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[Legislative Council Election] Huang Biyun wins the Democratic Party ’s Nine West Branch vote and firmly holds the "right to fight"

2020-05-03T14:38:39.117Z


In the general election of the Legislative Council held in September, the Democratic Party decided to send 7 representatives to compete for the existing 7 seats, but in addition to the current member of the Kowloon West District, Huang Haiyun, the party ’s Central Committee and District Council member Yuan Haiwen also intends to participate in the election, forming an internal competition. . The Kowloon West Branch of the Democratic Party supported who will vote in the election today (3rd). As a result, Huang Biyun won most of the votes. Basically, he has established his qualification to represent the Democratic Party in the Nine West, but the procedural still needs to wait for the Democratic Party this month. Only after the party congress is held can the official list of final legislators be officially confirmed.


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Written by: Zhou Lixi

2020-05-03 20:08

Last update date: 2020-05-03 22:32

In the general election of the Legislative Council held in September, the Democratic Party decided to send 7 representatives to compete for the existing 7 seats, but in addition to the current member of the Kowloon West District, Huang Haiyun, the party ’s Central Committee and District Council member Yuan Haiwen also intends to participate in the election, forming an internal competition. . The Kowloon West Branch of the Democratic Party supported who will vote in the election today (3rd). As a result, Huang Biyun won most of the votes. Basically, he has established his qualification to represent the Democratic Party in the Nine West, but the procedural still needs to wait for the Democratic Party this month. Only after the party congress is held can the official list of final legislators be officially confirmed.

Yuan Haiwen also participated in the party selection in the last legislature election, but eventually lost to Huang Biyun, and ranked second in the list of Huang Biyun. (Profile picture)

The Democratic Party's "6.22" scoring criteria for Kowloon West's election is to calculate the final result in such a way that polls account for 60%, branch members and regional parties account for 20% each.

Members of the Democratic Party ’s entire Kowloon West branch, District Council members and Legislative Council members voted today. The voting results were counted into the branch ’s 20% score and the regional party group ’s other 20% score, which directly generated a total of 40% of the party ’s primary election. The score, so unless Yuan Haiwen is ahead in the polls, Huang Biyun's chance of winning the election will be higher.

Today's voting result, Yuan Haiwen won 11 votes in the branch and the regional party group got 9 votes, while Huang Biyun, the current member of the parliament, got 33 votes in the central branch and 23 votes in the regional party group.

It is understood that today's voting begins at 1 pm and a consultation meeting will be held at 3 pm. The voting will also end at the end of the consultation meeting.

As for the polls that account for 60%, some members of the Kowloon West Branch said that the relevant figures are more complicated, but it is reported that Huang Biyun and Yuan Haiwen have similar support. In this case, it is reported that Huang Biyun prevailed in two rounds of voting in the Kowloon West Branch today, and has established that he represents the Democratic Party in the Nine West, but the procedure still needs to be confirmed by the Democratic Party this month before it can be officially confirmed The final selection of the Legislative Council.

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Yuan Haiwen is 33 years old. He was re-elected as a member of the Sham Shui Po District Council by high votes in the District Council election last year. He also participated in the democratic primary in the Kowloon West by-election the previous year, but failed to "qualify." Yuan Haiwen is currently the Central Committee of the Democratic Party and is known as "Beauty Yuan" for his long-term focus on consumer rights. Earlier, he was appointed by the government as a member of the Consumer Council.

Huang Biyun, 60, a university lecturer himself, retired from PolyU last year to focus on parliamentary work. She is famous for her long-term concern about drinking water safety, but she was criticized for being too moderate in political stance, and the support among young people is relatively inferior.

Kowloon West Legislative Council Election

Source: hk1

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