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 1,621 members.
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.
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.
1,488 of the 1,621 electoral college members cast 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.
Election result Elected members (36)
Cai Yi Laura Cha Shih May-lung Bernard Charnwut Chan Bunny Chan Chung-bun Chan Yung Cheng Yiu-tong Cheung Ming-man Choy So-yuk Rita Fan Hsu Lai-tai Herman Hu Shao-ming Ian Fok Chun-wan Ip Kwok-him Dennis Lam Shun-chiu Miriam Lau Kin-yee Priscilla Lau Pui-king Fanny Law Fan Chiu-fun Ambrose Lee Siu-kwong Sophie Leung Lau Yau-fun Li Yinquan Martin Liao Cheung-kong Lo Shui-on Tim Lui Tim-leung Ma Fung-kwok Ma Ho-fai Ng Chau-pei Ng Leung-sing Ngan Po-ling Maria Tam Wai-chu Michael Tien Puk-sun Peter Wong Man-kong Wong Ting-chung David Wong Yau-kar Wong Yuk-shan Andrew Yao Cho-fai Yeung Yiu-chung Zhang Tiefu
Supplementary members (7)
Albert Au Siu-cheung Thomas Cheung Tsun-yung Feng Jiu Raymond Leung Hai-ming Li Kuo-hsing Alice Tso Shing-yok To Wai-keung
Detailed results
Result by party Hong Kong local parties are not counted as national political parties and thus the below elected deputies will not carry their membership in the National People's Congress. 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-man 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
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