1997 National People's Congress election in Hong Kong

none 1997 National People's Congress election in Hong Kong Hong Kong legislative Popular no 1997 12 08 y 2002 National People's Congress election in Hong Kong 2002 36 Hong Kong deputies to National People's Congress 424 Jiang Zemin 2002.jpg Jiang Zemin Chinese Communist Party 1 90px DDDDDD Ng Hong-mun Pro-Beijing independent 35 Delegation Convenor Ng Hong-mun Independent politician The election for the Hong Kong deputies to the 9th National People's Congress (NPC) was held on 8 December 1997. 36 Hong Kong deputies were elected by an electoral college. It was the first ever election for the Hong Kong deputies to the NPC since the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on 1 July 1997. Background Article 21 of the Hong Kong Basic Law stipulates: Chinese citizens who are residents of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region shall be entitled to participate in the management of state affairs according to law. In accordance with the assigned number of seats and the selection method specified by the National People's Congress, the Chinese citizens among the residents of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region shall locally elect deputies of the Region to the National People's Congress to participate in the work of the highest organ of state power. Election result The election was presided by Tung Chee-hwa, executive chairman of the 15-strong presidium and attended by Cao Zhi, secretary general of the National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC). 36 of the 54 pre-elected candidates were elected with different backgrounds, including bankers, entrepreneurs, trade unionists, school headmasters, deans of university faculty, lawyers, doctors, professors, representatives from transport and communication industry and women, journalists, and new territories rural leaders.Untitled http://202.55.1.83/history/history_news_content.asp?news_id=162438 2015-04-02 2015-03-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20150402221920/http://202.55.1.83/history/history_news_content.asp?news_id=162438 dead Elected members (36) 22em Robin Chan Chan Wing-kee Cheng Yiu-tong Rita Fan Hsu Lai-tai Fei Fih Jiang Enzhu Kan Fook-yee Priscilla Lau Pui-king Lee Chark-tim Joseph Lee Chung-tak Allen Lee Peng-fei Li Lin-sang Li Weiting Liu Lit-for Lo Chung-hing Lo Suk-ching Luk Tak-kim Ma Lik Ng Ching-fai Ng Hong-mun Ngai Shiu-kit Sik Chi-wai Victor Sit Fung-shuen Maria Tam Wai-chu Tsang Hin-chi Tsang Tak-sing Tso Wung-wai Carson Wen Ka-shuen Wong Kong-hon Peter Wong Man-kong Wong Po-yan Wilfred Wong Ying-wai Philip Wong Yu-hong Raymond Wu Wai-yung Yeung Yiu-chung Yuen Mo Detailed results 1997 National People's Congress election in Hong Kong Chinese Communist Party Jiang Enzhu 397 Independent politician Ng Hong-mun 350 Independent politician Tsang Tak-sing 347 Independent politician Maria Tam Wai-chu 345 Independent politician Li Weiting 332 Independent politician Yuen Mo 332 Independent politician Cheng Yiu-tong 332 Independent politician Rita Fan Hsu Lai-tai 319 Independent politician Lo Chung-hing 316 Independent politician Ma Lik 308 Independent politician Robin Chan 302 Independent politician Tsang Hin-chi 301 Independent politician Chan Wing-kee 287 Independent politician Raymond Wu Wai-yung 285 Independent politician Wong Po-yan 284 Independent politician Lee Chark-tim 279 Independent politician Wilfred Wong Ying-wai 275 Independent politician Peter Wong Man-kong 262 Independent politician Li Lin-sang 261 Independent politician Wong Kong-hon 246 Independent politician Liu Lit-for 244 Independent politician Kan Fook-yee 242 Independent politician Carson Wen Ka-shuen 236 Independent politician Philip Wong Yu-hong 225 Independent politician Luk Tak-kim 222 Independent politician Yeung Yiu-chung 219 Independent politician Lo Suk-ching 216 Independent politician Victor Sit Fung-shuen 207 Independent politician Fei Fih 206 Independent politician Ng Ching-fai 205 Independent politician Tso Wung-wai 196 Independent politician Allen Lee Peng-fei 195 Independent politician Ngai Shiu-kit 193 Independent politician Priscilla Lau Pui-king 191 Independent politician Sik Chi-wai 178 Independent politician Joseph Lee Chung-tak 174 Independent politician Leung Ping-chung 173 Independent politician Kenneth Chan Nai-keong 168 Independent politician Ng See-yuen 164 Independent politician David Chu Yu-lin 162 Independent politician Ip Kwok-chung 156 Independent politician Cecilia Daisy Chen Sheau-ling 140 Independent politician Selina Chow Liang Shuk-yee 134 Independent politician Chan Kam-lam 130 Independent politician Edward Leong Che-hung 116 Independent politician Kennedy Wong Ying-ho 114 Independent politician Rebecca Lee Lok-sze 107 Independent politician Ip Shun-hing 105 Independent politician Ronald Joseph Arculli 88 Independent politician Albert Tong Yat-chu 88 Independent politician Chan Chi-kwan 88 Independent politician Choy Kan-pui 85 Independent politician Steven Poon Kwok-lim 79 Independent politician Laurence Leung Ming-yin 78 424 References Category:1997 elections in China Category:1997 in Hong Kong NPC