Hong Kong Election Committee Subsector elections, 2000

2000 Election Committee Subsector Elections

9 July 2000

664 (of the 800) seats in the Election Committee Turnout 19.49%   First party Second party   PA Leader Ambrose Lau Tsang Yok-sing Party Progressive Alliance DAB Alliance Pro-Beijing Pro-Beijing Seats won 66 60   Third party Fourth party   Leader James Tien Martin Lee Party Liberal Democratic Alliance Pro-Beijing Pro-democracy Seats won 28 22

The 2000 Election Committee Subsector Elections were held on 9 July 2000 to elect 664 members of Election Committee. The Election Committee was responsible for electing the Legislative Council members of the Election Committee constituency, as well as the Chief Executive of Hong Kong in the following 2002 Chief Executive election.

Composition

The 800-member Election Committee had four sectors were sub-divided into 38 subsectors. The sectors, subsectors and the numbers of the Election Committee members to be returned by each subsector. The National People's Congress Subsector and the Legislative Council Subsector did not hold elections as the Hong Kong deputies to the National People's Congress and the Legislative Council members were ex-officio members of the Election Committee. The members from the Religious Subsector were returned by way of nomination.^[1]

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 (“NPC”) (36)
2. Legislative Council (60)
3. Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (“CPPCC”) (41)
4. Heung Yee Kuk (21)
5. Hong Kong and Kowloon District Councils (21)
6. New Territories District Councils (21)

Nominations

During the nomination period from 31 May to 7 June 2000, all 35 subsectors received a total of 911 nominations of candidates. 182 validly nominated in nine subsectors and two sub-subsectors were returned uncontested; and 723 validly nominated were to contest in the remaining 25 subsectors and two sub-subsectors for 482 seats in the Election Committee.^[1]

Results

Of the total electorate of 168,434 from the contested subsectors, only 32,823 turned up for the poll, a mere 19.49%. This was considerably lower than the 23.38% in respect of the 1998 subsector elections. The Election Committee thus formed comprised 90 ex-officio members, 40 members nominated from the Religious Subsector, 182 returned uncontested and 482 returned contested from the elections, making a total of 794 members. This falls short of the generally known figure of 800 by six because four members had dual capacities, i.e. they were both deputies to the National People's Congress and Legislative Council members, one Legislative Council member had resigned from the Council before the term of office ended on 30 June 2000, and one deputy to the National People's Congress could not be an Election Committee member for not being a permanent resident of Hong Kong.^[1]

Results by subsector

Statistics are generated from the Report on the 2000 Legislative Council Elections.^[1]

Sector	Subsector	Registered voters	Candidates	Elected	Votes	Turnout
I	Catering	6,965	19	11	827	11.88
I	Commercial (First)	1,263	17	12	349	30.91
I	Commercial (Second)	1,793	12	12	uncontested
I	Employers' Federation of Hong Kong	137	11	11	uncontested
I	Finance	176	15	12	97	70.29
I	Financial Services	548	18	12	294	65.33
I	Hong Kong Chinese Enterprises Association	345	11	11	uncontested
I	Hotel	92	11	11	77	uncontested
I	Import and Export	1,408	12	12	uncontested
I	Industrial (First)	814	22	12	412	56.05
I	Industrial (Second)	616	12	12	uncontested
I	Insurance	177	15	12	131	76.16
I	Real Estate and Construction	677	13	12	412	63.58
I	Textiles and Garment	4,693	12	12	uncontested
I	Tourism	806	17	12	353	50.00
I	Transport	146	15	12	103	70.55
I	Wholesale and Retail	3,363	16	12	945	28.66
I	Sub-total for First Sector	24,019	248	200	4,000	22.47
II	Accountancy	12,782	40	20	1,978	15.47
II	Architectural, Surveying and Planning	3,829	28	20	907	23.69
II	Chinese Medicine	2,885	47	20	1,180	40.90
II	Education	66,562	38	20	11,943	17.94
II	Engineering	6,034	39	20	1,915	31.74
II	Health Services	31,655	30	20	3,085	9.75
II	Higher Education	4,796	33	20	977	20.37
II	Information Technology	3,859	22	20	845	21.95
II	Legal	4,177	35	20	1,234	29.54
II	Medical	7,723	47	20	2,097	27.15
II	Sub-total for Second Sector	144,302	359	200	26,161	18.13
III	Agriculture and Fisheries	167	40	40	uncontested
III	Labour	455	49	40	289	69.30
III	Religious	N/A	40	40	no election
III	Social Welfare	8,105	48	40	1,734	21.44
III	Sports, Performing Arts, Culture and Publication (Performing Arts)	212	13	10	93	43.87
III	Sports, Performing Arts, Culture and Publication (Culture)	473	13	10	211	44.61
III	Sports, Performing Arts, Culture and Publication (Others)	591	20	20	uncontested
III	Sub-total for Third Sector	10,003	223	200	2,327	19.00
IV	National People's Congress	N/A	36	36	ex officio
IV	Legislative Council	N/A	60	60	ex officio
IV	Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference	128	41	41	uncontested
IV	Heung Yee Kuk	143	23	21	105	73.43
IV	Hong Kong and Kowloon District Councils	223	25	21	164	73.54
IV	New Territories District Councils	206	23	21	143	69.42
IV	Sub-total for Fourth Sector	700	208	200	412	72.03
	TOTAL	179,024	1,038	800	32,823	19.49

Results by political party

Affiliation		Elected[2]
	Hong Kong Progressive Alliance	66
	Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong	60
	Liberal Party	28
	Democratic Party	22
	The Frontier	5
	New Century Forum	3
	Civil Force	2
	Citizens Party	1
	Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood	1

References

1. REPORT ON THE 2000 LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTIONS. Electoral Affairs Commission.
2. Young, Simon N. M.; Cullen, Richard (2010). Electing Hong Kong's Chief Executive. Hong Kong University Press. p. 70.