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Three Methods for Returning Members of the Election Committee
■Ex-officio Member for which no election is required (362 seats) Note
(including LegCo Members, HKSAR deputies to the NPC, HKSAR members of the
National Committee of the CPPCC, Hong Kong members of the Committee for the
Basic Law of the HKSAR under the NPC Standing Committee, vice-chancellors
or presidents of universities, and persons in charge of certain statutory bodies,
important advisory committees and relevant organisations in specific subsectors)
Nomination by eligible bodies of specific subsectors (156 seats)
(including all Members of the Religious Subsector and representatives of associations
of Hong Kong residents in the Mainland Subsector, certain Members of the
Technology and Innovation Subsector, Accountancy Subsector, Legal Subsector,
Sports, Performing Arts, Culture and Publication Subsector, and Chinese Medicine
Subsector. Please see Annex I to the Basic Law for the nominating organisations
and the number of nominated Members)
Election by eligible corporate or individual voters of the subsectors (982 seats) Note
(individual voters are applicable to Heung Yee Kuk, Hong Kong, Kowloon and
New Territories Area Committees, District Fight Crime Committees and District Fire
Safety Committees, and Hong Kong members of relevant national organisations.
Other subsectors will be elected by corporate voters)
Note: In accordance with Annex I to the Basic Law as amended by the NPC Standing Committee,
a HKSAR deputy to the NPC or a HKSAR member of the National Committee of the CPPCC
may choose to register with another subsector with which he has substantial connection. Under
such circumstances, the number of elected seats in the latter subsector shall be reduced
accordingly.
Nomination of Election Committee Candidates and
Voting Arrangement
■ Each candidate shall be nominated by 5 corporate or individual voters in the
respective subsector.
■ Each corporate or individual voter may only nominate a number of candidates not
exceeding the number of seats to be elected in the respective subsectors. For
example, as the Hong Kong and Kowloon Area Committees, District Fight Crime
Committees and District Fire Safety Committees Subsector is assigned to return
76 Members through election, each of the eligible voter in this subsector may
nominate at most 76 candidates.
■The Election Committee Members of each subsector will be elected by secret ballot.
Establishment of a System of Convenors for the Election Committee
■ A Member of the Election Committee who is a state leader will become the Chief
Convenor. The Chief Convenor may appoint several convenors in each sector.
■The Chief Convenor is responsible for convening Election Committee meetings when
necessary to handle relevant matters.
Chief Executive Election
A candidate shall be nominated by not less than 188 Members of the Election
Committee, with at least 15 Members from each of the 5 sectors.
■Each Member of the Election Committee may only nominate one candidate.
The 1 500 Members of the Election Committee shall elect the Chief Executive-elect
by secret ballot on a one-person-one-vote basis.
■The Chief Executive-elect shall obtain over 750 votes in the poll, and be appointed
by the Central People's Government.
Composition and Method for Formation of the LegCo
■The LegCo shall be composed of 90 Members as follows -
Members returned
by geographical
constituencies through
direct elections
20
Members returned by
the Election Committee
40
90
Members
Members returned by the Election Committee
Members returned
by functional
constituencies
30
• Each candidate shall be nominated by no less than 10, but no more than 20,
Members of the Election Committee, including no less than 2 but no more than
4 Members from each of the five sectors of the Election Committee.
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