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The 2020 Hong Kong pro-democracy primaries will be held on 11 and 12 July 2020 for selecting the numbers of pro-democracy candidates for the upcoming Legislative Council election to maximise the chance for the pro-democrats to achieve the "35+" majority in the Legislative Council.

Background

In 2019 amid the historic anti-extradition protests and the pro-democracy landslide in the District Council elections, legal scholar Benny Tai, initiator of the 2014 Occupy protests, suggested the chance of the pro-democrats winning more than half of the seats to block the government's bills including the expected legislation of the Article 23 of the Basic Law and pressured the government to implement the five key demands of the protest movement. Learning from the experience of excessive numbers of candidates which split the pro-democratic votes in the 2016 election, he proposed a primaries within the pro-democracy camp which could set limit on the numbers of tickets, avoid wasting votes, and therefore maximise the chance for the pro-democrats to win more seats.^[1]

Mechanism

Candidate must obtain at least 100 registered voter nominations and a deposit HK$10,000 in order to participate in the primaries. The election, organised by Benny Tai and former Legislative Council member Au Nok-hin,^[2] coordinated by Power for Democracy, is set to take place from July 11–12 between 9 am and 9 pm. The voting system will be designed by the Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute, which will also conduct polls on the recommended candidates. The surveyed results will be used to consolidate the final list of nominated candidates for the official election in September. Voters must bring along proof of residency or electoral register identification, as well as a smartphone to designated polling stations. There they will scan the QR code and fill out their personal details before casting their ballot.^[3]

Nominations

A total number of 52 nomination lists were received during the nomination period for all five geographical constituencies, the five-seat District Council (Second) and Health Services functional constituency. Most potential candidates have pledged their willing to coordinate with organisers, except for political party Civic Passion and New Territories East candidate Law Ting-fai who declined to join the primaries.^[3]

The Kwai Chung-based small political group Neighbourhood and Worker's Service Centre (NWSC) who held one seat in the legislature also declared they would not follow the agreement in which the lost candidates in the primaries would not fill their candidacy in the general election. Instead, the NWSC suggested to drop out in the latter stage of the election if the polls suggested the candidate has no chance to win. The NWSC received backlash among the pro-democrats, accusing them for undermining the mechanism of the primaries. The NWSC later withdrew their candidacy altogether and stated that they would not fill their own candidacy in the general election.^[4]

Number of nominations in each constituency
Constituency	No. of nominations		Target seats
Constituency	Primaires	General	Target seats
Hong Kong Island	8	TBD	4
Kowloon West	9	TBD	4
Kowloon East	6	5	3
New Territories West	8	6	6
New Territories East	12	7	6–7
District Council (Second)	5	4	3–4
Health Services	4	1	1
TOTAL	52	>23	27–29

Candidates

Geographical Constituencies

Hong Kong Island
List		Candidates	Votes	Of total (%)	± from prev.
	Democratic	Hui Chi-fung, So Yat-hang
	Civic	Tat Cheng
	Team Pang	Pang Cheuk-kei, Ho Chi-wang, Clara Cheung, Li Wing-choi
	Chai Wan Startup	Chui Chi-kin
	Independent	Nathan Law Kwun-chung^[a]
	Independent	Tiffany Yuen Ka-wai
	Independent	Clarisse Yeung Suet-ying
	Independent	Fergus Leung Fong-wai
Total valid votes
Rejected ballots
Turnout
Registered electors

Kowloon West
List		Candidates	Votes	Of total (%)	± from prev.
	Democratic	Wong Pik-wan
	HK First	Claudia Mo
	ADPL	Kalvin Ho Kai-ming
	LSD	Jimmy Sham Tsz-kit
	Peninsular Commons	Frankie Fung Tat-chun, Lee Hin-long
	Independent	Lau Wai-chung
	Independent	Sunny Cheung Kwan-yang
	Independent	Lau Chak-fung
	Independent	Jeffrey Alterin Andrews
Total valid votes
Rejected ballots
Turnout
Registered electors

Kowloon East
List		Candidates	Votes	Of total (%)	± from prev.
	Democratic	Wu Chi-wai
	Civic	Jeremy Tam Man-ho
	ADPL	Sze Tak-loy
	People Power	Tam Tak-chi
	Independent	Joshua Wong Chi-fung^[a]
	Independent	Li Ka-tat
Total valid votes
Rejected ballots
Turnout
Registered electors

New Territories West
List		Candidates	Votes	Of total (%)	± from prev.
	Democratic	Andrew Wan Siu-kin
	Civic	Kwok Ka-ki
	Neo Democrats	Tam Hoi-pong, Roy Pun Long-chung
	Labour	Carol Ng Man-yee
	TMCN	Sam Cheung Ho-sum
	TSW Connection	Ng Kin-wai, Lam Chun
	Independent	Eddie Chu Hoi-dick, Eddie Chan Shu-fai, Fung Siu-yin, Wong Pit-man
	Independent	Wong Ji-yuet
Total valid votes
Rejected ballots
Turnout
Registered electors

New Territories East
List		Candidates	Votes	Of total (%)	± from prev.
	Democratic	Lam Cheuk-ting, Wong Hoi-ying, Ng Ting-lam, Kwok Long-fung
	Civic	Alvin Yeung Ngok-kiu
	People Power	Raymond Chan Chi-chuen
	Neo Democrats	Gary Fan Kwok-wai, Lai Ming-chak
	LSD	Leung Kwok-hung
	Community Alliance	Ricky Or Yiu-lam
	Independent	Lau Wing-hong, Li Chi-wang, Chiu Chu-pong, Wong Hok-lai, Chan Wan-tung, Ricardo Liao Pak-hong, William Shek, Lo Tak-ming
	Independent	Ho Kwai-lam
	Independent	Owen Chow Ka-shing
	Independent	Mike Lam
	Independent	Hendrick Lui Chi-hang
	Independent	Lee Chi-yung
	Independent	Ken Wong Ho-fung
Total valid votes
Rejected ballots
Turnout
Registered electors

District Council (Second)

District Council (Second)
List		Candidates	Votes	Of total (%)	± from prev.
	Democratic	James To Kun-sun
	Democratic	Kwong Chun-yu
	Civic	Lee Yue-shun
	Independent	Lester Shum
	Independent	Wong Pak-yu
Total valid votes
Rejected ballots
Turnout
Registered electors

Functional Constituencies

Health Services
Party		Candidate
	Professionals Guild	Joseph Lee Kok-long
	HAEA	Winnie Yu Wai-ming
	Independent	Michael Felix Lau Hoi-man
	Independent	Yuen Wai-kit
Total valid votes
Rejected ballots
Turnout
Registered electors

Notes

^ ^a ^b Registered as Demosistō but quit the party on 30 June 2020 before the party dissolved itself on the same day.

References

^ "戴耀廷倡「去中心化」雷動2.0 搶攻功能界別冀泛民佔立會過半". 信報財經新聞. 2019-12-02.
^ "【立會選舉】民主派初選現曙光　戴耀廷區諾軒牽頭　素人看淡成事". Hong Kong 01. February 28, 2020. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Hong Kong pro-democracy activists to hold primaries ahead of legislative elections". Hong Kong Free Press. 10 June 2020.
^ "立法會選舉｜街工確認無交提名參加民主派初選　盧藝賢：直接參選立法會言之過早". 明報. 2020-06-22.

[fn1-5] Registered as Demosistō but quit the party on 30 June 2020 before the party dissolved itself on the same day.

[1] "戴耀廷倡「去中心化」雷動2.0 搶攻功能界別冀泛民佔立會過半". 信報財經新聞. 2019-12-02.

[2] "【立會選舉】民主派初選現曙光　戴耀廷區諾軒牽頭　素人看淡成事". Hong Kong 01. February 28, 2020. Retrieved June 24, 2020.

[tohold-3] "Hong Kong pro-democracy activists to hold primaries ahead of legislative elections". Hong Kong Free Press. 10 June 2020.

[4] "立法會選舉｜街工確認無交提名參加民主派初選　盧藝賢：直接參選立法會言之過早". 明報. 2020-06-22.

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