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1998 Hong Kong Election Committee Subsector elections

The 1998 Election Committee subsector elections were held on 2 April 1998 to form the Election Committee responsible for electing the Chief Executive of Hong Kong as well as 10 seats of the Election Committee constituency in the first Legislative Council election in May 1998. The 800-member Election Committee was formed, consisting of 77 ex-officio members; 40 members nominated by the Religious Subsector; 95 returned uncontested from four subsectors; and 588 returned from 31 subsectors after the subsector elections.[1]

1998 Election Committee subsector elections
2 April 1998 2000 →
664 (of the 800) seats in the Election Committee
401 seats needed for a majority
Turnout23.38%
  First party Second party
  PA
Leader Tsang Yok-sing Ambrose Lau
Party DAB HKPA
Alliance Pro-Beijing Pro-Beijing
Seats won 29 11
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Martin Lee Allen Lee
Party Democratic Liberal
Alliance Pro-democracy Pro-Beijing
Seats won 8 7

Formation of the Election Committee

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A Election Committee was set up under the Annex I of the Hong Kong Basic Law with four sectors, each comprising 200 members of the Election Committee:[1]

  1. industrial, commercial and financial;
  2. the professions;
  3. labour, social services and religious; and
  4. political, including members of the Provisional Legislative Council, Hong Kong deputies to the National People's Congress, representatives of Hong Kong members of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and representatives of district-based organisations.

The four sectors are subdivided into 38 subsectors. Members from 35 of the subsectors were returned by election and three subsectors do not require election: the National People's Congress subsector and the Provisional Legislative Council subsector since the Hong Kong deputies to the National People's Congress and the members of the Provisional Legislative Council are ex-officio members of the Election Committee, and the Religious subsector's EC members were returned by way of nomination.[1]

Subsectors of the Election Committee

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The 38 Subsectors and the number of the members were:

First Sector:

  1. Catering (11)
  2. Commercial (first) (12)
  3. Commercial (second) (12)
  4. Employers’ Federation of Hong Kong (11)
  5. Finance (12)
  6. Financial services (12)
  7. Hong Kong Chinese Enterprises Association (11)
  8. Hotel (11)
  9. Import and export (12)
  10. Industrial (first) (12)
  11. Industrial (second) (12)
  12. Insurance (12)
  13. Real estate and construction (12)
  14. Textiles and garment (12)
  15. Tourism (12)
  16. Transport (12)
  17. Wholesale and retail (12)

Second Sector:

  1. Accountancy (20)
  2. Architectural, surveying and planning (20)
  3. Chinese medicine (20)
  4. Education (20)
  5. Engineering (20)
  6. Health services (20)
  7. Higher education (20)
  8. Information technology (20)
  9. Legal (20)
  10. Medical (20)

Third Sector:

  1. Agriculture and fisheries (40)
  2. Labour (40)
  3. Religious (40)
  4. Social welfare (40)
  5. Sports, performing arts, culture and publication (40)

Fourth Sector:

  1. National People's Congress (36)
  2. Provisional Legislative Council (60)
  3. Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (41)
  4. Heung Yee Kuk (21)
  5. Hong Kong and Kowloon Provisional District Boards (21)
  6. New Territories Provisional District Boards (21)

Nominations

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There were total of 1,074 nominations of all the 35 subsectors during the nomination period from 13 March to 20 March 1998 while 1,058 of them validly nominated for the 35 subsectors. The candidates for four of the 35 subsectors were returned uncontested. Since 117 Election Committee members were either ex-officio or nominated by the Religious subsector, and four subsectors returning 95 Election Committee members were uncontested, there were 963 candidates remaining to contesting in 31 subsectors for 588 seats in the EC.[1]

Results

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Statistics are generated from the Report on the 1998 Legislative Council Elections.[1]

Sector Subsector Registered
voters		 Candidates Elected
I Catering 1,756 20 11
I Commercial (First) 1,293 18 12
I Commercial (Second) 1,744 12 12
I Employers' Federation of Hong Kong 126 14 11
I Finance 199 15 12
I Financial Services 531 25 12
I Hong Kong Chinese Enterprises Association 221 11 11
I Hotel 81 29 11
I Import and Export 1,161 14 12
I Industrial (First) 720 15 12
I Industrial (Second) 548 12 12
I Insurance 192 19 12
I Real Estate and Construction 392 21 12
I Textiles and Garment 2,737 13 12
I Tourism 746 17 12
I Transport 130 31 12
I Wholesale and Retail 2,204 27 12
I Sub-total for First Sector 14,781 313 200
II Accountancy 9,897 39 20
II Architectural, Surveying and Planning 3,216 36 20
II Chinese Medicine 2,266 32 20
II Education 56,702 36 20
II Engineering 5,350 48 20
II Health Services 27,480 26 20
II Higher Education 4,488 27 20
II Information Technology 3,144 53 20
II Legal 3,558 33 20
II Medical 6,784 49 20
II Sub-total for Second Sector 122,885 379 200
III Agriculture and Fisheries 165 69 40
III Labour 409 49 40
III Religious N/A 40 40
III Social Welfare 3,390 49 40
III Sports, Performing Arts, Culture and Publication (Sports) 1,134 11 10
III Sports, Performing Arts, Culture and Publication (Performing Arts) 13 10
III Sports, Performing Arts, Culture and Publication (Culture) 24 10
III Sports, Performing Arts, Culture and Publication (Publication) 11 10
III Sub-total for Third Sector 5,098 266 200
IV National People's Congress N/A 36 36
IV Legislative Council N/A 60 60
IV Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference 113 41 41
IV Heung Yee Kuk 105 22 21
IV Hong Kong and Kowloon District Councils 229 37 21
IV New Territories District Councils 206 23 21
IV Sub-total for Fourth Sector 671 219 200
TOTAL 143,435 1,177 800

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e REPORT ON THE 1998 LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTIONS (PDF). {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
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