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Hong Kong
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ELECTION TYPE |
DATE |
| Hong Kong Special Administrative
Region (HKSAR) of the People's Republic of China |
Legislative Council |
May 24, 1998 |
At stake
in this election:
- Seats in the Legislative Council: 60
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Description
of government structure:
- Hong Kong's unicameral legislature is
composed of 60 members elected for two-year terms.
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Results of the electoral race:
- Party:
Democratic Party
Leader: Martin LEE Chu-ming
Seats won in the last election: 19
Seats won in this election: 9
- Party:
Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong
Leader: Jasper TSANG Yok-sing
Seats won in the last election: 6
Seats won in this election: 5
- Party: Hong
Kong Progressive Alliance
Leader: Ambrose Lau Hon-chuen
Seats won in the last election: 0
Seats won in this election: 5
- Party:
Frontier Group
Leader: Emily LAU
Seats won in the last election: 0
Seats won in this election: 4
- Party:
Independents
Leader: not applicable
Seats won in this election: 37
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When was
the last election? Number of seats in last election?
- Legislative Council elections last held:
September 17, 1995
- Seats decided in the last election to the
Legislative Council: 60
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Population
and number of registered voters:
- Population: 6,547,189 (July 1997 estimate)
- Number of registered voters: 2,800,000 (approx.)
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Of Interest:
- For the May 1998 election, twenty members
of the legislature were directly elected; thirty members were elected by occupation-based functional constituencies; and ten members were chosen by an Election Committee composed of 800 Hong Kong permanent residents from professional, labor, religious, commercial, industrial and political sectors.
- The May 1998 election resulted in the
first popularly chosen Legislative Council since the People's Republic of China took control of Hong Kong on July 1, 1997, after 156 years as a British colony.
- Since July 1997 Hong Kong has been
governed by the temporary Provisional Legislature appointed by the People's Republic of China.
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| SOURCE: INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ELECTION SYSTEMS (IFES) |
| For additional information:
IFES ElectionGuide Online |
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