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The '''2020 Hong Kong pro-democracy primaries''' were held on 11 and 12 July 2020 for selecting the numbers of [[pro-democracy camp|pro-democracy candidates]] for the [[2020 Hong Kong legislative election|upcoming Legislative Council election]] to maximise the chance for the |
The '''2020 Hong Kong pro-democracy primaries''' were held on 11 and 12 July 2020 for selecting the numbers of [[pro-democracy camp|pro-democracy candidates]] for the [[2020 Hong Kong legislative election|upcoming Legislative Council election]] to maximise the chance for the pro-democrats to achieve the "35+" majority in the [[Legislative Council of Hong Kong|Legislative Council]]. |
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With a turnout of more than 600,000, which equals to nearly half of votes received by the pro-democracy camp in the [[2016 Hong Kong legislative election|2016 general election]], it was the most-participated primary held in the history of Hong Kong since the 1997 handover, despite the SAR government's threats of the organisers' potential breaching of the newly imposed [[Hong Kong national security law|national security law]]. |
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Traditional pro-democrat parties lost grounds in most of the direct constituencies to the localist new faces, with an unofficial alliance led by [[Joshua Wong]] and [[Nathan Law]] of [[Demosistō]] which was disbanded in light of the security law, the latter also withdrew his candidacy and fled Hong Kong, became the biggest winner in the primaries, with the candidates they endorsed became either top or runner-up candidate in their respective constituencies. |
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==Background== |
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==Nominations== |
==Nominations== |
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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 (constituency)|Health Services]] [[functional constituency (Hong Kong)|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.<ref name="tohold">{{cite news|title=Hong Kong pro-democracy activists to hold primaries ahead of legislative elections|url=https://hongkongfp.com/2020/06/10/hong-kong-pro-democracy-activists-to-hold-primaries-ahead-of-legislative-elections/|work=Hong Kong Free Press|date=10 June 2020}}</ref> |
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 (constituency)|Health Services]] [[functional constituency (Hong Kong)|functional constituency]]. Most potential candidates have pledged their willing to coordinate with organisers, except for political party [[Civic Passion]] and [[New Territories East (constituency)|New Territories East]] candidate Law Ting-fai who declined to join the primaries.<ref name="tohold">{{cite news|title=Hong Kong pro-democracy activists to hold primaries ahead of legislative elections|url=https://hongkongfp.com/2020/06/10/hong-kong-pro-democracy-activists-to-hold-primaries-ahead-of-legislative-elections/|work=Hong Kong Free Press|date=10 June 2020}}</ref> |
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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.<ref>{{cite news|title=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|date=2020-06-22|newspaper=明報|url=https://news.mingpao.com/ins/%E6%B8%AF%E8%81%9E/article/20200622/s00001/1592818824422/%E7%AB%8B%E6%B3%95%E6%9C%83%E9%81%B8%E8%88%89-%E8%A1%97%E5%B7%A5%E7%A2%BA%E8%AA%8D%E7%84%A1%E4%BA%A4%E6%8F%90%E5%90%8D%E5%8F%83%E5%8A%A0%E6%B0%91%E4%B8%BB%E6%B4%BE%E5%88%9D%E9%81%B8-%E7%9B%A7%E8%97%9D%E8%B3%A2-%E7%9B%B4%E6%8E%A5%E5%8F%83%E9%81%B8%E7%AB%8B%E6%B3%95%E6%9C%83%E8%A8%80%E4%B9%8B%E9%81%8E%E6%97%A9}}</ref> |
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.<ref>{{cite news|title=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|date=2020-06-22|newspaper=明報|url=https://news.mingpao.com/ins/%E6%B8%AF%E8%81%9E/article/20200622/s00001/1592818824422/%E7%AB%8B%E6%B3%95%E6%9C%83%E9%81%B8%E8%88%89-%E8%A1%97%E5%B7%A5%E7%A2%BA%E8%AA%8D%E7%84%A1%E4%BA%A4%E6%8F%90%E5%90%8D%E5%8F%83%E5%8A%A0%E6%B0%91%E4%B8%BB%E6%B4%BE%E5%88%9D%E9%81%B8-%E7%9B%A7%E8%97%9D%E8%B3%A2-%E7%9B%B4%E6%8E%A5%E5%8F%83%E9%81%B8%E7%AB%8B%E6%B3%95%E6%9C%83%E8%A8%80%E4%B9%8B%E9%81%8E%E6%97%A9}}</ref> |
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==Results== |
==Results== |
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Over 590,000 electronic ballots and more than 20,000 paper ballots were recorded throughout the two-day vote, more than 13 per cent of the total number of registered voters and far exceeding the organisers' expected turnout of 170,000. Despite the security law and legal threats, "Hong Kong people have made history again – another miracle happened in Hong Kong," Benny Tai said. "Hong Kong people – after all these years, since 2003 – have demonstrated to the world, and also to the authorities, that we have not given up to strive for democracy."<ref>{{cite news|title=‘Hong Kong people made history again’: Over 600,000 vote in democrats’ primaries as co-organiser hails ‘miracle’ turnout|date=12 July 2020|work=Hong Kong Free Press|url=https://hongkongfp.com/2020/07/12/hong-kong-people-made-history-again-over-600000-vote-in-democrats-primaries-as-co-organiser-hails-miracle-turnout/}}</ref> |
Over 590,000 electronic ballots and more than 20,000 paper ballots were recorded throughout the two-day vote, more than 13 per cent of the total number of registered voters and far exceeding the organisers' expected turnout of 170,000. Despite the security law and legal threats, "Hong Kong people have made history again – another miracle happened in Hong Kong," Benny Tai said. "Hong Kong people – after all these years, since 2003 – have demonstrated to the world, and also to the authorities, that we have not given up to strive for democracy."<ref>{{cite news|title=‘Hong Kong people made history again’: Over 600,000 vote in democrats’ primaries as co-organiser hails ‘miracle’ turnout|date=12 July 2020|work=Hong Kong Free Press|url=https://hongkongfp.com/2020/07/12/hong-kong-people-made-history-again-over-600000-vote-in-democrats-primaries-as-co-organiser-hails-miracle-turnout/}}</ref> |
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Traditional parties lost grounds in most of the direct constituencies to the localist new faces, with [[Democratic Party (Hong Kong)|Democratic Party]] incumbent legislator [[Helena Wong Pik-wan|Helena Wong]] only came seventh in her [[Kowloon West (constituency)|Kowloon West constituency]].<ref name="tradlost">{{cite news|title=Hong Kong’s traditional opposition parties lose out to localist challengers in fierce weekend primary for coming Legislative Council election|date=13 July 2020|url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3093015/hong-kongs-traditional-opposition-parties-lose-out-localist|newspaper=South China Morning Post}}</ref> Former legislator "Long Hair" [[Leung Kwok-hung]] of the League of Social Democrats managed only ninth place in New Territories East for which only the top seven candidates would run in the general election.<ref name="tradlost"/> Candidates from numerous small parties were wiped out, including Kalvin Ho Kai-ming from the [[Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood]] (ADPL) and Carol Ng Man-yee from the [[Labour Party (Hong Kong)|Labour Party]], who lost in their respective constituencies in Kowloon West and [[New Territories West (constituency)|New Territories West]].<ref name="tradlost"/> |
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Localist candidates emerged as the new force in the primaries, with an unofficial alliance led by former Demosistō secretary-general Joshua Wong, incumbent legislator [[Eddie Chu]] and endorsed by withdrawn candidate Nathan Law, all became either the top or runner-up candidate in their respective constituencies. Wong himself was the top candidate in [[Kowloon East (constituency)|Kowloon East]], while Eddie Chu and former journalist Gwyneth Ho Kwai-lam and came first in New Territories West and New Territories East respectively.<ref name="tradlost"/> Tiffany Yuen who was endorsed by Nathan Law and activist Sunny Cheung also came in second in [[Hong Kong Island (constituency)|Hong Kong Island]] and Kowloon West respectively, with activist [[Lester Shum]] came in second in the District Council (Second) and Winnie Yu Wai-ming of the labour union Hospital Authority Employees Alliance won the Health Services functional constituency. |
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==Government responses== |
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[[Chief Executive of Hong Kong|Chief Executive]] [[Carrie Lam] ]issued a strong warning to the candidates and organisers of the primaries, saying it was subversive for them to vow to seize control of the legislature and vote down key government proposals. "If this so-called primary election's purpose is to achieve the ultimate goal of delivering what they called '35-plus' [lawmakers], with the objective of objecting or resisting every policy initiative of the HKSAR government, it may fall into the category of subverting the state power – one of the four types of offences under the national security law," she said.<ref name="tradlost"/> |
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A spokesman for [[Liaison Office (Hong Kong)|Beijing's Liaison Office in Hong Kong]] condemned the opposition camp for ignoring the Hong Kong government’s warning of possible legal breaches and pressing ahead with the primary. It named Benny Tai as a suspect in a possible breach of the national security law by coordinating with the opposition camp to seek control of the legislature, vote down the budget, paralyse the government and subvert the state power. It also accused Tai and the opposition of aiming to take over the city’s governance by staging the Hong Kong version of a "colour revolution".<ref name="tradlost"/> |
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Benny Tai defended that the candidates were not seeking to undermine the performance of duties and functions by the body of power of the central government or of Hong Kong, referring to their agreement that pro-democrats should veto the budget if they were voted into the legislature. "Legco’s power of vetoing the budget is stated in the [[Basic Law of Hong Kong|Basic Law]]," he said. "How can a power that is recognised by the Basic Law be breaching the national security law?"<ref name="tradlost"/> |
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The 2020 Hong Kong pro-democracy primaries were 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.
With a turnout of more than 600,000, which equals to nearly half of votes received by the pro-democracy camp in the 2016 general election, it was the most-participated primary held in the history of Hong Kong since the 1997 handover, despite the SAR government's threats of the organisers' potential breaching of the newly imposed national security law.
Traditional pro-democrat parties lost grounds in most of the direct constituencies to the localist new faces, with an unofficial alliance led by Joshua Wong and Nathan Law of Demosistō which was disbanded in light of the security law, the latter also withdrew his candidacy and fled Hong Kong, became the biggest winner in the primaries, with the candidates they endorsed became either top or runner-up candidate in their respective constituencies.
Background
In 2019 amid the historic anti-extradition protests and the pro-democracy landslide in the District Council elections, legal scholar Benny Tai, one of the initiators of the 2014 Occupy protests, suggested the chance of the pro-democrats winning more than half of the seats in the Legislative Council 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 primary election within the pro-democracy camp which could set limit on the numbers of votes, avoid wasting votes, and therefore to 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, was set to take place from 11–12 July between 9 am and 9 pm. The voting system was designed by the Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute (PORI), which also conducted polls on the recommended candidates. The surveyed results would 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 would 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]
| Constituency | No. of nominations | Target seats | |
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| Primaries | General | ||
| 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 |
Security law and legal threats
On 30 June, the National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) approved the final draft of the national security legislation for Hong Kong. Hours after the legislation, leading members of pro-democracy group Demosistō Joshua Wong, Nathan Law, Agnes Chow and Jeffrey Ng announced their departure from the party. Demosistō members had been repeatedly barred from standing for election with authorities citing their previous stance on "self-determination" for the city, of which Wong and Law were also running in the upcoming primaries as Demosistō members. Subsequently, Demosistō declared that it would disband after the mass resignations on the same day.[5] Few days after, Nathan Law said he had fled Hong Kong in response to the security law.[6] He later dropped out from the primary and endorsed Tiffany Yuen.[7]
Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Erick Tsang warned that the primaries might violate the new Beijing-imposed national security law. Tsang said one the objectives of the primaries was to win a majority of seats in the legislature and subsequently vote against the budget. He added this could contravene clauses in the new law prohibiting secession, subversion and collusion with foreign powers. Benny Tai refuted the claim by saying such advocacy work was in accordance with the principles of the Basic Law. He added that vetoing the budget would not constitute "seriously interfering in, disrupting, or undermining the performance of duties and functions" of the government under Article 22 of the new law because the chief executive has the power to dismiss the legislature and call a by-election.[8]
On 10 July one day before the primaries, the Housing Authority sent out a mass letter saying all District Councillors were barred from using their offices as polling stations or for any purposes other than related to district council activities. It warned that action might be taken against the District Councillors who were found to have violated terms in their rental contracts. A pro-democracy ice cream shop also had to scrap the plan to become a polling station after the property managers warned their participation could violate the tenancy agreement.[9] At night, Hong Kong Police raided the Public Opinion Research Institute (PORI) office in Wong Chuk Hang, accusing the organisation of dishonest use of a computer. Au Nok-hin said the police move was to suppress the weekend voting and cast a "deterrent effect" on organisers and supporters.[10]
Results
Over 590,000 electronic ballots and more than 20,000 paper ballots were recorded throughout the two-day vote, more than 13 per cent of the total number of registered voters and far exceeding the organisers' expected turnout of 170,000. Despite the security law and legal threats, "Hong Kong people have made history again – another miracle happened in Hong Kong," Benny Tai said. "Hong Kong people – after all these years, since 2003 – have demonstrated to the world, and also to the authorities, that we have not given up to strive for democracy."[11]
Traditional parties lost grounds in most of the direct constituencies to the localist new faces, with Democratic Party incumbent legislator Helena Wong only came seventh in her Kowloon West constituency.[12] Former legislator "Long Hair" Leung Kwok-hung of the League of Social Democrats managed only ninth place in New Territories East for which only the top seven candidates would run in the general election.[12] Candidates from numerous small parties were wiped out, including Kalvin Ho Kai-ming from the Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood (ADPL) and Carol Ng Man-yee from the Labour Party, who lost in their respective constituencies in Kowloon West and New Territories West.[12]
Localist candidates emerged as the new force in the primaries, with an unofficial alliance led by former Demosistō secretary-general Joshua Wong, incumbent legislator Eddie Chu and endorsed by withdrawn candidate Nathan Law, all became either the top or runner-up candidate in their respective constituencies. Wong himself was the top candidate in Kowloon East, while Eddie Chu and former journalist Gwyneth Ho Kwai-lam and came first in New Territories West and New Territories East respectively.[12] Tiffany Yuen who was endorsed by Nathan Law and activist Sunny Cheung also came in second in Hong Kong Island and Kowloon West respectively, with activist Lester Shum came in second in the District Council (Second) and Winnie Yu Wai-ming of the labour union Hospital Authority Employees Alliance won the Health Services functional constituency.
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Geographical Constituencies
| Hong Kong Island | |||||
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| List | Candidates | Votes | Of total (%) | ± from prev. | |
| Democratic | Hui Chi-fung, So Yat-hang | 27,357 | |||
| Independent | Tiffany Yuen Ka-wai | 19,629 | |||
| Independent | Fergus Leung Fong-wai | 14,601 | |||
| Civic | Tat Cheng | 10,889 | |||
| Chai Wan Startup | Chui Chi-kin | 7,800 | |||
| Independent | Clarisse Yeung Suet-ying | 5,571 | |||
| Team Pang | Pang Cheuk-kei, Ho Chi-wang, Clara Cheung, Li Wing-choi | 2,841 | |||
| Total valid votes | |||||
| Rejected ballots | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Registered electors | 705,525 | ||||
| Kowloon West | |||||
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| List | Candidates | Votes | Of total (%) | ± from prev. | |
| LSD | Jimmy Sham Tsz-kit | 24,144 | |||
| Independent | Sunny Cheung Kwan-yang | 16,320 | |||
| HK First | Claudia Mo | 8,801 | |||
| Peninsular Commons | Frankie Fung Tat-chun, Lee Hin-long | 7,493 | |||
| ADPL | Kalvin Ho Kai-ming | 6,933 | |||
| Independent | Lawrence Lau | 5,967 | |||
| Democratic | Helena Wong Pik-wan | 3,765 | |||
| Independent | Nathan Law[13] | 1,358 | |||
| Independent | Jeffrey Alterin Andrews | 1,090 | |||
| Total valid votes | |||||
| Rejected ballots | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Registered electors | 600,864 | ||||
| Kowloon East | |||||
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| List | Candidates | Votes | Of total (%) | ± from prev. | |
| Independent | Joshua Wong Chi-fung[a] | 30,047 | |||
| Civic | Jeremy Tam Man-ho | 22,061 | |||
| Localist | Li Ka-tat | 14,847 | |||
| People Power | Tam Tak-chi | 10,304 | |||
| Democratic | Wu Chi-wai | 9,432 | |||
| ADPL | Sze Tak-loy | 955 | |||
| Total valid votes | |||||
| Rejected ballots | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Registered electors | 708,348 | ||||
| New Territories West | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| List | Candidates | Votes | Of total (%) | ± from prev. | |
| Independent | Eddie Chu Hoi-dick, Eddie Chan Shu-fai, Fung Siu-yin, Wong Pit-man | 48,479 | |||
| TMCN | Sam Cheung Ho-sum | 34,958 | |||
| Independent | Wong Ji-yuet | 22,337 | |||
| TSW Connection | Ng Kin-wai, Lam Chun | 20,249 | |||
| Democratic | Andrew Wan Siu-kin | 17,828 | |||
| Civic | Kwok Ka-ki | 12,827 | |||
| Labour | Carol Ng Man-yee | 10,446 | |||
| Neo Democrats | Tam Hoi-pong, Roy Pun Long-chung | 4,731 | |||
| Total valid votes | |||||
| Rejected ballots | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Registered electors | 1,303,946 | ||||
| New Territories East | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| List | Candidates | Votes | Of total (%) | ± from prev. | |
| Independent | Gwyneth Ho Kwai-lam | 26,256 | |||
| Localist | Ventus Lau, Li Chi-wang, Chiu Chu-pong, Wong Hok-lai, Chan Wan-tung, Ricardo Liao Pak-hong, William Shek, Lo Tak-ming | 26,216 | |||
| Civic | Alvin Yeung Ngok-kiu | 24,303 | |||
| People Power | Raymond Chan Chi-chuen | 16,566 | |||
| Independent | Owen Chow Ka-shing | 16,508 | |||
| Democratic | Lam Cheuk-ting, Wong Hoi-ying, Ng Ting-lam, Kwok Long-fung | 14,012 | |||
| Neo Democrats | Gary Fan Kwok-wai, Lai Ming-chak | 9,764 | |||
| Independent | Hendrick Lui Chi-hang | 9,590 | |||
| LSD | Leung Kwok-hung | 8,944 | |||
| Independent | Mike Lam | 5,239 | |||
| Community Alliance | Ricky Or Yiu-lam | 1,436 | |||
| Independent | Lee Chi-yung | 286 | |||
| Total valid votes | |||||
| Rejected ballots | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Registered electors | 1,136,648 | ||||
District Council (Second)
| District Council (Second) | |||||
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| List | Candidates | Votes | Of total (%) | ± from prev. | |
| Democratic | Kwong Chun-yu | 258,575 | |||
| Independent | Lester Shum | 124,659 | |||
| Localist | Wong Pak-yu | 70,611 | |||
| Democratic | James To Kun-sun | 45,596 | |||
| Civic | Lee Yue-shun | 10,260 | |||
| Total valid votes | |||||
| Rejected ballots | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Registered electors | 4,187,738 | ||||
Traditional Functional Constituencies
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HAEA | Winnie Yu Wai-ming | 2,165 | |||
| Independent | Michael Felix Lau Hoi-man | 457 | |||
| Professionals Guild | Joseph Lee Kok-long | 186 | |||
| Independent | Yuen Wai-kit | 48 | |||
| Total valid votes | |||||
| Rejected ballots | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Registered electors | 40,358 | ||||
Government responses
Chief Executive [[Carrie Lam] ]issued a strong warning to the candidates and organisers of the primaries, saying it was subversive for them to vow to seize control of the legislature and vote down key government proposals. "If this so-called primary election's purpose is to achieve the ultimate goal of delivering what they called '35-plus' [lawmakers], with the objective of objecting or resisting every policy initiative of the HKSAR government, it may fall into the category of subverting the state power – one of the four types of offences under the national security law," she said.[12]
A spokesman for Beijing's Liaison Office in Hong Kong condemned the opposition camp for ignoring the Hong Kong government’s warning of possible legal breaches and pressing ahead with the primary. It named Benny Tai as a suspect in a possible breach of the national security law by coordinating with the opposition camp to seek control of the legislature, vote down the budget, paralyse the government and subvert the state power. It also accused Tai and the opposition of aiming to take over the city’s governance by staging the Hong Kong version of a "colour revolution".[12]
Benny Tai defended that the candidates were not seeking to undermine the performance of duties and functions by the body of power of the central government or of Hong Kong, referring to their agreement that pro-democrats should veto the budget if they were voted into the legislature. "Legco’s power of vetoing the budget is stated in the Basic Law," he said. "How can a power that is recognised by the Basic Law be breaching the national security law?"[12]
Notes
References
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- ^ "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. 22 June 2020.
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- ^ "Hong Kong activist Nathan Law says he fled city". Deutsche Welle. 2 July 2020.
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- ^ "Hong Kong legislative primaries may violate national security law, mainland affairs minister warns". Hong Kong Free Press. 9 July 2020.
- ^ "Hong Kong primaries: Pro-democracy shop scraps polling station plan as gov't warns district councillors". Hong Kong Free Press. 11 July 2020.
- ^ "Hong Kong police raid office of poll organisers involved in Saturday's opposition primary, over suspected data leak from 2013 project". South China Morning Post. 10 July 2020.
- ^ "'Hong Kong people made history again': Over 600,000 vote in democrats' primaries as co-organiser hails 'miracle' turnout". Hong Kong Free Press. 12 July 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Hong Kong's traditional opposition parties lose out to localist challengers in fierce weekend primary for coming Legislative Council election". South China Morning Post. 13 July 2020.
- ^ Withdrew from the primary election and later fled seeked political asylum in the United Kingdom.
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| Legislative Council elections | |
| Sanitary Board and municipal elections | |
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| National People's Congress elections | |
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