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Voting in HKSAR's sixth-term chief executive election concludes
Updated 14:07, 08-May-2022
CGTN

Voting in the election of the sixth-term chief executive for China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) has concluded.

This is the first chief executive election since the improvement of the HKSAR's electoral system.

The ballot boxes will be delivered to the central counting station at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center, where the count will be conducted manually by counting staff.

According to the Electoral Affairs Commission's arrangements, the candidate, candidate's election agent and counting agents may observe the counting in the counting area. Meanwhile, members of the public can watch the counting from the public gallery.

The Central Counting Station cum Media Center at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center, HKSAR, China, May 8, 2022. /CMG

The Central Counting Station cum Media Center at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center, HKSAR, China, May 8, 2022. /CMG

After the count is completed, the returning officer, who oversees the election, will announce the election result at the central counting station. The election result will be displayed outside the counting station, and a Gazette notice will be published on the same day.

According to Annex I of the Basic Law of the HKSAR, the chief executive shall be elected in accordance with the Basic Law by an Election Committee which is "broadly representative, suited to the actual situation of the HKSAR and represents the overall interests of society," and shall be appointed by the Central People's Government of China.

The law stipulates that the "Election Committee elects the chief executive by secret ballot on a one-person-one-vote basis," and the chief executive designate must obtain support from more than half of the 1,500 Election Committee members or more than 750 votes.

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