The election for the

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...

deputies to the

12th National People's Congress The 12th National People's Congress was elected in national congressional conferences from October 2012 to February 2013 and was in session from 2013 to 2018. It succeeded the 11th National People's Congress. It held five plenary sessions in ...

(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 The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China (NPCSC) is the permanent body of the National People's Congress (NPC) of the People's Republic of China (PRC), which is the highest organ of state po ...

(NPCSC) as the representative of the NPCSC, and presided by

Leung Chun-ying Leung Chun-ying (; born 12 August 1954), also known as CY Leung, is a Hong Kong politician and chartered surveyor, who has served as vice-chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference since Mar ...

, executive chairman of the 19-strong presidium which included former Chief Executives

Tung Chee-hwa Tung Chee-hwa (; born 7 July 1937) is a Hong Kong businessman and politician who served as the first Chief Executive of Hong Kong between 1997 and 2005, upon the transfer of sovereignty on 1 July. He is currently a vice-chairman of the Chin ...

and

Donald Tsang Yam-kuen Sir Donald Tsang Yam-kuen (; born 7 October 1944) is a former Hong Kong civil servant who served as the second Chief Executive of Hong Kong from 2005 to 2012. Tsang joined the colonial civil service as an Executive Officer in 1967, occupyin ...

, as well as Asia's richest man,

Li Ka-shing Sir Ka-shing Li (; born 13 June 1928) is a Hong Kong billionaire business magnate, investor, and philanthropist. As of June 2019, Li is the 31st richest person in the world, with an estimated net wealth of US$33.4 billion. He is the senior ad ...

, and Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB) chairman

Tam Yiu-chung Tam Yiu-chung, GBM, JP (; born 15 December 1949) is a pro-Beijing politician in Hong Kong. He is a current member of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPCSC), former member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (Leg ...

. 52 candidates ran for 36 seats with 23 outgoing delegates, including

Rita Fan Hsu Lai-tai Rita Fan Hsu Lai-tai (; ' Hsu; ''born'' Hsu Ching-li; born 20 September 1945) is a senior Hong Kong politician. She was the first President of the Hong Kong SAR Legislative Council from 1998 to 2008 and a member of the Standing Committee o ...

, 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

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. Only two contenders are pan-democrats, Fong King-lok, executive committee member of the

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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 Bunny Chan Chung-bun (; born 1957) is a Hong Kong businessman and politician. He is the former chairman of the Kwun Tong District Council, a Hong Kong deputy to the National People's Congress of China and the chairman of the Hong Kong Army Cadets ...

* Chan Yung *

Cheng Yiu-tong Cheng Yiu-tong GBM, JP (; born 14 October 1948 in Hong Kong) is a non-official member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong. He was appointed as the president of the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions in April 2000. He is also the Hong Kong ...

Cheung Ming-man Cheung Ming-man (; born 2 September 1956) is a Hong Kong singer and occasional actor, best known for many patriotic songs he sang in the 1980s, all in Mandarin. He became the first Hong Kong singer to sing at the CCTV New Year's Gala The '' ...

Choy So-yuk Choy So-yuk, BBS, JP (, born 10 October 1950) is a Hong Kong politician. She was an elected member of Eastern District Council and a Hong Kong Deputy of the National People’s Congress. From 1997 to 2008 she was a member of the Legislative C ...

* Herman Hu Shao-ming * Ian Fok Chun-wan *

Ip Kwok-him Ip Kwok-him, GBM, GBS, JP (; born 8 November 1951) is a former unofficial member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong, served between 2016 and 2022. He is also former member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong for the District Council ...

Dennis Lam Shun-chiu Dennis Lam Shun-chiu, JP (; born 26 November 1959) is a prominent Hong Kong ophthalmologist, businessman and politician. He has been a Hong Kong deputy to the National People's Congress (NPC) since 2008 and a member of the Election Committee. Bi ...

Miriam Lau Kin-yee __NOTOC__ Miriam Lau Kin-yee (, former married name Miriam Lau Lau Kin-yee; born 27 April 1947) was a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (Legco), representing the transport industry functional constituency. Lau was the acting-cha ...

* Priscilla Lau Pui-king * Fanny Law Fan Chiu-fun * Ambrose Lee Siu-kwong * Sophie Leung Lau Yau-fun * Li Yinquan *

Martin Liao Cheung-kong Martin Liao Cheung-kong, JP (, born 1957) is a non-official member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong and a member of Legislative Council of Hong Kong for Commercial (Second) constituency and a barrister. Background Liao received his honor ...

* Lo Shui-on * Tim Lui Tim-leung *

Ma Fung-kwok Ma Fung-kwok () is a member of the Provisional Legislative Council and Legislative Council of Hong Kong from for Election Committee constituency and Sports, Performing Arts, Culture and Publication from 1997 to 2000 and 2012 to present. He ha ...

* Ma Ho-fai *

Ng Chau-pei Stanley Ng Chau-pei (born February 1970) is a Hong Kong pro-Beijing camp, pro-Beijing politician and trade unionist and the incumbent President and former Chairman of the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions (HKFTU), the largest trade union in ...

Ng Leung-sing Ng Leung-sing () is a former member of the Provisional Legislative Council and Legislative Council of Hong Kong for the Election Committee constituency and the Finance functional constituency from 1997 to 2004 and 2012 to 2016. He was also th ...

* Ngan Po-ling * Maria Tam Wai-chu * Michael Tien Puk-sun *

Peter Wong Man-kong Peter Wong Man-kong (; 9 January 1949 – 11 March 2019) was a politician and businessman from Hong Kong. Business career Peter Wong and his younger brother Ronnie were born to , who founded Chung Wah Shipbuilding & Engineering Company. After P ...

Wong Ting-chung Wong Ting-chung, (; born 14 October 1961) is a Hong Kong entrepreneur. He is the chairman and chief executive of the Nameson Holdings Limited, the chairman of the New Territories Commercial and Industrial General Association and the advisor to t ...

David Wong Yau-kar David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". w ...

Wong Yuk-shan Professor Wong Yuk-shan, SBS, BBS, JP (; born 1950) is a Hong Kong politician and academic. He is the former president of the Open University of Hong Kong, a Hong Kong deputy of the National People's Congress of China and its member of the Commit ...

* 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.

References

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