2012 President of the Hong Kong Legislative Council election

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Election for the President of the
Fifth Legislative Council
← 2008 10 October 2012 2016 →
  Majority party Minority party
 
Candidate Jasper Tsang Alan Leong
Party DAB Civic
Constituency Hong Kong Island Kowloon East
Votes 43 (61.43%) 27 (38.57%)
President before election

Jasper Tsang
DAB

Elected President

Jasper Tsang
DAB

The election for the President of the Fifth Legislative Council took place on 10 October 2012 for members of the 5th Legislative Council of Hong Kong to elect the President of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong for the duration of the council.

Proceedings[edit]

Albert Ho presided over the election

According to Article 71 of the Hong Kong Basic Law and Rule 4 of the Rules of Procedure of the Legislative Council, the President of the Legislative Council has to be a Chinese citizen of 40 years old or above, a permanent resident of Hong Kong with no right of abode in any foreign country and has ordinarily resided in Hong Kong for not less than 20 years continuously.[1]

As the most senior member of the parliament, Albert Ho presided over the special forum on 8 October, which allowed candidates to present their manifesto and answer questions from other members and the election.[2][3] Before the voting began, three radical democrats, Leung Kwok-hung, Wong Yuk-man, and Chan Wai-yip, questioned if Tsang was a member of the Chinese Communist Party, but Ho insisted no Q&A for the voting session.[4]

While all democrats voted for Leong, Tsang was re-elected with the backing of the pro-Beijing camp.[5]

Candidates[edit]

Candidate Party affiliation Political camp Born Political office

Jasper Tsang
GBM JP 		DAB Pro-Beijing 17 May 1947 (age 65)
Guangzhou, China 		President of the Legislative Council (since 2008)
Chairman of Committee on Rules of Procedure of the Legislative Council (2004–2008)
Member of the Legislative Council for Hong Kong Island (since 2008)
Member of the Legislative Council for Kowloon West (1998–2008)
Member of the Provisional Legislative Council (1996–1998)
Non-official Member of the Executive Council (2002–2008)
Chairman of the DAB (1992-2003)

Alan Leong 		Civic Pan-democracy 22 February 1958 (age 54)
Hong Kong 		Member of the Legislative Council for Kowloon East (since 2004)
Leader of the Civic Party (since 2011)

Results[edit]

Candidate Votes %
Jasper Tsang Green tickY 43 61.43
Alan Leong 27 38.57
Spoilt/rejected ballots 0 0
Turnout 70 100

References[edit]

  1. ^ Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region/Chapter IV/Section 3  – via Wikisource.
  2. ^ "Election of President" (PDF). Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Hong Kong: Legislative Council. 10 October 2012. pp. 9–15.
  3. ^ "立法會主席一職的候選人陳述競選綱領和回答提問的特別論壇" (PDF).
  4. ^ "曾鈺成當選主席 張宇人掌財會". Sing Tao Daily. 11 October 2012.
  5. ^ "曾鈺成當選新一屆立法會主席". Now 新聞 (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Retrieved 5 February 2022.
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