# 2012 National People's Congress election in Hong Kong

The election for the Hong Kong deputies to the 12th National People's Congress (NPC) was held on 19 December 2012. 36 Hong Kong deputies were elected by an electoral college composed of 1,621 members.

## Overview

The election took place at the second plenary meeting of the 12th National People's Congress election meeting on 19 December. It was attended by Li Jianguo, vice-chairman and secretary-general of the National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) as the representative of the NPCSC, and presided by Leung Chun-ying, executive chairman of the 19-strong presidium which included former Chief Executives Tung Chee-hwa and Donald Tsang Yam-kuen, as well as Asia's richest man, Li Ka-shing, and Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB) chairman Tam Yiu-chung.
52 candidates ran for 36 seats with 23 outgoing delegates, including Rita Fan Hsu Lai-tai, member of the NPCSC, Maria Tam Wai-chu, deputy convenor of the Hong Kong delegation, and Fanny Law Fan Chiu-fun, Executive Council member and Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying's former top aide. New faces included former Secretary for Security Ambrose Lee Siu-kwong and Li Yinquan, vice-president of the China Merchants Group. Only two contenders are pan-democrats, Fong King-lok, executive committee member of the Hong Kong Professional Teachers' Union and Dutch-born Southern District councillor Paul Zimmerman, who quit the Civic Party in summer.
1,488 of the 1,621 electoral college members cast their votes. Each elector had to choose 36 candidates. The top 36 candidates in the ballot, as long as they receive more than 50 per cent support, would be elected. 36 of the 52 candidates were elected while 7 candidates were elected as supplementary deputies.

## Election result
### Elected members (36)

* Cai Yi
* Laura Cha Shih May-lung
* Bernard Charnwut Chan
* Bunny Chan Chung-bun
* Chan Yung
* Cheng Yiu-tong
* Cheung Ming-man
* Choy So-yuk
* Rita Fan Hsu Lai-tai
* Herman Hu Shao-ming
* Ian Fok Chun-wan
* Ip Kwok-him
* Dennis Lam Shun-chiu
* Miriam Lau Kin-yee
* Priscilla Lau Pui-king
* Fanny Law Fan Chiu-fun
* Ambrose Lee Siu-kwong
* Sophie Leung Lau Yau-fun
* Li Yinquan
* Martin Liao Cheung-kong
* Lo Shui-on
* Tim Lui Tim-leung
* Ma Fung-kwok
* Ma Ho-fai
* Ng Chau-pei
* Ng Leung-sing
* Ngan Po-ling
* Maria Tam Wai-chu
* Michael Tien Puk-sun
* Peter Wong Man-kong
* Wong Ting-chung
* David Wong Yau-kar
* Wong Yuk-shan
* Andrew Yao Cho-fai
* Yeung Yiu-chung
* Zhang Tiefu

### Supplementary members (7)

* Albert Au Siu-cheung
* Thomas Cheung Tsun-yung
* Feng Jiu
* Raymond Leung Hai-ming
* Li Kuo-hsing
* Alice Tso Shing-yok
* To Wai-keung

### Detailed results

2012 National People's Congress election in Hong Kong :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Martin Liao Cheung-kong | 1,403 | |
| | Independent | Ambrose Lee Siu-kwong | 1,387 | |
| | Independent | Bernard Charnwut Chan | 1,382 | |
| | Independent | Laura Cha Shih May-lung | 1,368 | |
| | Independent | Ian Fok Chun-wan | 1,362 | |
| | Independent | Ma Fung-kwok | 1,361 | |
| | Independent | Maria Tam Wai-chu | 1,346 | |
| | Independent | Ng Leung-sing | 1,346 | |
| | Independent | Peter Wong Man-kong | 1,318 | |
| | Communist | Zhang Tiefu | 1,313 | |
| | Independent | Dennis Lam Shun-chiu | 1,308 | |
| | Independent | Tim Lui Tim-leung | 1,303 | |
| | Independent | Fanny Law Fan Chiu-fun | 1,296 | |
| | Independent | Li Yinquan | 1,292 | |
| | Independent | Cheng Yiu-tong | 1,291 | |
| | Independent | Yeung Yiu-chung | 1,282 | |
| | Independent | Ip Kwok-him | 1,275 | |
| | Independent | Lo Shui-on | 1,262 | |
| | Independent | David Wong Yau-kar | 1,255 | |
| | Independent | Choy So-yuk | 1,246 | |
| | Independent | Ma Ho-fai | 1,244 | |
| | Independent | Chan Yung | 1,243 | |
| | Independent | Sophie Leung Lau Yau-fun | 1,233 | |
| | Independent | Bunny Chan Chung-bun | 1,225 | |
| | Independent | Priscilla Lau Pui-king | 1,207 | |
| | Independent | Wong Yuk-shan | 1,192 | |
| | Independent | Cai Yi | 1,183 | |
| | Independent | Michael Tien Puk-sun | 1,176 | |
| | Independent | Rita Fan Hsu Lai-tai | 1,155 | |
| | Independent | Andrew Yao Cho-fai | 1,120 | |
| | Independent | Wong Ting-chung | 1,116 | |
| | Independent | Ng Chau-pei | 1,112 | |
| | Independent | Herman Hu Shao-ming | 1,102 | |
| | Independent | Ngan Po-ling | 1,079 | |
| | Independent | Cheung Ming-man | 1,067 | |
| | Independent | Miriam Lau Kin-yee | 1,042 | |
| | Independent | Feng Jiu | 1,010 | |
| | Independent | To Wai-keung | 914 | |
| | Independent | Li Kuo-hsing | 876 | |
| | Independent | Albert Au Siu-cheung | 817 | |
| | Independent | Raymond Leung Hai-ming | 664 | |
| | Independent | Thomas Cheung Tsun-yung | 611 | |
| | Independent | Alice Tso Shing-yok | 552 | |
| | Independent | Shi Kai-biu | 298 | |
| | Independent | Lincoln Lu | 290 | |
| | Independent | Ip Wing-yuk | 285 | |
| | Independent | Helen Meng Mei-ling | 271 | |
| | Independent | Peter Chan Po-fun | 253 | |
| | Independent | Cheung Kwai-lan | 249 | |
| | Independent | Paulus Johannes Zimmerman | 226 | |
| | Independent | Chan Tak-ling | 186 | |
| | Independent | Fong King-kok | 172 | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 1,461 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,488 | 91.80 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,621 | |

### Result by party

Hong Kong local parties are not counted as national political parties and thus the below elected deputies will not carry their membership in the National People's Congress.
| Affiliation | Members |
| DAB (8) | Maria Tam Wai-chu |
| DAB (8) | Yeung Yiu-chung |
| DAB (8) | Ip Kwok-him |
| DAB (8) | Choy So-yuk |
| DAB (8) | Chan Yung (DAB/NTAS) |
| DAB (8) | Priscilla Lau Pui-king |
| DAB (8) | Wong Ting-chung |
| DAB (8) | Cheung Ming-man |
| FTU (2) | Cheng Yiu-tong |
| FTU (2) | Ng Chau-pei |
| NCF (1) | Ma Fung-kwok |
| NPP (1) | Michael Tien Puk-sun |
| Liberal (1) | Miriam Lau Kin-yee |