The election for the President of the Fifth Legislative Council took place on 10 October 2012 for members of the 5th Legislative Council of Hong Kong to elect the President of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong for the duration of the council.
Proceedings
According to Article 71 of the Hong Kong Basic Law and Rule 4 of the Rules of Procedure of the Legislative Council, the President of the Legislative Council has to be a Chinese citizen of 40 years old or above, a permanent resident of Hong Kong with no right of abode in any foreign country and has ordinarily resided in Hong Kong for not less than 20 years continuously.
As the most senior member of the parliament, Albert Ho presided over the special forum on 8 October, which allowed candidates to present their manifesto and answer questions from other members and the election. Before the voting began, three radical democrats, Leung Kwok-hung, Wong Yuk-man, and Chan Wai-yip, questioned if Tsang was a member of the Chinese Communist Party, but Ho insisted no Q&A for the voting session.
While all democrats voted for Leong, Tsang was re-elected with the backing of the pro-Beijing camp.
Candidates Candidate Party affiliation Political camp Born Political office<br/ > Pro-Beijing (age )Guangzhou, ChinaPresident of the Legislative Council Chairman of Committee on Rules of Procedure of the Legislative Council Member of the Legislative Council for Hong Kong Island Member of the Legislative Council for Kowloon West Member of the Provisional Legislative Council Non-official Member of the Executive Council Chairman of the DAB Pan-democracy (age )Hong KongMember of the Legislative Council for Kowloon East Leader of the Civic Party
Results Candidate Votes %Jasper Tsang 4361.43 Alan Leong 27 38.57 Spoilt/rejected ballots 0 0Turnout 70 100
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