2002 Hong Kong Election Committee Subsector by-elections

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The 2002 Election Committee subsector by-elections were held on 6 January 2002 to update the membership of the Election Committee for electing the Chief Executive of Hong Kong in the following Chief Executive election in March.

Vacancies[]

Four vacancies were identified in the following subsectors:[1]

  1. Architectural, Surveying and Planning Subsector, as Kaizer Lau Ping-cheung, being a Legislative Council member, was deemed to have resigned from the Election Committee on 21 September 2001;
  2. Finance Subsector, as Antony Leung Kam-chung resigned from the EC on 28 March 2001 on his appointment as the Financial Secretary of Hong Kong;
  3. Heung Yee Kuk Subsector, as Tsang Ngan-hoi had died on 25 August 2001; and
  4. Legal Subsector, as Audrey Eu Yuet-mee, being a Legislative Council member, was deemed to have resigned from the Election Committee on 21 September 2001.

Results[]

General outcome[]

Statistics are generated from the Report on the 2002 Chief Executive Election.[1]

Sector Subsector Registered
voters		 Candidates Elected Votes Turnout
I Finance 123 15 1 30 24.39
II Architectural, Surveying and Planning 3,908 1 1 uncontested
II Legal 4,033 35 1 649 16.09
IV Heung Yee Kuk 138 23 21 121 87.68
TOTAL (for 3 contested subsectors) 4,294 4 3 800 18.63

Finance[]

2002 Election Committee Subsector By-elections: Finance[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nonpartisan Yuen Wai-keung 23 76.7
Nonpartisan Shao You-bao 7 23.3
Nonpartisan gain from Nonpartisan Swing

Architectural, Surveying and Planning[]

2002 Election Committee Subsector By-elections: Architectural, Surveying and Planning[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Edward Ho Sing-tin uncontested
Liberal gain from Nonpartisan Swing

Legal[]

2002 Election Committee Subsector By-elections: Legal[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nonpartisan Ronny Tong Ka-wah 415 63.9
Nonpartisan Anthony Chow Wing-kin 231 35.6
Nonpartisan gain from Nonpartisan Swing

Heung Yee Kuk[]

2002 Election Committee Subsector By-elections: Heung Yee Kuk[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nonpartisan Lam Wai-keung 94 77.7
Nonpartisan Tang Kam-leung 24 19.8
Nonpartisan gain from Nonpartisan Swing

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Report on the 2002 Chief Executive Election. Electoral Affairs Commission.
  2. ^ a b c "Six candidates compete for three Election Committee seats". Hong Kong Government. 6 January 2002.
  3. ^ a b c d "2002 Election Committee Subsector By-elections Successfully Concluded". Hong Kong Government. 6 January 2002.
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