500 seats)
Elected (967)
Nominated (156)
Ex-officio (377) Comparison of the 2016 and 2020 composition of the Election Committee.png
Changes to the composition of the Election Committee:
2016 composition (1,200 seats)
  •   Elected (1,034)
  •   Nominated (60)
  •   Ex-officio (106)
2021 composition (1,500 seats)
  •   Elected (967)
  •   Nominated (156)
  •   Ex-officio (377)

Under the amended Annex I of the Basic Law of Hong Kong passed by the National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) on 30 March 2021, the size of the Election Committee (EC) would be increased from 1,200 to 1,500 seats, with an additional 300-seat Fifth Sector to be added to the existing four sectors of 300 seats each. [20] According to the amendment of the Annex II, the newly elected Election Committee would also be responsible for electing 40 of the 90 seats of the redesigned Legislative Council, shrinking the directly elected seats from 35 to 20 seats. [21] [22]

The seats of the traditional strongholds of the pro-democrats in the Second Sector of professions, including Education and Social Welfare subsectors, would be halved. The original Education and Higher Education subsectors which had 30 seats each would be merged into a 30-seat subsector, while Medical and Health Services subsectors which had 30 seats each would also be merged into a 30-seat subsector. Some of the seats in the other pro-democratic strongholds would also be nominated rather than elected. For instances, half of 30 members of the newly created Technology and Innovation subsector would be nominated from among Hong Kong academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering; while 15 of the 30-seat Accountancy subsector would be nominated from among Hong Kong accounting advisers appointed by the Chinese Ministry of Finance; nine seats in the Legal subsector would be nominated from the council of the China Law Society. Up to half of the seats from the subsectors of Engineering, Architectural, Surveying, Planning and Landscape, Education, Medical and Health Services, and Social Welfare would be elected by associations instead of individuals. [5]

In the Fourth Sector, all of the 117-seat Hong Kong and Kowloon and New Territories District Councils subsectors on the committee which would be held by the pro-democrats would be eliminated, they would be replaced by "representatives of members of area committees", including members of the government-appointed District Fight Crime Committees and the District Fire Safety Committee of Hong Kong Island, Kowloon and the New Territories who are appointed by the Director of Home Affairs under the Home Affairs Department, as well as representatives of the pro-Beijing associations of Hong Kong residents in the mainland. [5]

Additionally, a new 300-seat Fifth Sector would consist of the 190 seats including the Hong Kong deputies to the National People’s Congress (NPC) and the Hong Kong members of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), as well as 110 seats comprising representatives of "Hong Kong members of relevant national organisations". [4] [5]

Under the amended annexes, a Candidate Eligibility Review Committee would be set up to vet the qualifications of candidates, based on the approval of the Hong Kong Committee for Safeguarding National Security according to the review by the National Security Department of the Hong Kong Police Force (HKPF) of which its decision would be final and could not be appealed. [20] [21] [22] [23]

Under the new system, the registered voters for the Election Committee dropped by almost 97 per cent, sharply declining from 246,440 voters in 2016 to only 7,891 voters in 2021. The Education subsector remained the largest electorates with 1,725 voters, but was also drastically dropped from more than 80,000 voters in the last election. More than half of the 30 seats would also be held by ex officio members, instead of being directly elected. There were also 404 bodies registered as "grassroots organisations" for the newly created Grassroots Associations subsector, but some entities such as the Modern Mummy Group, Tai Kok Tsui Friends, and the Chinese Arts Papercutting Association were little known to the public, and were reportedly all satellite organisations of the pro-Beijing New Territories Association of Societies. [7]

Nominations

In the nomination period from 6 to 12 August, the Electoral Affairs Commission received a total of 1,016 individual nominations, competing for 967 seats in 36 subsectors. The remaining 533 seats would be nominated by the designated organisations and by ex officio members. Among the 1,016 nominations, 603 of those were returned uncontested. Only 413 candidates who were running in the 13 of the 36 electable subsectors would have a contested race, equal to around a quarter of the Election Committee seats. [9]

On 26 August 2021, Chief Secretary for Administration John Lee, who also chaired the newly established Candidate Eligibility Review Committee, announced that the invalidation of the registration application of the only localist camp legislators Cheng Chung-tai who was supposedly an ex officio member in the Election Committee. [24] [25] Pierre Chan, the remaining non-establishment legislator along with Cheng, did not register as ex officio member. [26]

As a result, all but two nominated candidates were from the pro-Beijing camp: moderate party Third Side founder Tik Chi-yuen and pro-democracy Sai Kung District Council chairperson Francis Chau. [9] Jason Poon, another moderate construction company owner who blew the whistle on the 2018 MTR Sha Tin to Central Link construction scandal, failed to be nominated through Religious subsector after drawing lots. [27]

Election results

The voting atmosphere in the city was down as 99.9 per cent of Hong Kong voters in legislative election were ineligible to vote in Election Committee elections. The security was tight as the number of deployed police officers outweighed number of voters, about 6,000 police deployed on standby for an election participated by only 4,800 voters.

The election, with the record turnout of 89.77 per cent, was a big win for pro-Beijing camp as expected, winning all but one seats. Tik Chi-yuen was the only non-establishment elected member only after drawing lots due to same number of votes with another candidate. The Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB) continued their domination in the camp, claiming to have won more than 150 seats. The Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions (FTU) ranked the second with 76 seats, and Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong (BPA) coming next with at least 40 seats, while the New People's Party and the Liberal Party said to have 21 and more than 15 seats respectively. [28] As some candidates did not reveal their party affiliation, the numbers from the parties could not be verified.

The vote count soon emerged as controversy for consuming 14 hours although there are only 4,389 ballots, much slower than previous elections. The Electoral Affairs Commission apologised for the clumsiness. Some pro-Beijing politicians and parties, including the Chief Executive, demanded the Commission to explain and review the process.

Results by subsector

Statistics are generated from the official election website:

SectorSub-sectorRegistered votersCandidatesElectedVotesTurnout
BodiesIndividualsTotal
ICatering135-1351616uncontested
ICommercial (First)22-221616uncontested
ICommercial (Second)71-711717uncontested
ICommercial (Third)93-9318179197.85
IEmployers' Federation of Hong Kong18-181515uncontested
IFinance55-551717uncontested
IFinancial Services195-195171618896.41
IHotel57-571515uncontested
IImport and Export45-451717uncontested
IIndustrial (First)35-351717uncontested
IIndustrial (Second)97-971717uncontested
IInsurance88-8820178293.18
IReal Estate and Construction91-911616uncontested
ISmall and Medium Enterprises194-1941515uncontested
ITextiles and Garment57-571717uncontested
ITourism131-1311717uncontested
ITransport199-1991717uncontested
IWholesale and Retail63-631717uncontested
ISub-total for First Sector1,646-1,64630129636196.01
IIAccountancy39-391515uncontested
IIArchitectural, Surveying and Planning55-55171555100.00
IIChinese Medicine51-5116155098.04
IIEducation1,750-1,75014131,46983.94
IIEngineering60-601515uncontested
IILegal30-30161530100.00
IIMedical and Health Services82-8224147996.34
IISocial Welfare144-144241213694.44
IISports, Performing Arts, Culture and Publication223-2231414uncontested
IITechnology and Innovation54-54151454100.00
IISub-total for Second Sector2,488-2,4881701421,87386.59
IIIAgriculture and Fisheries151-1516060uncontested
IIIAssociations of Chinese Fellow Townsmen324-3245757uncontested
IIIGrassroots Associations404-4045959uncontested
IIILabour407-407726039597.05
IIISub-total for Third Sector1,286-1,28624823639597.05
IVHeung Yee Kuk-1601602727uncontested
IVRepresentatives of Members of Area Committees, District Fight Crime Committees, and District Fire Safety Committees of Hong Kong and Kowloon-1,0831,083787696989.47
IVRepresentatives of Members of Area Committees, District Fight Crime Committees, and District Fire Safety Committees of the New Territories-857857828079192.30
IVSub-total for Fourth Sector-2,1002,1001871831,76090.72
VRepresentatives of Hong Kong Members of Relevant National Organisations-451451110110uncontested
TOTAL5,4202,5517,9711,0169674,38989.77

Results by affiliation

Summary of the 19 September 2021 Election Committee Subsector election results
Affiliation1st Sector2nd Sector3rd Sector4th Sector5th SectorTotal
StandingElectedStandingElectedStandingElectedStandingElectedStandingElectedStandingElected
Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong 7722994342556665
Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions ----504699116056
New People's Party/Civil Force 33----77--1010
Federation of Hong Kong and Kowloon Labour Unions ----159---159
Liberal Party 55----22--77
Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong ----11223366
Path of Democracy --22------22
Federation of Public Housing Estates ------22--22
Hong Kong Direct Subsidy Scheme Schools Council--11------11
Hong Kong Federation of Education Workers --11------11
Hong Kong Senior Government Officers Association----11----11
Hong Kong Securities & Futures Professionals Association10--------10
Pro-Beijing independents285281162135172170123120102102844808
Total for pro-Beijing camp3012961681412482361871831101101,014966
Third Side --11------11
Independent democrat --10------10
Total3012961701422482361871831101101,016967

Note: There are two candidates have dual membership of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB) and the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions (FTU).

See also

Notes

  1. Of those 7,971 registered voters, 4,889 were obliged to vote as the remaining were voters of the uncontested seats.
  2. Former Hong Kong Chinese Enterprises Association renamed.
  3. Information Technology subsector replaced.
  4. Nominated from among Hong Kong academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Individual voting replaced.
  6. 1 2 3 4 Responsible persons of statutory bodies, advisory bodies and relevant associations.
  7. Nominated from among Hong Kong Accounting Advisors appointed by the Ministry of Finance.
  8. Hong Kong members of the Committee for the Basic Law of the HKSAR under the NPC Standing Committee.
  9. Nominated from among Hong Kong members of the Council of the China Law Society.
  10. Education and Higher Education subsectors merged.
  11. University presidents or chairpersons of the board of governors or the council of universities; and responsible persons of statutory bodies, advisory bodies and relevant associations.
  12. 1 2 Originally under the Third Sector.
  13. Nominated respectively by the Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China, China Federation of Literary and Art Circles Hong Kong Member Association and Hong Kong Publishing Federation.
  14. Medical and Health Services subsectors merged.
  15. Nominated from among Hong Kong members of the Council of the World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies.
  16. Expanded from the size of the Legislative Council.
  17. Hong Kong and Kowloon District Councils subsector replaced.
  18. New Territories District Councils subsector replaced.
  19. Nominated by associations of Hong Kong residents in the Mainland.
  20. Originally from the Fourth Sector, two subsectors are combined.

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Chief Executive of Hong Kong</span> Head of the government of Hong Kong

The Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is the representative of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and head of the Government of Hong Kong. The position was created to replace the office of governor of Hong Kong, the representative of the monarch of the United Kingdom during British rule. The office, stipulated by the Hong Kong Basic Law, formally came into being on 1 July 1997 with the handover of Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to the People's Republic of China.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Legislative Council of Hong Kong</span> Legislature of Hong Kong

The Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (LegCo) is the unicameral legislature of Hong Kong. It sits under China's "one country, two systems" constitutional arrangement, and is the power centre of Hong Kong's hybrid representative democracy, though popular representation in the legislature has diminished significantly in recent years, along with its political diversity.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Democratic Party (Hong Kong)</span> Political party in Hong Kong

The Democratic Party (DP) is a centre-left liberal political party in Hong Kong. Chaired by Lo Kin-hei, it is the flagship party in the pro-democracy camp and currently has 7 elected representatives in the District Councils.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Elections in Hong Kong</span>

Elections in Hong Kong take place when certain political offices in the government need to be filled. Hong Kong has a multi-party system, with numerous parties in the Legislative Council. The Chief Executive of Hong Kong is nonpartisan but has to work with several parties to form a coalition government.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hong Kong legislative elections</span>

Legislative elections are held in Hong Kong every four years Legislative Council (LegCo) in accordance with Article 69 of the Basic Law. Legislative elections are held either at the expiry of a four-year term or when the Chief Executive dissolves the legislature and calls a new election.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Election Committee (Hong Kong)</span> Hong Kong electoral college

The Election Committee is a Hong Kong electoral college, the function of which is to select the Chief Executive (CE) and, since 2021, to elect 40 of the 90 members of the Legislative Council. Established by Annex I of the Basic Law of Hong Kong which states that "the Chief Executive shall be elected by a broadly representative Election Committee in accordance with this Law and appointed by the Central People's Government ." It is formed and performs its selection function once every five years, even in the event of a CE not completing their term. The membership of the Election Committee was expanded to 1,500 under the massive overhaul of the electoral system in 2021. The Election Committee has been criticised for its "small-circle" electoral basis and its composition favouring pro-Beijing and business interests.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pro-democracy camp (Hong Kong)</span> Hong Kong political faction in favour of universal suffrage

The pro-democracy camp, also known as the pan-democracy camp, is a political alignment in Hong Kong that supports increased democracy, namely the universal suffrage of the Chief Executive and the Legislative Council as given by the Basic Law under the "One Country, Two Systems" framework.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1998 Hong Kong legislative election</span>

The 1998 Hong Kong Legislative Council election was held on 24 May 1998 for members of the 1st Legislative Council of Hong Kong (LegCo) since the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) in 1997. Replacing the Provisional Legislative Council (PLC) strictly controlled by the Beijing government and boycotted by the pro-democracy camp, the elections returned 20 members from directly elected geographical constituencies, 10 seats from the Election Committee constituency and 30 members from functional constituencies, of which 10 were uncontested.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1991 Hong Kong legislative election</span>

The 1991 Hong Kong Legislative Council election was held for members of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (LegCo). The election of the members of functional constituencies was held on 12 September 1991 and the election of geographical constituency seats was held on 15 September respectively. It was the first ever direct election of the Legislative Council in Hong Kong history. There were 18 members from directly elected geographical constituencies, 21 members from functional constituencies, 17 members appointed by the Governor, and 3 official members.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2011 Hong Kong Election Committee Subsector elections</span>

The 2011 Election Committee subsector elections took place between 7:30 am and 10:30 pm on 11 December 2011. The Election Committee sub-sector elections are a part of the contemporary political process of Hong Kong. The election's purpose is to decide the 1,044 members of the Election Committee of Hong Kong. The resulting Election Committee is then responsible for electing the Chief Executive of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) in the 2012 Election.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2006 Hong Kong Election Committee Subsector elections</span> Election Committee Elections held on 10 December 2006 in Hong Kong

The 2006 Election Committee subsector elections were held from 7.30 am to 10.30 pm on 10 December 2006 in order to elect 664 members of Election Committee. The Election Committee was responsible for electing the Hong Kong SAR Chief Executive in 2007 Chief Executive Election.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2017 Hong Kong Chief Executive election</span> Election in Hong Kong

The 2017 Hong Kong Chief Executive election was held on 26 March 2017 for the 5th term of the Chief Executive of Hong Kong (CE), the highest office of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). Former Chief Secretary for Administration Carrie Lam beat former Financial Secretary John Tsang and retired judge Woo Kwok-hing, receiving 777 votes from the 1,194-member Election Committee.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2000 Hong Kong Election Committee Subsector elections</span>

The 2000 Election Committee subsector elections were held on 9 July 2000 to elect 664 members of Election Committee. The Election Committee was responsible for electing the Legislative Council members of the Election Committee constituency, as well as the Chief Executive of Hong Kong in the following 2002 Chief Executive election.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1998 Hong Kong Election Committee Subsector elections</span>

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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2014–2015 Hong Kong electoral reform</span> Proposed electoral reform

The 2014–2015 Hong Kong electoral reform was a proposed reform for the 2017 Hong Kong Chief Executive election and 2016 Legislative Council election.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2016 Hong Kong Election Committee Subsector elections</span>

The 2016 Election Committee subsector elections were held on 11 December 2016 for 1,034 of the 1,200 members of the Election Committee (EC) which is responsible for electing the Chief Executive of Hong Kong (CE) in the 2017 election.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2019 Hong Kong local elections</span>

The 2019 Hong Kong District Council elections were held on 24 November 2019 for all 18 District Councils of Hong Kong. 452 seats from all directly elected constituencies, out of the 479 seats in total, were contested. Nearly three million people voted, equivalent to 71 per cent of registered voters, an unprecedented turnout in the electoral history of Hong Kong. The election was widely viewed as a de facto referendum on the concurrent anti-extradition protests.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2021 Hong Kong legislative election</span> 7th legislative election in Hong Kong

The 2021 Hong Kong Legislative Council election was a general election held on 19 December 2021 for the 7th Legislative Council of Hong Kong. Under the drastic Beijing-imposed electoral overhaul, the total number of seats was increased from 70 to 90 seats, with the directly elected geographical constituencies (GCs) reduced from 35 to 20 seats, the trade-based indirectly elected functional constituencies (FCs) staying at 30, and the additional 40 seats being elected by the 1,500-member Election Committee.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2021 Hong Kong electoral changes</span> Hong Kong legislation

The 2021 Hong Kong electoral changes were initiated by the National People's Congress (NPC) on 11 March 2021 to "amend electoral rules and improve the electoral system" of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) for its Chief Executive (CE) and the Legislative Council (LegCo), in order to ensure a system in which only "patriots", according to the Chinese definition, govern Hong Kong. The reforms have been widely criticized for their negative impact on the democratic representation in the Hong Kong legislature.

The 2023 Hong Kong electoral changes were proposed by the government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) on 2 May 2023 in the 18 District Councils of Hong Kong for the following November elections and approved by Legislative Council on 6 July 2023. The changes are officially effective from 10 July 2023. Previously returned by direct elections, the number of the elected seats will be significantly reduced to around 20 per cent, while each of the 40 per cent of the seats will be returned by indirect elections and appointed by the Chief Executive.

References

  1. "Voter Registration Statistics". The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Voter Registration. The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  2. "Legco election to be held on December 19". The Standard. 13 April 2021.
  3. "China moves to overhaul Hong Kong politics, squeezing democratic opposition". Reuters. 11 March 2021.
  4. 1 2 "Overhaul abolishes district council presence". RTHK. 30 March 2021.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Who's in and out on new-look committee picking HK leader". The Standard. 31 March 2021.
  6. "Demanding Loyalty, China Moves to Overhaul Hong Kong Elections". The New York Times. 4 March 2021.
  7. 1 2 Chau, Candice (19 July 2021). "No. of voters picking Hong Kong's Election Committee plunges by 97% under 'patriots only' overhaul". Hong Kong Free Press.
  8. "Hong Kong elite selects powerful new 'patriots only' committee – voters reduced to 4,800, as 6,000 police deployed". AFP. 19 September 2021.
  9. 1 2 3 Cheng, Selina (14 August 2021). "Analysis: How almost everyone running for Hong Kong's new election committee will get a seat automatically". Hong Kong Free Press.
  10. "Hong Kong's Carrie Lam 'will reconsider' joining chief executive race after CY Leung backs out". South China Morning Post. 10 December 2016.
  11. "Pro-democracy camp takes record quarter of seats on Election Committee that will choose Hong Kong's leader". South China Morning Post. 12 December 2016.
  12. Connor, Neil (26 March 2017). "The Hong Kong chief executive election: What you need to know". The Telegraph. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
  13. "Hong Kong voters deliver landslide victory for pro-democracy campaigners". The Guardian. 24 November 2019. Archived from the original on 25 November 2019. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
  14. Bradsher, Keith; Ramzy, Austin; May, Tiffany (24 November 2019). "Hong Kong Election Results Give Democracy Backers Big Win". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 25 November 2019. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  15. Graham-Harrison, Emma; Yu, Verna (25 November 2019). "Hong Kong voters deliver landslide victory for pro-democracy campaigners". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 25 November 2019. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
  16. "Hong Kong Delays Election, Citing Coronavirus. The Opposition Isn't Buying It". New York Times. 31 July 2020.
  17. "China approves plan to veto Hong Kong election candidates". France 24. 11 March 2021.
  18. "Improving Hong Kong's electoral system important for developing high-quality democracy". China Today. 7 March 2021.
  19. "The Legislative Council House Committee Subcommittee on Decision of the National People's Congress on Improving the Electoral System of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region" (PDF). Legislative Council of Hong Kong.
  20. 1 2 "Annex I – Method for the Selection of the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region" (PDF). Xinhua. 30 March 2021.
  21. 1 2 "Xi Finalizes Hong Kong Election Changes, Cementing China Control". Bloomberg. 30 March 2021.
  22. 1 2 "中华人民共和国香港特别行政区基本法附件二香港特别行政区立法会的产生办法和表决程序". 香港中联办. 2021-03-30.
  23. "Annex II – Method for the Formation of the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and Its Voting Procedures" (PDF). Xinhua. 30 March 2021.
  24. "Candidate Eligibility Review Committee announces lists of validly registered ex-officio members, validly nominated nominees and candidates for Election Committee". Hong Kong Government. 26 August 2021.
  25. Ho, Kelly (26 August 2021). "Hong Kong lawmaker Cheng Chung-tai unseated after failing patriotism test". Hong Kong Free Press.
  26. "選委會候選人等名單刊憲 陳沛然沒有登記為當然委員". RTHK (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Archived from the original on 2021-08-26. Retrieved 2021-09-18.
  27. 高振東 (2021-08-16). "選委會︱天主教抽籤結果出爐 潘焯鴻、張俊勇無緣中籤". 香港01 (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Retrieved 2021-09-18.
  28. "提名行政長官須188名選委 門檻高於建制政黨席位". Now 新聞 (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Retrieved 2021-09-21.