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Hong Kong Chief Executive Election Of 2012
The 2012 Hong Kong Chief Executive election was held on 25 March 2012 to select the Chief Executive of Hong Kong (CE), the highest office in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), by a 1,193-member Election Committee (EC) to replace the incumbent Chief Executive. Won by the former non-official convener of the Executive Council of Hong Kong Leung Chun-ying, the election was the most competitive as it was the first election with more than one pro-Beijing camp, pro-Beijing candidate since 1996 Hong Kong Chief Executive election, 1996 election. The incumbent Chief Executive Donald Tsang, who had been elected to serve the remainder of the five-year term left unserved due to the midterm resignation of his predecessor Tung Chee-hwa, and had served his own full five year term, was ineligible to run for a re-election to a full third term as stated in the Basic Law of Hong Kong, Basic Law. Leung Chun-ying, who was seen as the underdog, ran a successful campaign against Chief ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 Election Committee Subsector Elections
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. Background The breakthrough of the electoral reform in 2010 changed the membership of the Election Committee for the first time which expanded the size of the Election Committee from 800 members to 1,200 members. Each sector were allocated 100 more seats proportionally and the 10 Special Members were elected to fill the vacancy of the 10 new ex officio members Legislative Council which was also expanded from 60 to 70 seats in the electoral reform but was to be elected in the following September election. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
