1911 Chinese provisional presidential election

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 Yuan-hung were elected as President and Vice-President respectively. Sun sworn 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, including

No.	Province	Chinese	Pinyin	No.	Province	Chinese	Pinyin
1	Chihli	直隸省	Zhílì	10	Chekiang	浙江省	Zhèjiāng
2	Fengtien	奉天省	Fèngtiān	11	Kwangtung	廣東省	Guǎngdōng
3	Honan	河南省	Hénán	12	Kwangsi	廣西省	Guǎngxī
4	Shantung	山東省	Shāndōng	13	Hunan	湖南省	Húnán
5	Shansi	山西省	Shānxī	14	Hupeh	湖北省	Húběi
6	Shensi	陝西省	Shǎnxī	15	Fukien	福建省	Fújiàn
7	Kiangsu	江蘇省	Jiāngsū	16	Szechwan	四川省	Sìchuān
8	Anhwei	安徽省	Ānhuī	17	Yunnan	雲南省	Yúnnán
9	Kiangsi	江西省	Jiāngxī

Five other provinces were still under Qing control. The protectorates in Outer Mongolia, Inner Mongolia, Tsinghai and Tibet were semi-independent. They did not participate this election.

No.	Province	Chinese	Pinyin	No.	Province	Chinese	Pinyin
1	Kirin	吉林省	Jílín	4	Sinkiang	新疆省	Xīnjiāng
2	Heilungkiang	黑龍江省	Hēilóngjiāng	5	Kweichow	貴州省	Guìzhōu
3	Kansu	甘肅省	Gānsù

Official list of election candidates

Official results of the election which says "Elected candidate, Sun Yat-sen, 16 votes"


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Sun Yat-sen	Tongmenghui	16	94.12
	Huang Hsing	Tongmenghui	1	5.88
	Li Yuanhong	Independent	0	0.00
Total			17	100.00


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Li Yuanhong	Independent	17	100.00
	Huang Hsing	Tongmenghui	0	0.00
Total			17	100.00

v t Elections and referendums in the Republic of China (1912–1949)
Presidential elections	1911 1912 1913 1916 1918 1923 1948
National Assembly elections	1912 1918 1947
Legislative elections	1948
Control Yuan elections
Local elections
See also: Elections in China after 1949 Elections and referendums in Taiwan

v t Republic of China presidential elections
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Nationalist government (1925–1948)	1948
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See also: Taiwanese elections