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The Election Committee ︱ Inventory of the power of established political parties

2021-08-12T23:11:39.542Z


The Election Committee subsector election will be held next month. The nomination period ended yesterday (12th). The Returning Officer received a total of 1,056 nomination forms, not counting ex-officio members such as the Hong Kong People’s Congress and the Legislative Council. In the patriotic


The Election Committee subsector election will be held next month. The nomination period ended yesterday (12th). The Returning Officer received a total of 1,056 nomination forms, not counting ex-officio members such as the Hong Kong People’s Congress and the Legislative Council.


Under the principle of "Patriots Governing Hong Kong", the establishment has actively sent people to fight. "Hong Kong 01" counts the number of establishment parties sent for election in 2016 and this year. The results show that the DAB still sends the most and the least. Ninety people signed up, but less than 96 people sent out in 2016.


The second is the Federation of Trade Unions, especially after the 27 new "Mainland Hong Kong Group Representatives" were added this year, the Federation of Trade Unions sits on 6 related Mainland organizations with a total of 12 seats, increasing the number of candidates from the Federation to 82 people. Up to 30%.

The Liberal Party has the least number of candidates. At least 13 people signed up for the election committee this year. Compared with 20 people who applied for political ties as the Liberal Party in 2016, the Liberal Party fell by 3 and a half. Honorary Chairman Tian Beijun and Selina Zhou Liang of the Liberal Party are both No contest.


▼Dab members can be elected as committee members and some ex officio members▼


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2016 Election Commission Election Committee political ties with the EC in 2021 to nominate political contact



DAB: 96 90


FTU: 63 people, 82


by the NLD: 18 19


Liberal Party: 20 13


workers Union: 14 people and 16 people


New Democratic Party: 12 people and 14 people


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Liu Jianghua participates in the election of "Grassroots Association" 50 people from the Federation of Trade Unions and the labor sector

Comparing the political connections reported or known by the candidates of the two election committees, the number of candidates for the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong, the largest party in the Legislative Council, dropped slightly from 96 in the previous term to 90, including representatives from Hong Kong, a national group in the fifth sector. Shi Yongtai and Lin Lin, presidents of the Youth Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong, participated in the election; Liu Jianghua, the former head of the Civil Affairs Bureau, and Chen Jianlin, a former legislator who participated in the election of "basic-level organizations."



The Federation of Trade Unions, which has always been the "second one", has soared in power in this election. At least 82 people were sent to stand for the election, which narrowed the gap with the DAB.

The Federation of Trade Unions voted in the labor sector. At least 50 people participated in the elections in this sector, and at least 11 people participated in the Hong Kong, Kowloon and New Territories subcommittee sectors.



It is worth noting that the DAB and the Federation of Trade Unions are friendly in their own right. Many members have "dual heads." Chen Yingxin of the Group.

The Hong Kong and Kowloon Federation of Labor Associations (Federation of Labor Unions), which is also an establishment, has increased the number of candidates for the election by 2 people, including 15 people who are all elected to the labor sector, and the 50-member list of the Federation of Trade Unions, the civil service union, etc. Fighting for 60 seats in this sector, the situation is similar to the previous session.

▼Many Liberal Party veterans did not stand for election▼


Li Zijing's political ties to the New Democratic Party

At least 19 people from the business political party, the Pakatan Harapan, have signed up, including the vice chairman of the All-China Youth Federation Liang Hongzheng and Lin Jianyue’s daughter Lin Haoyi in the fifth sector; The son of Lin Jianfeng.

The Liberal Party sent fewer candidates this year than the previous one. When submitting the nomination form, the Liberal Party simply filled out political connections and Chen Xiaofeng, an ex-officio member of the Hong Kong People’s Congress. There were 13 candidates from the Liberal Party. It happened that the party was in the top The number of final winners of the election committee.

However, many Liberal Party veterans no longer run for the election, including Tian Beijun, Fang Gang, and Selina Zhou.

At least 14 people have political ties with the New Democrat Party. Ten of them declared as members of the party when filling in their political ties. In addition, they included members of the Legislative Council Ye Liu Shuyi, Rong Haien, and Li Dongguo, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference. Li Zijing, who joined the New Democratic Party and participated in the election of grassroots organizations, did not include the New Democratic Party in the column of political connections.

[Election Restructuring] In 2016, the democrats won more than 300 seats in the election committee.

(Information Picture/Photographed by Jiang Zhiqian)

The democrats won a total of 325 seats in the last term. No one participated in the



2016 election committee election. The democrats formed a "Democratic 300+" coalition to attack. Pan-democratic parties such as the Democratic Party and the Civic Party won a lot of seats, but the election was reorganized. Later, the democrats did not run for the election this year, nor were they ex-officio members of any sector (such as members of the Legislative Council), and only three non-establishment groups including Di Zhiyuan participated in the election.

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The Election Committee︱Panmin won 325 seats in the last big win. This year’s non-organized faction only participated in the election of "three cats". The election committee received 1056 nominations from 7 sectors including the law. The most intense competition in social welfare. Only 13 sectors of the committee have competition, which is 33% less than the previous session. Someone rushes to the last train to "internal loop" of the election committee. Zheng Jiachun nominates Zheng Zhigang and Guo Binglian.

1300 seats have been finalized, and nearly 900 Beijing iron votes can be "a final word"

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Source: hk1

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