National People's Congress election, 2012 (Hong Kong)

The election for the Hong Kong deputies to the 12th National People's Congress (NPC) was held on 19 December 2012. 36 Hong Kong deputies were elected by an electoral college composed of 1,620 members.[1]

Background

Article 21 of the Hong Kong Basic Law stipulates:

Chinese citizens who are residents of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region shall be entitled to participate in the management of state affairs according to law. In accordance with the assigned number of seats and the selection method specified by the National People's Congress, the Chinese citizens among the residents of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region shall locally elect deputies of the Region to the National People's Congress to participate in the work of the highest organ of state power.

A 1,620-strong electoral college composed of the following:

Overview

The election took place at the second plenary meeting of the 12th National People's Congress election meeting on 19 December. It was attended by Li Jianguo, vice-chairman and secretary-general of the National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) as the representative of the NPCSC, and presided by Leung Chun-ying, executive chairman of the 19-strong presidium which included former Chief Executives Tung Chee-hwa and Donald Tsang Yam-kuen, as well as Asia's richest man, Li Ka-shing, and Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB) chairman Tam Yiu-chung.[1]

52 candidates ran for 36 seats with 23 outgoing delegates, including Rita Fan Hsu Lai-tai, member of the NPCSC, Maria Tam Wai-chu, deputy convenor of the Hong Kong delegation, and Fanny Law Fan Chiu-fun, Executive Council member and Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying's former top aide. New faces included former Secretary for Security Ambrose Lee Siu-kwong and Li Yinquan, vice-president of the China Merchants Group. Only two contenders are pan-democrats, Fong King-lok, executive committee member of the Hong Kong Professional Teachers' Union and Dutch-born Southern District councillor Paul Zimmerman, who quit the Civic Party in summer.[1]

1,488 of the 1,620 electoral college members casted their votes. Each elector had to choose 36 candidates. The top 36 candidates in the ballot, as long as they receive more than 50 per cent support, would be elected. 36 of the 52 candidates were elected while 7 candidates were elected as supplementary deputies.[2][3]

Election result

Elected members (36)

Candidates Votes
Martin Liao Cheung-kong 1,403
Ambrose Lee Siu-kwong 1,387
Bernard Charnwut Chan 1,382
Laura Cha Shih May-lung 1,368
Ian Fok Chun-wan 1,362
Ma Fung-kwok 1,361
Maria Tam Wai-chu 1,346
Ng Leung-sing 1,346
Peter Wong Man-kong 1,318
Zhang Tiefu 1,313
Dennis Lam Shun-chiu 1,308
Tim Lui Tim-leung 1,303
Fanny Law Fan Chiu-fun 1,296
Li Yinquan 1,292
Cheng Yiu-tong 1,291
Yeung Yiu-chung 1,282
Ip Kwok-him 1,275
Lo Shui-on 1,262
David Wong Yau-kar 1,255
Choy So-yuk 1,246
Ma Ho-fai 1,244
Chan Yung 1,243
Sophie Leung Lau Yau-fun 1,233
Bunny Chan Chung-bun 1,225
Priscilla Lau Pui-king 1,207
Wong Yuk-shan 1,192
Cai Yi 1,183
Michael Tien Puk-sun 1,176
Rita Fan Hsu Lai-tai 1,155
Andrew Yao Cho-fai 1,120
Wong Ting-chung 1,116
Ng Chau-pei 1,112
Herman Hu Shao-ming 1,102
Ngan Po-ling 1,079
Cheung Ming-man 1,067
Miriam Lau Kin-yee 1,042

Supplementary members (7)

Candidates Votes
Feng Jiu 1,010
To Wai-keung 914
Li Kuo-hsing 876
Albert Au Siu-cheung 817
Raymond Leung Hai-ming 664
Thomas Cheung Tsun-yung 611
Alice Tso Shing-yok 552

Did not elected (9)

Candidates Votes
Shi Kai-biu 298
Lincoln Lu 290
Ip Wing-yuk 285
Helen Meng Mei-ling 271
Peter Chan Po-fun 253
Cheung Kwai-lan 249
Paulus Johannes Zimmerman 226
Chan Tak-ling 186
Fong King-kok 172

Result by party

Affiliation Members
DAB (8) Maria Tam Wai-chu
Yeung Yiu-chung
Ip Kwok-him
Choy So-yuk
Chan Yung (DAB/NTAS)
Priscilla Lau Pui-king
Wong Ting-chung
Cheung Ming-men
FTU (2) Cheng Yiu-tong
Ng Chau-pei
NCF (1) Ma Fung-kwok
NPP (1) Michael Tien Puk-sun
Liberal (1) Miriam Lau Kin-yee

References

  1. 1 2 3 Lee, Colleen (6 December 2012). "Hong Kong deputies to NPC seen as having little influence". South China Morning Post.
  2. "香港特别行政区36名第12届全国人大代表选举产生". Ta Kung Pao. 19 December 2012.
  3. "第十二屆港區全國人大代表選舉結果". Wen Wei Po. 20 December 2012.
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