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The 2016 Hong Kong Legislative Council Election will be the election to the 6th Legislative Council of Hong Kong (LegCo). The electoral method of the election is currently being discussed under the 2014 Hong Kong electoral reform along with the 2017 Hong Kong Chief Executive election, which is supposed to be implemented by the method of universal suffrage.

Background

2016 Legislative Council and 2017 Chief Executive electoral reform

In December 2007, the National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) ruled out the possible universal suffrage in the 2012 LegCo Election but on the other hand states that the election of the LegCo may be implemented by the method of electing all members by universal suffrage after the Chief Executive is elected by universal suffrage which may be implemented in 2017,^[1] which means that the 2016 LegCo Election will not be implemented by universal suffrage.

In December 2013, the Task Force on Constitutional Development headed by the Chief Secretary for Administration Carrie Lam, Secretary for Justice Rimsky Yuen, and Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Raymond Tam published the Consultation Document on the Methods for Selecting the Chief Executive in 2017 and for Forming the Legislative Council in 2016, entitled "Let’s Talk and Achieve Universal Suffrage" which commenced a five-month public consultation period.^[2] For the 2016 LegCo Election, the Consultation Document set out the questions such as the size of Legislative Council, the electorate base of the Functional Constituencies and also number of Geographical Constituencies and number of seats in each Geographical Constituency.

Umbrella Movement

On 31 August 2014, the National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) set limits for the 2016 Legislative Council and 2017 Chief Executive elections after Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying submitted the Consultation Report to the NPCSC in July 2014. While calling for "universal suffrage" for the 2017 Chief Executive election which two to three candidates would be nominated by a nominating committee with half of the members' support, the decision states that the process of forming the 2016 Legislative Council would be unchanged, but following the new process for the election of the Chief Executive, a new system to elect the Legislative Council via universal suffrage would be developed with the approval of Beijing.^[3]

The pan-democrats vowed to veto this the proposal in which they saw as fake democracy. As a result of the decision, Occupy Central, a planned occupy movement to put pressure on Beijing to honour its promise said they would launch a mass-scale civil disobedience.^[4] Also in response to the CPC decision, Hong Kong Federation of Students and the student pressure group Scholarism staged a co-ordinated class boycott in Hong Kong and organise public events, including street assemblies,^[5]^[6] which led into a months-long large-scale occupy movement which is referred as the "Umbrella Revolution."

References

^ The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government (2013). Methods for Selecting the Chief Executive in 2017 and for Forming the Legislative Council in 2016 Consultation Document (PDF). p. 3. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
^ "LC: Statement by CS on "Consultation Document on the Methods for Selecting the Chief Executive in 2017 and for Forming the Legislative Council in 2016"". Information Services Department.
^ "Full text of NPC decision on universal suffrage for HKSAR chief selection". Xinhua. 31 August 2014. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
^ Buckley, Chris & Forsythe, Michael (31 August 2014). "China Restricts Voting Reforms for Hong Kong". New York Times. Retrieved 31 August 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ "'Snitch line' in operation against school boycotters in H.K." GlobalPost. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
^ "Hong Kong Students to Boycott Classes If Democracy Demands Aren't Met". The Wall Street Journal. 21 August 2014. Retrieved 10 September 2014. {{cite web}}: Cite uses deprecated parameter |authors= (help)

External links

Legislative Council of Hong Kong

[1] The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government (2013). Methods for Selecting the Chief Executive in 2017 and for Forming the Legislative Council in 2016 Consultation Document (PDF). p. 3. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)

[2] "LC: Statement by CS on "Consultation Document on the Methods for Selecting the Chief Executive in 2017 and for Forming the Legislative Council in 2016"". Information Services Department.

[3] "Full text of NPC decision on universal suffrage for HKSAR chief selection". Xinhua. 31 August 2014. Retrieved 31 August 2014.

[4] Buckley, Chris & Forsythe, Michael (31 August 2014). "China Restricts Voting Reforms for Hong Kong". New York Times. Retrieved 31 August 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[globalpost-5] "'Snitch line' in operation against school boycotters in H.K." GlobalPost. Retrieved 10 September 2014.

[6] "Hong Kong Students to Boycott Classes If Democracy Demands Aren't Met". The Wall Street Journal. 21 August 2014. Retrieved 10 September 2014. {{cite web}}: Cite uses deprecated parameter |authors= (help)

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 ==Background==
+===2016 Legislative Council and 2017 Chief Executive electoral reform===
-{{see also|Democratic development in Hong Kong|2010 Hong Kong electoral reform|2014 Hong Kong electoral reform}}
+{{main||2014 Hong Kong electoral reform}}
 In December 2007, the [[National People's Congress Standing Committee]] (NPCSC) ruled out the possible [[universal suffrage]] in the [[Hong Kong legislative election, 2012|2012 LegCo Election]] but on the other hand states that the election of the LegCo may be implemented by the method of electing all members by universal suffrage after the Chief Executive is elected by universal suffrage which may be implemented in 2017,<ref>{{cite book|title=Methods for Selecting the Chief Executive in 2017 and for Forming the Legislative Council in 2016 Consultation Document|author=The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government|year=2013|p=3|ref=harv|url=http://www.legco.gov.hk/yr13-14/english/panels/ca/papers/ca1209-cdoc20131204-e.pdf}}</ref> which means that the 2016 LegCo Election will not be implemented by universal suffrage.
-In October 2013, [[Chief Executive of Hong Kong|Chief Executive]] [[Leung Chun-ying]] established the Task Force on Constitutional Development headed by the [[Chief Secretary for Administration]] [[Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor|Carrie Lam]], [[Secretary for Justice (Hong Kong)|Secretary for Justice]] [[Rimsky Yuen]], and [[Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs]] [[Raymond Tam]] as members to handle the public consultation. On 4 December 2013, the ''Consultation Document on the Methods for Selecting the Chief Executive in 2017 and for Forming the Legislative Council in 2016'', entitled "Let’s Talk and Achieve Universal Suffrage", was published which commenced a five-month public consultation period.<ref>{{cite news|title=LC: Statement by CS on "Consultation Document on the Methods for Selecting the Chief Executive in 2017 and for Forming the Legislative Council in 2016"|url=http://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201312/04/P201312040525.htm|work=Information Services Department}}</ref>
+In December 2013, the Task Force on Constitutional Development headed by the [[Chief Secretary for Administration]] [[Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor|Carrie Lam]], [[Secretary for Justice (Hong Kong)|Secretary for Justice]] [[Rimsky Yuen]], and [[Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs]] [[Raymond Tam]] published the ''Consultation Document on the Methods for Selecting the Chief Executive in 2017 and for Forming the Legislative Council in 2016'', entitled "Let’s Talk and Achieve Universal Suffrage" which commenced a five-month public consultation period.<ref>{{cite news|title=LC: Statement by CS on "Consultation Document on the Methods for Selecting the Chief Executive in 2017 and for Forming the Legislative Council in 2016"|url=http://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201312/04/P201312040525.htm|work=Information Services Department}}</ref> For the 2016 LegCo Election, the Consultation Document set out the questions such as the size of Legislative Council, the electorate base of the [[functional constituency (Hong Kong)|Functional Constituencies]] and also number of Geographical Constituencies and number of seats in each Geographical Constituency.
+===Umbrella Movement===
-For the 2016 LegCo Election, the Consultation Document set out the questions such as the size of Legislative Council, the electorate base of the [[functional constituency (Hong Kong)|Functional Constituencies]] and also number of Geographical Constituencies and number of seats in each Geographical Constituency.
+{{main|2014 Hong Kong protests}}
+On 31 August 2014, the [[National People's Congress Standing Committee]] (NPCSC) set limits for the 2016 Legislative Council and 2017 Chief Executive elections after Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying submitted the Consultation Report to the NPCSC in July 2014. While calling for "universal suffrage" for the 2017 Chief Executive election which two to three candidates would be nominated by a nominating committee with half of the members' support, the decision states that the process of forming the 2016 Legislative Council would be unchanged, but following the new process for the election of the Chief Executive, a new system to elect the Legislative Council via universal suffrage would be developed with the approval of Beijing.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2014-08/31/c_133609238.htm | title=Full text of NPC decision on universal suffrage for HKSAR chief selection | publisher=Xinhua | date=31 August 2014 | accessdate=31 August 2014}}</ref>
+The [[pan-democracy camp|pan-democrats]] vowed to veto this the proposal in which they saw as fake democracy. As a result of the decision, [[Occupy Central with Love and Peace|Occupy Central]], a planned [[occupy movement]] to put pressure on Beijing to honour its promise said they would launch a mass-scale [[civil disobedience]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/01/world/asia/hong-kong-elections.html | title=China Restricts Voting Reforms for Hong Kong | publisher=New York Times | date=31 August 2014 | accessdate=31 August 2014 | author=Buckley, Chris & Forsythe, Michael}}</ref> Also in response to the CPC decision, [[Hong Kong Federation of Students]] and the student pressure group [[Scholarism]] staged a co-ordinated [[2014 Hong Kong class boycott campaign|class boycott]] in Hong Kong and organise public events, including street assemblies,<ref name=globalpost>{{cite web|url=http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/kyodo-news-international/140908/snitch-line-operation-against-school-boycotters-hk|title='Snitch line' in operation against school boycotters in H.K. |work=GlobalPost|accessdate=10 September 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://online.wsj.com/articles/hong-kong-students-to-boycott-classes-if-democracy-demands-arent-met-1408621259|title=Hong Kong Students to Boycott Classes If Democracy Demands Aren't Met |authors= Yung, Chester; Ngai, Edward|date=21 August 2014|work=The Wall Street Journal|accessdate=10 September 2014}}</ref> which led into a months-long [[2014 Hong Kong protests|large-scale occupy movement]] which is referred as the "Umbrella Revolution."
 ==See also==

v t e Elections and referendums in Hong Kong
Chief Executive elections	1996 2002 2005 2007 2012 2017 2022 2027
Election Committee elections	1998 2000 2002 2005 2006 2011 2016 2021 2026
Legislative Council elections	1985 1988 1991 1995 1996 1998 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2021 2025
Sanitary Board and municipal elections	1888 1891 1894 1899 1901 1903 1906 1909 1912 1914 1915 1916 1917 1919 1920 1922 1923 1924 1926 1927 1929 1930 1932 (May) 1932 (Nov) 1933 1935 1936 1937 1939 1940 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1959 1961 1963 1965 1967 1969 1971 1973 1975 1977 1979 1981 1983 1986 1989 1991 1995
District Council elections	1982 1985 1988 1991 1994 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 2027
Rural Representative elections	2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 2027
National People's Congress elections	1997 2002 2008 2012 2017 2022 2027
Plebiscite	1896
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