2002 Hong Kong Election Committee Subsector by-elections

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]

SectorSubsectorRegistered
voters		CandidatesElectedVotesTurnout
IFinance1231513024.39
IIArchitectural, Surveying and Planning3,90811uncontested
IILegal4,03335164916.09
IVHeung Yee Kuk138232112187.68
TOTAL (for 3 contested subsectors)4,2944380018.63

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