Electoral Affairs Commission

Electoral Affairs Commission

選舉管理委員會
Emblem of Hong Kong
Agency overview
Formed	September 29, 1997 (1997-09-29)
Preceding agency	Boundary and Election Commission 選區分界及選舉事務委員會
Jurisdiction	Hong Kong
Headquarters	10th floor, Harbour Centre, 25 Harbour Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong
Agency executive	Mr Justice Barnabas Fung, Chairman
Parent department	Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau
Key document	Electoral Affairs Commission Ordinance
Website	www.eac.gov.hk

Electoral Affairs Commission
Traditional Chinese	選舉管理委員會
Transcriptions Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Syún géui gún léih wái yùhn wuih Jyutping Syun2 geoi2 gun2 lei5 wai2 jyun4 wui6

The Electoral Affairs Commission (EAC) is the body, established under the Electoral Affairs Commission Ordinance., that oversees electoral matters in Hong Kong. Its main functions include considering or reviewing the boundaries of Legislative Council geographical constituencies and constituencies of the 18 District Councils for the purpose of making recommendations, and overseeing the conduct and supervision of elections and regulating the procedures at an election. It is also responsible for supervision of the registration of electors and the promotional activities relating to registration.

History

In 1997, the EAC succeeded the former Boundary and Election Commission (Chinese: 選區分界及選舉事務委員會), which was established on 23 July 1993. It is headed by a chairman, a position which has always been filled a High Court (formerly known as Supreme Court) judge. The executive body that is responsible for elections is the Registration and Electoral Office (Chinese: 選舉事務處), which reports to the Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs (the Secretary for Constitutional Affairs before 1 July 2007).

Chairman

#	Name	Tenure stard	Tenure end	Tenure length
1	Woo Kwok-hing, GBS	29 September 1997	16 August 2006	8 years and 322 days
2	Pang Kin-kee, SBS	17 August 2006	16 August 2009	3 years and 0 days
3	Barnabas Fung Wah, GBS	17 August 2009	Incumbent	15 years and 101 days

See also

• Boundary commission
• Election management body

References

• Günther Doeker-Mach; Guenther Doeker-Mach; Klaus A. Ziegert; Alice Erh-Soon Tay (2004). Law and Legal Culture in Comparative Perspective. Franz Steiner Verlag. pp. 428–. ISBN 978-3-515-08560-1.