2021 Hong Kong legislative election

The 2021 Hong Kong Legislative Council election is scheduled on 5 September 2021 for the 7th Legislative Council of Hong Kong (LegCo).[1] A total of 70 members, which 35 from directly elected geographical constituencies (GCs) and 35 from indirectly elected functional constituencies (FCs), will be returned.

For originally scheduled election, see Postponement of the 2020 Hong Kong legislative election.
2021 Hong Kong legislative election
5 September 2021
All 70 seats to the Legislative Council
36 seats needed for a majority
Registered4,466,944 (GC)[lower-alpha 1] 18.20%
 
Leader Starry Lee Lo Wai-kwok Wu Chi-wai
Party DAB BPA Democratic
Alliance Pro-Beijing Pro-Beijing Pro-democracy
Leader's seat District Council (Second) Engineering Kowloon East
Last election 12 seats, 16.68% 7 seats, 2.29% 7 seats, 9.22%
Current seats 13 8 7
 
Leader Alvin Yeung Ng Chau-pei Felix Chung
Party Civic FTU Liberal
Alliance Pro-democracy Pro-Beijing Pro-Beijing
Leader's seat New Territories East[lower-alpha 2] No seat Textiles & Garment
Last election 6 seats, 9.59% 5 seats, 7.83% 4 seats, 0.99%
Current seats 5 4 4
 
Leader Regina Ip Paul Zimmerman Ray Chan
Party NPP Prof Commons People Power
Alliance Pro-Beijing Pro-democracy Pro-democracy
Leader's seat Hong Kong Island Running in District Council (First)[lower-alpha 3] New Territories East
Last election 3 seats, 7.73% 2 seats 1 seat, 5.87%
Current seats 2 2 1
Incumbent President

Andrew Leung
BPA

Originally scheduled on 6 September 2020, Chief Executive Carrie Lam announced on 31 July 2020 the invocation of the Emergency Regulations Ordinance which gave her to the emergency powers to postpone the election, citing the recent resurgence of the COVID-19 cases and denying any political calculation behind it.[2] The delay was seen as a blow to the pro-democrats who aimed to achieve "35+" majority by riding to 2019 District Council landslide on a wave of massive protests against the government and concerns about the sweeping new national security law imposed by Beijing on Hong Kong. It was also seen as the latest in a quick series of aggressive moves by the Beijing authorities to thwart their momentum and sideline the pro-democracy movement.[3]

Postponement
Main article: Postponement of the 2020 Hong Kong legislative election
See also: 2020 Hong Kong Legislative Council candidates' disqualification controversy

Originally scheduled on 6 September 2020, the recent resurgence of the COVID-19 cases in July sparked the speculation of the possible delay of the election. Tam Yiu-chung, the sole representative from Hong Kong on National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC), suggested that the government should not rule out postponing the upcoming election, denying any criticism that the pro-Beijing camp was afraid of losing the election.[4][5]

On 31 July the last day of the nomination period, Chief Executive Carrie Lam announced the invocation of the Emergency Regulations Ordinance which gave her to the emergency powers to postpone the election. She said the elections would involve "a large-scale gathering and an immense infection risk", adding that many registered voters in mainland China and oversea would be unable to take part in the elections while border quarantine measures were in place and denied any political calculation behind it.[2][6] On 11 August the NPCSC unanimously passed a decision to extend the incumbent 6th Legislative Council to extend its term for no less than one year.[7][8]

The delay was seen as a blow to the pro-democrats who aimed to achieve "35+" majority by riding to 2019 District Council landslide on a wave of massive protests against the government and concerns about the sweeping new national security law imposed by Beijing on Hong Kong. It was also seen as the latest in a quick series of aggressive moves by the Beijing authorities to thwart their momentum and sideline the pro-democracy movement.[3] The pro-democrats accused Lam of using the pandemic as a pretext to stop people from voting and warned that doing so would "trigger a constitutional crisis in the city."[9]

The Hong Kong Bar Association also questioned legal and evidential basis for the decision as it effectively invited "the central government to override Article 69 of the Basic Law and Hong Kong legislation."[10] Various governments including the United States, the United Kingdom and the European Union slammed the government decision. Germany also announced it was suspending its extradition treaty with Hong Kong.[11]

Retiring incumbents
Constituency Departing incumbents Party First elected Reason
Hong Kong IslandTanya Chan[12] Civic2008 Barred from running due to her term of imprisonment
Kowloon WestAnn Chiang[13] DAB2012 Did not contest in the intra-party primary
Helena Wong[14] Democratic2012 Lost the pro-democracy primaries
Kowloon EastWilson Or[15] DAB2016 Withdrew due to family reason
New Territories WestLeung Che-cheung[16] DAB2012
New Territories EastFernando Cheung[17] Labour2004
Eunice Yung[18] NPP/CF2016 Did not contest in the intra-party primary
Health ServicesJoseph Lee[19]  Professionals Guild2004 Lost the pro-democracy primaries
LabourPoon Siu-ping[20] FLU2012
Social WelfareShiu Ka-chun[12] Independent2016 Barred from running due to his term of imprisonment
TourismYiu Si-wing[21] Independent2012
Sports, Performing Arts,
Culture and Publication		Ma Fung-kwok[22] New Forum1996
Import and ExportWong Ting-kwong[23] DAB2004
Information TechnologyCharles Mok[24] PC/PG2012
District Council (First)Lau Kwok-fan[25] DAB2016 Lost his North District Council seat in 2019 DC election
District Council (Second)Leung Yiu-chung[26] NWSC1995 Withdrew from the pro-democracy primaries

Opinion polling

By camps
Date(s)
conducted		 Polling source Sample size Pro-democracy Pro-Beijing Undecided/Not Voting/Other Lead
15–18 June 2020 HKPORI 1,002 53%29%18%24%
17–20 March 2020 HKPORI 1,001 58%22%20%36%
4 September 2016 2016 election results 55.0%40.2%(41.7/4.9%)14.9%

Notes
  1. 2020 voter registration figure.
  2. Yeung was barred from standing in the originally scheduled election.
  3. As of his nomination in the originally scheduled election.

References
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  2. "LegCo General Election postponed for a year". Hong Kong Government. 31 July 2020.
  3. "Hong Kong Delays Election, Citing Coronavirus. The Opposition Isn't Buying It". New York Times. 31 July 2020.
  4. "Tam Yiu-chung suggests readying to put off polls". The Standard. 20 July 2020.
  5. "Politicians debate postponing Hong Kong election". Asia Times. 21 July 2020.
  6. "Decision to delay election not political". Hong Kong Government. 31 July 2020.
  7. "Beijing decides current Hong Kong lawmakers can remain on until postponed election". Hong Kong Free Press. 11 August 2020.
  8. Lindberg, Kari; Lung, Natalie (11 August 2020). "China Extends Term of Hong Kong Lawmakers by a Year, Reports Say". Bloomberg. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  9. "Hong Kong's Elections Were Already Rigged. Now They Won't Happen". The Diplomat. 1 August 2020.
  10. "Hong Kong barristers have 'serious doubts' over legality of postponing Legislative Council elections". South China Morning Post. 3 August 2020.
  11. "Germany suspends extradition treaty with Hong Kong citing election delay – minister". Hong Kong Free Press. 31 July 2020.
  12. "【佔中判刑】判監8月緩刑2年　陳淑莊無緣競逐連任". 香港01. 1 June 2019. Archived from the original on 10 June 2019. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  13. "立法會9月換屆　蔣麗芸不參加黨內初選 (19:58)". Ming Pao (in Chinese). 1 February 2020. Archived from the original on 11 February 2020. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  14. "本土派大捷 黃碧雲料「出局」 胡志偉涂謹申末位入閘　馬嶽：選民睇人唔睇黨". Ming Pao. 14 July 2020. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  15. "【立法會選舉】柯創盛家庭為由宣佈棄選九東　交代決定時多次哽咽". 經濟日報. 1 June 2020.
  16. "告別議會｜梁志祥專訪：問責制不改，做建制派仍是「有辱無榮」". Hong Kong 01. 9 July 2020. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  17. "張超雄擬交棒 下屆淡出立會". Hong Kong Economic Times (in Chinese). 9 July 2018. Archived from the original on 14 July 2018. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  18. "【政情】容海恩批初選內定拒抬轎　黨友讚退選「難得」聰明". now TV. 1 March 2020. Archived from the original on 30 March 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
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  20. "【立會選舉】勞工界潘兆平棄連任　被稱「隱形人」：只向工友交代". 香港01. 8 January 2020. Archived from the original on 16 February 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  21. "【立法會選舉●旅遊界】中旅社姚思榮撐姚柏良接棒：我哋同一間公司㗎嘛！". Apple Daily. 16 July 2020. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  22. "【立會選戰】霍啟剛時隔八年接父棒戰「體演文出」 嘉賓盼以留住郭晶晶魄力為業界爭取成續". 香港獨立媒體. 2 July 2020.
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  25. "公布立會參選名單 民建聯12路大軍戰立會". 香港G報. 1 July 2020.
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