2006 Election Committee subsector elections
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664 (of the 800) seats in the Election Committee
401 seats needed for a majority
Registered220,307 Increase23.06%
Turnout56,142 (27.43%) Increase7.94pp
  First party Second party
  DAB
Leader Ma Lik James Tien
Party DAB Liberal
Alliance Pro-Beijing Pro-Beijing
Seats won 40 21
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Audrey Eu Lee Wing-tat
Party Civic Democratic
Alliance Pan-democracy Pan-democracy
Seats won 19 15

The 2006 Election Committee subsector elections were held from 7.30 am to 10.30 pm on 10 December 2006 in order to elect 664 members of Election Committee.[1] The Election Committee was responsible for electing the Hong Kong SAR Chief Executive in 2007 Chief Executive Election.

Background

In 2002, Tung Chee-hwa who failed from favour with many Hong Kong people was elected as Chief Executive of Hong Kong in the 2002 poll which the pro-democracy camp boycotted. This time, however, the pro-democracy decided to take part in the Chief Executive election in an attempt to force candidates to care more about the people's livelihood and prevent Donald Tsang reelected uncontested. After discussion, the camp decided that Alan Leong would run as a representative of the camp. As a result, the camp tried hard to gain at least 100 representatives of theirs to get the nomination threshold to enter the race.

Election methods

The General qualifications for candidature are a registered geographical constituency elector; and a registered voter of the concerned subsector or has a substantial connection with that subsector. 5 subscribers are required for nomination of the concerned subsector.[1]

Composition

The 800-member Election Committee was composed of 664 members elected from 35 subsectors; 40 members nominated by the religious subsector; and 96 ex-officio members (Hong Kong deputies to the National People's Congress and Legislative Council members).[2] The 38 subsectors are listed as follows:[1]

  1. Heung Yee Kuk (21)
  2. Agriculture and Fisheries (40)
  3. Insurance (12)
  4. Transport (12)
  5. Education (20)
  6. Legal (20)
  7. Accountancy (20)
  8. Medical (20)
  9. Health Services (20)
  10. Engineering (20)
  11. Architectural, Surveying and Planning (20)
  12. Labour (40)
  13. Social Welfare (40)
  14. Real Estate and Construction (12)
  15. Tourism (12)
  16. Commercial (First) (12)
  17. Commercial (Second) (12)
  18. Industrial (First) (12)
  19. Industrial (Second) (12)
  20. Finance (12)
  21. Financial Services (12)
  22. Sports, Performing Arts, Culture and Publication (40)
  23. Import and Export (12)
  24. Textiles and Garment (12)
  25. Wholesale and Retail (12)
  26. Information Technology (20)
  27. Higher Education (20)
  28. Hotel (11)
  29. Catering (11)
  30. Chinese Medicine (20)
  31. Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (41)
  32. Employers' Federation of HK (11)
  33. HK and Kowloon District Councils (21)
  34. New Territories District Councils (21)
  35. HK Chinese Enterprises Association (11)
  36. National People's Congress (36)
  37. Legislative Council (60)
  38. Religious (40)

Results

This election is considered as a "decisive victory" by the pro-democracy camp. Out of the 137 candidates, 114 candidates won, together with the 20 ex-officio members of the Legislative Council, there was enough number of nominees required for Alan Leong to be nominated in 2007 election.

Results by subsector

Statistics are generated from the official election website:

Sector Subsector Registered
voters		 Candidates Elected Votes Turnout
I Catering 8,191 11 11 uncontested
I Commercial (First) 990 12 12 uncontested
I Commercial (Second) 1,792 12 12 uncontested
I Employers' Federation of Hong Kong 112 11 11 uncontested
I Finance 136 12 12 uncontested
I Financial Services 580 29 12 377 65.00
I Hong Kong Chinese Enterprises Association 319 11 11 uncontested
I Hotel 95 15 11 77 81.05
I Import and Export 1,392 12 12 uncontested
I Industrial (First) 743 12 12 uncontested
I Industrial (Second) 517 12 12 uncontested
I Insurance 140 13 12 92 65.71
I Real Estate and Construction 719 17 12 467 64.95
I Textiles and Garment 3,779 13 12 912 24.13
I Tourism 887 29 12 569 64.15
I Transport 179 19 12 141 78.77
I Wholesale and Retail 4,244 15 12 1,369 32.26
I Sub-total for First Sector 24,815 255 200 4,004 37.69
II Accountancy 20,765 38 20 5,904 28.43
II Architectural, Surveying and Planning 5,584 42 20 1,993 35.69
II Chinese Medicine 4,250 39 20 1,851 43.55
II Education 78,840 31 20 17,223 21.85
II Engineering 7,742 42 20 3,147 40.65
II Health Services 35,873 37 20 5,798 16.16
II Higher Education 6,865 49 20 2,505 36.49
II Information Technology 5,004 39 20 2,306 46.08
II Legal 5,560 42 20 2,253 40.52
II Medical 10,087 63 20 3,218 31.90
II Sub-total for Second Sector 180,570 422 200 46,198 25.58
III Agriculture and Fisheries 160 40 40 uncontested
III Labour 554 52 40 374 67.51
III Religious N/A 40 40 no election
III Social Welfare 11,656 99 40 4,724 40.53
III Sports, Performing Arts, Culture and Publication (Culture Sub-subsector) 792 13 10 432 54.55
III Sports, Performing Arts, Culture and Publication (Other Sub-subsectors) 1,044 30 30 uncontested
III Sub-total for Third Sector 14,206 274 200 5,530 42.53
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 118 41 41 uncontested
IV Heung Yee Kuk 147 21 21 uncontested
IV Hong Kong and Kowloon District Councils 221 33 21 199 90.05
IV New Territories District Councils 230 40 21 211 91.74
IV Sub-total for Fourth Sector 716 231 200 410 90.91
TOTAL 220,307 1,182 800 56,142 27.43

Results by political party

The election results are generated from the official election website. The political affiliations are according to the candidate's self-proclaimed affiliations shown on the election platforms, as well as from the Apple Daily and other news. Candidates who are members of political party but did not state in their platforms may not be shown in this table.

Summary of the 10 December 2006 Election Committee Subsector election results
Affiliation 1st Sector 2nd Sector 3rd Sector 4th Sector Total
Standing Elected Standing Elected Standing Elected Standing Elected Standing Elected
Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong 18 17 2 0 7 7 16 16 43 40
Liberal Party 14 13 8 5 – 4 3 26 21
Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions – – 12 12 – 12 12
Federation of Hong Kong and Kowloon Labour Unions – – 4 4 – 4 4
Education Convergence – 5 3 – – 5 3
Civil Force – – – 2 2 2 2
New Century Forum 1 1 – – – 1 1
Estimated pro-Beijing individuals and others 217 169 299 104 164 106 86 83 766 462
Total for pro-Beijing camp 250 200 314 112 187 129 108 104 859 545
Civic Party 3 0 15 15 5 4 2 0 25 19
Democratic Party – 9 9 7 6 25 0 41 15
Hong Kong Social Workers' General Union[table 1] – – 21 10 – 21 10
Demo-Social 12[table 2] – – 11 9 – 11 9
Hong Kong Professional Teachers' Union[table 3] – 8 8 – – 8 8
Academics In Support of Democracy[table 4] – 6 6 – – 6 6
Engineers for Universal Suffrage[table 5] – 6 6 – – 6 6
IT Voice – 6 6 – – 6 6
Democratic Accountants[table 6] – 5 5 – – 5 5
Hong Kong Caritas Employees Union – – 2 1 – 2 1
Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood – – 1 1 – 1 1
Hong Kong Democratic Development Network – 1 1 – – 1 1
Hong Kong Democratic Foundation – 1 1 – – 1 1
Pro-democratic individuals and others 2 0 28 26 – – 30 26
Total for pro-democracy camp 5 0 85 83 47 31 27 0 164 114
Hong Kong Public Doctors' Association – 13 5 – – 13 5
Hong Kong Chinese Medicine Practitioners' Rights General Union – 10 0 – – 10 0
Total (turnout 27.43%) 255 200 422 200 234 160 135 104 1,046 664
  1. ^ Note 1: The group had total a 25-candidate list and 14 of them states their affiliation with SWGU and 4 of them are counted as their party's candidates in this table as they state in their election platforms.
  2. ^ Note 2: The group had total of 21 candidates in total but 10 of them are counted as their party's candidates in this table as they state in their election platforms.
  3. ^ Note 3: The group had total of 12 candidates in total but 4 of them are counted as Democratic Party's candidate in this table as they state in their election platforms.
  4. ^ Note 4: The group had total of 15 candidates in total but 9 of them are counted as their party's candidates in this table as they state in their election platforms.
  5. ^ Note 5: The group had total of 8 candidates in total but two of them are counted as Civic Party's candidate in this table as they state in their election platforms.
  6. ^ Note 6: The group had total of 7 candidates in total but two of them are counted as Civic Party's candidate in this table as they state in their election platforms.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "2006 Election Committee Subsection Elections - Facts and Figures". Electoral Affairs Commission. Archived from the original on 27 December 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
  2. ^ "Function of the Election Committee". Hong Kong: HKSAR Government. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
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