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Election reforms | Directly elected five districts changed to ten districts dual-seat single-vote voter voting mode changed drastically

2021-03-30T07:46:31.195Z


The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress held a plenary meeting today (30th) and unanimously approved the draft amendments to Annex 1 and Annex 2 of the Basic Law. Among them, the number of seats in the Legislative Council election was increased from 70 to 90. The specific distribution of seats is "4


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Written by: Luo Jiaqing

2021-03-30 15:34

Last update date: 2021-03-30 15:34

The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress held a plenary meeting today (30th) and unanimously approved the draft amendments to Annex 1 and Annex 2 of the Basic Law.

Among them, the number of seats in the Legislative Council election has increased from 70 to 90. The specific distribution of seats is "432", with 40 seats for the Election Committee, 30 seats for functional constituencies, and a sharp drop to 20 seats for direct elections by districts.

After the direct reduction of seats in the districts, how has the vote changed?

Regional direct elections were originally formed by five districts, namely Hong Kong Island, Kowloon West, Kowloon East, New Territories West, and New Territories East. Voters voted according to the constituency divided by their place of residence.

However, after this reshuffle of the distribution of seats in the Legislative Council, direct regional elections will adopt the "double-seat single-vote system." The original five constituencies will be changed to ten districts, and two councillors will be elected from each district, despite the specific district division and voting method Details such as the Hong Kong government's local legislative decision are still to be determined. However, under this broad framework, Hong Kong's election culture and model are undergoing earth-shaking changes.

After this reshuffle of the distribution of seats in the Legislative Council, direct regional elections will adopt the "double-seat single-vote system." The original five constituencies will be changed to ten districts, and two councillors will be elected from each district.

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Abolishing the proportional representation system, the small radical party is difficult to win

Regional direct elections were originally formed by five local constituencies, with a total of 35 seats.

Among them, Hong Kong Island has 6 seats (Central and Western, Wan Chai, Eastern District, Southern District), 6 in Kowloon West (Yau Tsim Mong, Sham Shui Po, Kowloon City), 5 in Kowloon East (Wong Tai Sin, Kwun Tong), and New Territories West. 9 (Tsuen Wan, Tuen Mun, Yuen Long, Kwai Tsing, Outlying Islands), 9 in the east of the New Territories (North District, Tai Po, Shatin, Sai Kung).

After the reform of the Legislative Council election system, direct elections by districts have been reduced from 35 to 20, and the five major electoral districts have been changed to ten district electoral districts, each with only two seats.

Under the new gameplay under the electoral reform, only the two candidates with the highest number of votes can be elected. In a disguised form, it is difficult for the establishment or the democrats to take both seats.

At the same time, it will be difficult for small parties or politicians who stand alone to be elected based on the proportional representation system and with relatively few votes.

Following the reform of the electoral system, the five "super district council" seats will be eliminated, which means that more than 4 million voters have changed from holding 2 votes to 1 vote.

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Legislative Council election threshold increased by 4 million voters lose "over-zone" votes

At the same time, the threshold for candidates to vote in the Legislative Council has also been greatly increased. In addition to obtaining no less than 100 and no more than 200 voters in their constituency to sign and agree to nomination, candidates need to be in five sectors of the Election Committee No less than 2 and no more than 4 members have been nominated. Each member of the Election Committee can nominate only one candidate in direct elections.

It is worth mentioning that in 2012, five new "super district councils" seats were added, although they belong to functional constituency members in law, not directly elected by districts.

However, in addition to the former functional constituency voters who cannot vote, more than 4 million voters are eligible to vote.

However, with the reform of the electoral system, the five "super district councils" seats will be cancelled, which means that more than 4 million voters will lose the "super district" vote.

Other electoral systems were used before the reunification

Before the reunification, Hong Kong’s Legislative Council elections had adopted other electoral systems. For example, in 1991, the "double-seat, double-vote system" was adopted to divide Hong Kong into 9 electoral districts, with 2 seats in each district.

It was changed to the "single-seat, single-vote system" in 1995, dividing Hong Kong into 20 electoral districts, with one seat in each district. The candidate with the most votes can be elected without complicated calculations.

However, the democrats headed by the Democratic Party won a big victory in 1995, which aroused the dissatisfaction of pro-China people.

Finally, in 1998, the "proportional representation system" was adopted as the direct election system for the Legislative Council, which has been in use ever since.

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