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The '''Democratic Party leadership election''' was held on 12 December 2004 for the leadership including chairman, two vice-chairman posts and 27 members of the 6th Central Committee of the [[Democratic Party (Hong Kong)|Democratic Party]] in Hong Kong. [[Legislative Council of Hong Kong|Legislative Council]] member and party's Vice-Chiarman [[Lee Wing-tat]] defeated the [[Chan King-ming]], succeeding [[Yeung Sum]] as the Chairman of the party.
The '''Democratic Party leadership election''' was held on 12 December 2004 for the leadership including chairman, two vice-chairman posts and 27 members of the 6th Central Committee of the [[Democratic Party (Hong Kong)|Democratic Party]] in Hong Kong. It was the first contested chairmanship election in the party's history. [[Legislative Council of Hong Kong|Legislative Council]] member and party's Vice-Chiarman [[Lee Wing-tat]] defeated the [[Chan King-ming]], succeeding [[Yeung Sum]] as the Chairman of the party.


==Eligibility==
==Eligibility==
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==Overview==
==Overview==
Chairman [[Yeung Sum]] announced he would not seek for re-election after the party performed badly in the [[Hong Kong legislative election, 2004|2004 Hong Kong Legislative Council election]] in September. The incumbent Vice-Chairmen [[Lee Wing-tat]] and [[Albert Ho Chun-yan]] were believed to be interested in succeeding Yeung. Lee Wing-tat had expressed that he would run for Chairman in the December party leadership election. Ho also said Lee was an suitable candidate.<ref name="Epoch">{{cite news|newspaper=Epoch Times|url=http://www.epochtimes.com/b5/4/12/13/n746185.htm|title=李永達當選民主黨主席|date=13 December 2004|language=Chinese}}</ref>
Chairman [[Yeung Sum]] announced he would not seek for re-election after the party performed badly in the [[Hong Kong legislative election, 2004|2004 Hong Kong Legislative Council election]] in September. The incumbent Vice-Chairmen [[Lee Wing-tat]] and [[Albert Ho Chun-yan]] were believed to be interested in succeeding Yeung. Lee Wing-tat had expressed that he would run for Chairman in the December party leadership election. Ho also said Lee was an suitable candidate.<ref name="Epoch">{{cite news|newspaper=Epoch Times|url=http://www.epochtimes.com/b5/4/12/13/n746185.htm|title=李永達當選民主黨主席|date=13 December 2004|language=Chinese}}</ref> However, Albert Ho said he was not keen to run for the Chairmanship because he was busy working for other organisations, such as the [[Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements in China]] where he was the Secretary. [[Chan King-ming]], who was seen as a Reformist said a genuine contest for the leadership was necessary for the party's future.<ref>{{cite news|title=Two expected to join Democrat contest|date=23 November 2004|first1=Gary|last1=Cheung|first2=Ambrose|last2=Leung}}</ref>


==Elections==
{{Election box begin | title=Democratic Party leadership election: Chairman<ref name="results"/>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (Hong Kong)
|candidate = [[Lee Wing-tat]]
|votes = 189
|percentage = 62.6
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (Hong Kong)
|candidate = [[Chan King-ming]]
|votes = 113
|percentage = 37.4
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=Democratic Party leadership election: Vice-Chairmen<ref name="results"/>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (Hong Kong)
|candidate = '''[[Chan King-ming]]'''
|votes = 205
|percentage = 40.5
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (Hong Kong)
|candidate = '''[[Albert Ho Chun-yan]]'''
|votes = 205
|percentage = 40.5
|change =
}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (Hong Kong)
|candidate = [[Zachary Wong Wai-yin]]
|votes = 96
|percentage = 19.0
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=Democratic Party leadership election: Central Committee<ref name="results"/>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (Hong Kong)
|candidate = '''[[Law Chi-kwong]]'''
|votes = 248
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (Hong Kong)
|candidate = '''[[Yeung Sum]]'''
|votes = 238
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (Hong Kong)
|candidate = '''[[Szeto Wah]]'''
|votes = 232
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (Hong Kong)
|candidate = '''Josephine Chan Shu-ying'''
|votes = 220
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (Hong Kong)
|candidate = '''[[Wu Chi-wai]]'''
|votes = 209
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (Hong Kong)
|candidate = '''[[Sin Chung-kai]]'''
|votes = 208
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (Hong Kong)
|candidate = '''Chan Ka-wai'''
|votes = 202
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (Hong Kong)
|candidate = '''Tsui Hon-kwong'''
|votes = 200
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (Hong Kong)
|candidate = '''Mark Li Kin-yin'''
|votes = 199
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (Hong Kong)
|candidate = '''[[James To Kun-sun]]'''
|votes = 199
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (Hong Kong)
|candidate = '''Cheung Yin-tung'''
|votes = 196
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (Hong Kong)
|candidate = '''Stanley Ng Win-fai'''
|votes = 193
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (Hong Kong)
|candidate = '''Wong Suet-ying'''
|votes = 193
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (Hong Kong)
|candidate = '''[[Tik Chi-yuen]]'''
|votes = 188
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (Hong Kong)
|candidate = '''Yeung Siu-pik'''
|votes = 187
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (Hong Kong)
|candidate = '''[[Nelson Wong Sing-chi]]'''
|votes = 180
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (Hong Kong)
|candidate = '''Kwan Wing-yip'''
|votes = 179
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (Hong Kong)
|candidate = '''Andrew Fung Wai-kwong'''
|votes = 172
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (Hong Kong)
|candidate = '''Horward Lam Tsz-kin'''
|votes = 170
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (Hong Kong)
|candidate = '''[[Zachary Wong Wai-yin]]'''
|votes = 168
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (Hong Kong)
|candidate = '''[[Gary Fan Kwok-wai]]'''
|votes = 162
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (Hong Kong)
|candidate = '''Yuen Bun-keung'''
|votes = 156
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (Hong Kong)
|candidate = '''Law Chun-ngai'''
|votes = 151
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (Hong Kong)
|candidate = '''Cosmas Kwong Kwok-chuen'''
|votes = 150
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (Hong Kong)
|candidate = '''Raymond Lee Wai-man'''
|votes = 150
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (Hong Kong)
|candidate = '''Joanna Leung Suk-ching'''
|votes = 143
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (Hong Kong)
|candidate = Ng Kam-sing{{ref|a}}
|votes = 126
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (Hong Kong)
|candidate = Wong Chun-wai{{ref|a}}
|votes = 126
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (Hong Kong)
|candidate = Alan Tam King-wah
|votes = 125
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (Hong Kong)
|candidate = Chow Wai-tung
|votes = 124
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (Hong Kong)
|candidate = Joseph Chow Kam-siu
|votes = 111
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (Hong Kong)
|candidate = Lam Ho-yeung
|votes = 109
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (Hong Kong)
|candidate = Chiu Chung-lam
|votes = 105
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (Hong Kong)
|candidate = Stephen Fong Chun-bong
|votes = 85
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (Hong Kong)
|candidate = Lam Wing-yin
|votes = 83
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (Hong Kong)
|candidate = Wong Kin-shing
|votes = 78
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (Hong Kong)
|candidate = Joseph Lai Chi-keong
|votes = 74
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (Hong Kong)
|candidate = Yam Kai-bong
|votes = 74
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (Hong Kong)
|candidate = Wong Leung-hi
|votes = 60
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (Hong Kong)
|candidate = Lau Tai-sang
|votes = 52
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (Hong Kong)
|candidate = Sham Wing-kan
|votes = 46
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (Hong Kong)
|candidate = Wong Fung-yau
|votes = 10
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}

==Results==
In the election on 12 December, Lee Wing-tat, the major figure in the mainstreamer faction defeated [[Chan King-ming]] from the Young Turks faction with 189 to 113 votes. Chan who was also a Vice-Chairman candidate and Albert Ho both got elected with 205 votes, higher than the thrid candidate [[Zachary Wong Wai-yin]] who only got 96 votes, being elected as the new two Vice-Charimen.<ref name="results">{{cite web|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20041214025537/http://www.dphk.org/2003/images/thumbphoto/04agm_result.doc|title=第六屆中央委員會及紀律委員會選舉結果|work=The Democratic Party|language=Chinese|date=12 December 2004}}</ref>
In the election on 12 December, Lee Wing-tat, the major figure in the mainstreamer faction defeated [[Chan King-ming]] from the Young Turks faction with 189 to 113 votes. Chan who was also a Vice-Chairman candidate and Albert Ho both got elected with 205 votes, higher than the thrid candidate [[Zachary Wong Wai-yin]] who only got 96 votes, being elected as the new two Vice-Charimen.<ref name="results">{{cite web|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20041214025537/http://www.dphk.org/2003/images/thumbphoto/04agm_result.doc|title=第六屆中央委員會及紀律委員會選舉結果|work=The Democratic Party|language=Chinese|date=12 December 2004}}</ref>


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:* Kwan Wing-yip
:* Kwan Wing-yip
:* Cosmas Kwong Kwok-chuen
:* Cosmas Kwong Kwok-chuen
:* Ronald Lam Tsz-kin
:* Howard Lam Tsz-kin
:* [[Law Chi-kwong]]
:* [[Law Chi-kwong]]
:* Law Chun-ngai
:* Law Chun-ngai
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:* [[Tik Chi-yuen]]
:* [[Tik Chi-yuen]]
:* [[James To Kun-sun]]
:* [[James To Kun-sun]]
:* Tsui Hon-kwong
:* [[Nelson Wong Sing-chi]]
:* [[Nelson Wong Sing-chi]]
:* Wong Suet-ying
:* Wong Suet-ying
:* [[Zachary Wong Wai-yin]]
:* [[Wu Chi-wai]]
:* [[Wu Chi-wai]]
:* Yeung Sik-pik
:* Yeung Sik-pik

Revision as of 13:09, 22 January 2014

Democratic Party (HK) leadership election
← 2002 17 December 2004 2006 →
 
Candidate Lee Wing-tat Chan King-ming
Percentage 62.6% 37.4%
Chairman before election

Yeung Sum

 Elected Chairman

Lee Wing-tat

The Democratic Party leadership election was held on 12 December 2004 for the leadership including chairman, two vice-chairman posts and 27 members of the 6th Central Committee of the Democratic Party in Hong Kong. It was the first contested chairmanship election in the party's history. Legislative Council member and party's Vice-Chiarman Lee Wing-tat defeated the Chan King-ming, succeeding Yeung Sum as the Chairman of the party.

Eligibility

The Central Committee was elected by the party congress. All public office holders, including the members of the Legislative Council and District Councils, are eligible to vote in the party congress. Every 30 members can also elect a delegate who holds one vote in the congress.[1]

Overview

Chairman Yeung Sum announced he would not seek for re-election after the party performed badly in the 2004 Hong Kong Legislative Council election in September. The incumbent Vice-Chairmen Lee Wing-tat and Albert Ho Chun-yan were believed to be interested in succeeding Yeung. Lee Wing-tat had expressed that he would run for Chairman in the December party leadership election. Ho also said Lee was an suitable candidate.[2] However, Albert Ho said he was not keen to run for the Chairmanship because he was busy working for other organisations, such as the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements in China where he was the Secretary. Chan King-ming, who was seen as a Reformist said a genuine contest for the leadership was necessary for the party's future.[3]

Elections

Democratic Party leadership election: Chairman[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Lee Wing-tat 189 62.6
Democratic Chan King-ming 113 37.4
Democratic Party leadership election: Vice-Chairmen[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Chan King-ming 205 40.5
Democratic Albert Ho Chun-yan 205 40.5
Democratic Zachary Wong Wai-yin 96 19.0
Democratic Party leadership election: Central Committee[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Law Chi-kwong 248
Democratic Yeung Sum 238
Democratic Szeto Wah 232
Democratic Josephine Chan Shu-ying 220
Democratic Wu Chi-wai 209
Democratic Sin Chung-kai 208
Democratic Chan Ka-wai 202
Democratic Tsui Hon-kwong 200
Democratic Mark Li Kin-yin 199
Democratic James To Kun-sun 199
Democratic Cheung Yin-tung 196
Democratic Stanley Ng Win-fai 193
Democratic Wong Suet-ying 193
Democratic Tik Chi-yuen 188
Democratic Yeung Siu-pik 187
Democratic Nelson Wong Sing-chi 180
Democratic Kwan Wing-yip 179
Democratic Andrew Fung Wai-kwong 172
Democratic Horward Lam Tsz-kin 170
Democratic Zachary Wong Wai-yin 168
Democratic Gary Fan Kwok-wai 162
Democratic Yuen Bun-keung 156
Democratic Law Chun-ngai 151
Democratic Cosmas Kwong Kwok-chuen 150
Democratic Raymond Lee Wai-man 150
Democratic Joanna Leung Suk-ching 143
Democratic Ng Kam-sing[1] 126
Democratic Wong Chun-wai[2] 126
Democratic Alan Tam King-wah 125
Democratic Chow Wai-tung 124
Democratic Joseph Chow Kam-siu 111
Democratic Lam Ho-yeung 109
Democratic Chiu Chung-lam 105
Democratic Stephen Fong Chun-bong 85
Democratic Lam Wing-yin 83
Democratic Wong Kin-shing 78
Democratic Joseph Lai Chi-keong 74
Democratic Yam Kai-bong 74
Democratic Wong Leung-hi 60
Democratic Lau Tai-sang 52
Democratic Sham Wing-kan 46
Democratic Wong Fung-yau 10

Results

In the election on 12 December, Lee Wing-tat, the major figure in the mainstreamer faction defeated Chan King-ming from the Young Turks faction with 189 to 113 votes. Chan who was also a Vice-Chairman candidate and Albert Ho both got elected with 205 votes, higher than the thrid candidate Zachary Wong Wai-yin who only got 96 votes, being elected as the new two Vice-Charimen.[4]

The elected members of the 6th Central Committee are listed as following:

Notes

1.^ Ng Kim-sing and Wong Chun-wai got the same amount of votes so a by-election was held later on which Ng was successfully elected to the Central Committee.

References

  1. ^ Kuan, Hsin-chi; Liu, Zhaojia; Wang, Jiaying, eds. (2002). Out of the Shadow of 1997?: The 2000 Legislative Council Election in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Chinese University Press. p. 156.
  2. ^ "李永達當選民主黨主席". Epoch Times (in Chinese). 13 December 2004.
  3. ^ Cheung, Gary; Leung, Ambrose (23 November 2004). "Two expected to join Democrat contest".
  4. ^ a b c d "第六屆中央委員會及紀律委員會選舉結果". The Democratic Party (in Chinese). 12 December 2004.
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