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For originally scheduled election, see Postponement of the 2020 Hong Kong legislative election.
2021 Hong Kong legislative election
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All 70 seats to the Legislative Council
36 seats needed for a majority
Registered4,466,944 (GC)[a] Increase18.20%
  Starry Lee Lo Wai-kwok Wu Chi-wai
Leader Starry Lee Lo Wai-kwok Wu Chi-wai
Party DAB BPA Democratic
Alliance Pro-Beijing Pro-Beijing Pro-democracy
Leader's seat District Council (Second) Engineering Kowloon East
Last election 12 seats, 16.68% 7 seats, 2.29% 7 seats, 9.22%
Current seats 13 8 7
  Alvin Yeung Ng Chau-pei Felix Chung
Leader Alvin Yeung Ng Chau-pei Felix Chung
Party Civic FTU Liberal
Alliance Pro-democracy Pro-Beijing Pro-Beijing
Leader's seat New Territories East[b] No seat Textiles & Garment
Last election 6 seats, 9.59% 5 seats, 7.83% 4 seats, 0.99%
Current seats 5 4 4
  Regina Ip Paul Zimmerman Ray Chan
Leader Regina Ip Paul Zimmerman Ray Chan
Party NPP Prof Commons People Power
Alliance Pro-Beijing Pro-democracy Pro-democracy
Leader's seat Hong Kong Island Running in District Council (First)[c] New Territories East
Last election 3 seats, 7.73% 2 seats 1 seat, 5.87%
Current seats 2 2 1
Incumbent President

Andrew Leung
BPA



The 2021 Hong Kong Legislative Council election is scheduled on 5 September 2021 for the 7th Legislative Council of Hong Kong (LegCo).[1] A total of 70 members, which 35 from directly elected geographical constituencies (GCs) and 35 from indirectly elected functional constituencies (FCs), will be returned.

Originally scheduled on 6 September 2020, Chief Executive Carrie Lam announced on 31 July 2020 the invocation of the Emergency Regulations Ordinance which gave her to the emergency powers to postpone the election. She cited the recent resurgence of the COVID-19 cases and denied any political calculation behind it.[2] The delay was seen as a blow to the pro-democrats who aimed to achieve "35+" majority by riding to 2019 District Council landslide on a wave of massive protests against the government and concerns about the sweeping new national security law imposed by Beijing on Hong Kong. It was also seen as the latest in a quick series of aggressive moves by the Beijing authorities to thwart their momentum and sideline the pro-democracy movement.[3]

Postponement

Main article: Postponement of the 2020 Hong Kong legislative election
See also: 2020 Hong Kong Legislative Council candidates' disqualification controversy

Originally scheduled on 6 September 2020, the recent resurgence of the COVID-19 cases in July sparked the speculation of the possible delay of the election. Tam Yiu-chung, the sole representative from Hong Kong on National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC), suggested that the government should not rule out postponing the upcoming election, denying any criticism that the pro-Beijing camp was afraid of losing the election.[4][5]

On 31 July the last day of the nomination period, Chief Executive Carrie Lam announced the invocation of the Emergency Regulations Ordinance which gave her to the emergency powers to postpone the election. She said the elections would involve "a large-scale gathering and an immense infection risk", adding that many registered voters in mainland China and oversea would be unable to take part in the elections while border quarantine measures were in place and denied any political calculation behind it.[2][6]

The pro-democrats who hoped to ride on a wave of deep-seated dissatisfaction with the government accused Lam of using the pandemic as a pretext to stop people from voting and warned that doing so would "trigger a constitutional crisis in the city."[7] Joshua Wong who was recently disqualified from running in the election wrote on Twitter that the pandemic was being used as "as an excuse to postpone the election" and was "the largest election fraud in #HK's history."[8] Pro-democracy legislator Eddie Chu said that Chinese Communist Party was ordering "a strategic retreat." They "want to avoid a potential devastating defeat" in the election, he wrote on Twitter.[3]

The United States, the United Kingdom and the European Union slammed the government decision. Germany announced it was suspending its extradition treaty with Hong Kong over the Hong Kong government's decision "to disqualify a dozen opposition candidates for the election and to postpone the elections" showing a further encroachment on the rights of Hong Kong citizens."[9]

Retiring incumbents

Constituency Departing incumbents Party First elected Reason
Hong Kong Island Tanya Chan[10] Civic 2008 Barred from running due to her term of imprisonment
Kowloon West Ann Chiang[11] DAB 2012 Did not contest in the intra-party primary
Helena Wong[12] Democratic 2012 Lost the pro-democracy primaries
Kowloon East Wilson Or[13] DAB 2016 Withdrew due to family reason
New Territories West Leung Che-cheung[14] DAB 2012
New Territories East Fernando Cheung[15] Labour 2004
Eunice Yung[16] NPP/CF 2016 Did not contest in the intra-party primary
Health Services Joseph Lee[17]  Professionals Guild 2004 Lost the pro-democracy primaries
Labour Poon Siu-ping[18] FLU 2012
Social Welfare Shiu Ka-chun[10] Independent 2016 Barred from running due to his term of imprisonment
Tourism Yiu Si-wing[19] Independent 2012
Sports, Performing Arts,
Culture and Publication		 Ma Fung-kwok[20] New Forum 1996
Import and Export Wong Ting-kwong[21] DAB 2004
Information Technology Charles Mok[22]  bgcolor="Template:Professional Commons/meta/color | PC/PG 2012
District Council (First) Lau Kwok-fan[23] DAB 2016 Lost his North District Council seat in 2019 DC election
District Council (Second) Leung Yiu-chung[24] NWSC 1995 Withdrew from the pro-democracy primaries

Opinion polling

By camps

Date(s)
conducted 		Polling source Sample size Pro-democracy Pro-Beijing Undecided/Not Voting/Other Lead
15–18 June 2020 HKPORI 1,002 53% 29% 18% 24%
17–20 March 2020 HKPORI 1,001 58% 22% 20% 36%
4 September 2016 2016 election results 55.0% 40.2% (41.7/4.9%) 14.9%

Notes

  1. ^ 2020 voter registration figure.
  2. ^ Yeung was barred from standing in the originally scheduled election.
  3. ^ As of his nomination in the originally scheduled election.

References

  1. ^ "Hong Kong postpones election for a year as coronavirus cases surge". CNBC. 31 July 2020.
  2. ^ a b "LegCo General Election postponed for a year". Hong Kong Government. 31 July 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Hong Kong Delays Election, Citing Coronavirus. The Opposition Isn't Buying It". New York Times. 31 July 2020.
  4. ^ "Tam Yiu-chung suggests readying to put off polls". The Standard. 20 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Politicians debate postponing Hong Kong election". Asia Times. 21 July 2020.
  6. ^ "Decision to delay election not political". Hong Kong Government. 31 July 2020.
  7. ^ "Hong Kong's Elections Were Already Rigged. Now They Won't Happen". The Diplomat. 1 August 2020.
  8. ^ "Hong Kong postpones elections for a year 'over virus concerns'". BBC. 31 July 2020.
  9. ^ "Germany suspends extradition treaty with Hong Kong citing election delay – minister". Hong Kong Free Press. 31 July 2020.
  10. ^ a b "【佔中判刑】判監8月緩刑2年　陳淑莊無緣競逐連任". 香港01. 1 June 2019. Archived from the original on 10 June 2019. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  11. ^ "立法會9月換屆　蔣麗芸不參加黨內初選 (19:58)". Ming Pao (in Chinese). 1 February 2020. Archived from the original on 11 February 2020. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  12. ^ "本土派大捷 黃碧雲料「出局」 胡志偉涂謹申末位入閘　馬嶽：選民睇人唔睇黨". Ming Pao. 14 July 2020. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  13. ^ "【立法會選舉】柯創盛家庭為由宣佈棄選九東　交代決定時多次哽咽". 經濟日報. 1 June 2020.
  14. ^ "告別議會｜梁志祥專訪：問責制不改，做建制派仍是「有辱無榮」". Hong Kong 01. 9 July 2020. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  15. ^ "張超雄擬交棒 下屆淡出立會". Hong Kong Economic Times (in Chinese). 9 July 2018. Archived from the original on 14 July 2018. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  16. ^ "【政情】容海恩批初選內定拒抬轎　黨友讚退選「難得」聰明". now TV. 1 March 2020. Archived from the original on 30 March 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  17. ^ "民主派初選｜衞生服務界大敗　李國麟服從結果：得186票打咗個突". Hong Kong 01. 14 July 2020. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  18. ^ "【立會選舉】勞工界潘兆平棄連任　被稱「隱形人」：只向工友交代". 香港01. 8 January 2020. Archived from the original on 16 February 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  19. ^ "【立法會選舉●旅遊界】中旅社姚思榮撐姚柏良接棒：我哋同一間公司㗎嘛！". Apple Daily. 16 July 2020. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  20. ^ "【立會選戰】霍啟剛時隔八年接父棒戰「體演文出」 嘉賓盼以留住郭晶晶魄力為業界爭取成續". 香港獨立媒體. 2 July 2020.
  21. ^ "民建聯「登六」議員被點名交棒". 信報. 2 July 2018. Archived from the original on 20 July 2018. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  22. ^ "立法會選舉｜莫乃光：不會競逐連任　交棒予「比自己年輕」業界代表 (21:35)". Ming Pao. 15 July 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  23. ^ "公布立會參選名單 民建聯12路大軍戰立會". 香港G報. 1 July 2020.
  24. ^ "街工決定不參選今年立法會選舉". RTHK. 2 June 2020.
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