The nomination period for the Legislative Council election has ended, and a total of 154 nomination forms have been received, competing for 90 seats in the Legislative Council. All regions or sectors have competition to vote.
This is the first election after the election system has been improved. Who is going to run for the election? Which battlefield is the most competitive?
The following is an analysis of the latest election through 5 charts.
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1. Most candidates for 12 non-organizational candidates have organizational backgrounds
The number of seats in the current Legislative Council has increased to 90, including the Election Committee (40 seats), functional constituencies (30 seats), and district direct elections (20 seats).
Among the 154 candidates, at least 112 have organizational backgrounds, of which 22 are members of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong, followed by the Federation of Trade Unions and the Economic and Democrats Federation, who sent 9 and 8 candidates respectively.
In addition, there are 12 non-organized candidates for this election, such as Di Zhiyuan, a new thinking in the social welfare sector, Huang Chengzhi, a self-proclaimed democrat who participated in the election in the northeast of the New Territories, and Fung Chien-ki, the former chairman of the Chinese People’s Association for the Democratic People’s Association of Kowloon Central And so on, nine of them competed for seats in local elections.
2. All sectors have elections, automatically elected no longer
In the past, the Heung Yee Kuk, industrial, and business (second) functional constituencies were automatically elected. However, this year there are many people from all functional constituencies who need to vote. Among them, as many as 6 people in the medical and health sector have signed up to compete. The fiercest, five people in the education sector are vying for seats.
As for the new electoral committee this year, 51 people signed up for the election and competed for 40 seats.
3. Newly-built system with high academic qualifications and new faces to participate in the election
Analyzing the background of the candidates, there are six adults who have never participated in the Legislative Council elections in the past. Among them are policy researchers, university scholars, and business executives, such as United Hong Kong Foundation Jinyuan Mountain, Ling University Vice President Liu Zhipeng, Basic Law Institute expert Li Haoran, and businessman Sheng Zhi Wenjun Register for the electoral committee sector.
They have also expressed opinions on different areas in the past, but it is the first time that they have actually participated in the election and entered the parliament.
4. The formation of political parties' successors to participate in elections is younger
The established political parties have sent a new generation to participate in the election deployment. In addition to new faces, there are also people with previous experience in running for district councils and legislative councils.
For example, Yan Wenyu, Li Shirong, and Lin Lin of the DAB; Chen Yingxin from the Federation of Trade Unions;
The above trends can also be seen in terms of the age of candidates.
According to public information, the most candidates are between 40 and 49 years old, and there are more than 20 young candidates under 39 years old.
5. Increase in candidates for the National People's Congress and CPPCC and Chinese-funded backgrounds
Among all candidates, at least 20 are members of the National People's Congress or the CPPCC, and 6 provincial-level CPPCC members.
In addition, at least 8 people are from Chinese-funded companies, including China Travel Service, China Overseas Group, Agricultural Bank of China, China Resources Group, etc.
In addition, it is worth mentioning that under the new electoral system, all candidates for the Legislative Council must be nominated by 2 election committees from 5 sectors.
The newly-added electoral committees accounted for 40 seats in the Legislative Council, and 1,500 electoral committees voted on a "unity vote system". This time there are 77 electoral committees participating in the elections of three groups, accounting for more than half of the total candidates. .
For the list of candidates from all sectors in the Legislative Council election, please click here to refer to the "Hong Kong 01" election website.
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