12th National People's Congress

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Chinese Congressional election, 2012–13

← 2007–08 October 2012 – February 2013 2017–18 →
All 2,987 seats to the National People's Congress
Majority party Minority party   Leader Xi Jinping Party Communist Minority Alliance United Front United Front (China) Leader's seat Shanghai At-large Last election 2,099 888 Seats won ? ? Seat change 0
Chairman before election Wu Bangguo Communist Chairman-elect Zhang Dejiang Communist

The 12th National People's Congress was elected in national congressional conferences from October 2012 to February 2013 and was in session from 2013 to 2018. It succeeded the 11th National People's Congress. It held five plenary sessions in this period, occurring around early March every year. It was succeeded by the communing of the 13th National People's Congress.^[1]

Delegates[]

The 1st session[]

The first session was held in March 2013. All top national posts were up for election and were filled.

The 2nd session[]

The second session was held in March 2014.

The 3rd session[]

The third session was held in March 2015.

The 4th session[]

The fourth session was held in March 2016.

The 5th session[]

The fifth session was held in March 2017.

Election results[]

NPCSC Chairman Election				NPCSC Secretary-general Election
Candidates	For	Against	Abstain	Candidates	For	Against	Abstain
Zhang Dejiang	2,952	5	4	Wang Chen	2,923	30	7
				Zhang Ping	1	0	0
Presidential Election				Vice-Presidential Election
Candidates	For	Against	Abstain	Candidates	For	Against	Abstain
Xi Jinping	2,952	1	3	Li Yuanchao	2,839	80	37
				Liu Yunshan	2	0	0
				Li Hongzhong	1	0	0
				Wang Yang	1	0	0
				Yuan Chunqing	1	0	0
				Pan Yiyang	1	0	0
CMC Chairmanship Election				Premierial Election
Candidates	For	Against	Abstain	Candidates	For	Against	Abstain
Xi Jinping	2,955	1	3	Li Keqiang	2,940	3	6
Supreme Court President Election				Procurator-general Election
Candidates	For	Against	Abstain	Candidates	For	Against	Abstain
Zhou Qiang	2908	26	23	Cao Jianming	2,933	18	5
Wu Aiying	2	0	0
Wang Shengjun	1	0	0		1	0	0
	1	0	0		1	0	0

Summary of the October 2012–February 2013 National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China election results

Parties	Seats
Chinese Communist Party (中国共产党)	2,157
United Front, independents	830
Total	2,987

See also[]

• List of voting results of the National People's Congress of China

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to 12th National People's Congress.

• Full coverage of the 2016 NPC & CPPCC sessions - China.org.cn
• Full coverage of the 2013 NPC & CPPCC sessions - China.org.cn
• (in Chinese) Official website of the NPC