1911 Chinese provisional presidential election

none 1911 Chinese provisional presidential elections China 1912 presidential no 1912 Chinese provisional presidential election 1912 29 December 1911 x150px File:孫中山先生 (cropped).jpg Sun Yat-sen Tongmenghui 16 94.11% Huang xing.jpg Huang Hsing Tongmenghui 1 5.88% Li Yuanhong.jpg Li Yuanhong Independent politician 0 0% President Sun Yat-sen Tongmenghui thumb|Photograph of the provisional government assembled in Nanjing to elect a leader after the outbreak of the Wuchang Uprising on 10 October 1911 The 1911 Chinese provisional presidential election was the election held on 29 December 1911 during the Xinhai Revolution for the First Provisional President and Vice President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of China. Sun Yat-sen and Li Yuanhong were elected as President and Vice-President respectively. Sun swore in at midnight on 1 January 1912 and declared the official establishment of the Republic of China. Electors One vote was given to each of the seventeen provinces presented in the assembly.Zhili, Zhejiang, Fengtian, Guangdong, Henan, Guangxi, Shandong, Hunan, Shanxi, Hubei, Shaanxi, Fujian, Jiangsu, Sichuan, Anhui, Yunnan, and Jiangxi Five other provinces were still under Qing control.Jilin, Xinjiang, Heilongjiang, Guizhou, and Gansu The protectorates in Outer Mongolia, Inner Mongolia, Qinghai and Tibet were semi-independent and did not participate the election.December 2024 Results thumb|Official list of election candidates thumb|Official results of the election which says "Elected candidate, Sun Wen (Sun Yat-sen), 16 votes" President Sun Yat-sen Tongmenghui 16 Huang Hsing Tongmenghui 1 Li Yuanhong Independent 0 Vice-President Li Yuanhong Independent 17 Huang Hsing Tongmenghui 0 See also History of Republic of China President of the Republic of China Vice President of the Republic of China Notes References 中央選舉委員會，中華民國選舉史，台北：中央選舉委員會印行，1987年 Category:Presidential elections in the Republic of China (1912–1949) Category:1911 in China China Category:December 1911 in Asia