The vote result on June 18, 2015
On June 18, 2015, Legco members who were expected to vote in favour of the government’s reform walked out of the chamber. The final tally was 8 for, 28 against. A two-thirds majority was required for the constitutional change to pass.
Bold names on the graphic are lawmakers with notes. Some names link to pages that explain their attitude towards the vote. The seating map is current as of October 11, 2012.
Correction on June 19: We updated the graphic to show that Poon Siu-ping was present, but did not vote.
More about the reform vote on SCMP.com >>
The voting results on the “Motion concerning the amendment to the method for the selection of the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region”:
Security Measures
Both the Legco and police have tightened security around the government complex in Admiralty ahead of the three-day debate.
Starting from June 17, 2015, educational tours will be suspended, the complex's public services and lawmakers' cafe will close, all guests will need to leave, and no more than five assistants will be allowed to work in each lawmaker's office.
Legco president Jasper Tsang Yok-sing said such measures were necessary even if activists vowed to rally peacefully. "The Legco Commission is responsible for … guaranteeing that there wouldn't be any threat for anyone working in the complex, so we'd rather be over-cautious than complacent,” he said.
Police Commissioner Stephen Lo Wai-chung announced the formation of a new 1,300-member Evidence Gathering Team three days ahead of the political reform debates. Lo said the team would be responsible for filming and arresting offenders during possible chaos outside Legco, in a bid to enhance law enforcement. The police force is also said to have hired retired staffers for logistical matters.
On June 16, 2015, Tsang said he and the Legco House Committee had accepted the recommendation by the police and allowed officers to enter and help maintain order.
At 8.15pm the same day, some 30 plain-clothes policemen entered the Legco building carting equipment, accompanied by 30 uniformed colleagues. Traffic to Tim Wa Avenue outside the chief executive's office was also blocked from 11pm.
In an unprecedented move, police said it would station 200 officers inside Legco, and another 1,000 would be on patrol outside the building on June 17. Earlier, police said the plan was to mobilise 7,000 officers from across the city during the debate.
Results of Joint-University Rolling Survey
The public opinion study centres of three Hong Kong universities have been conducting the “Joint-University Rolling Survey on 2017 Chief Executive Election Proposal” since April 23. Daily polls are conducted and three days of polls are compiled to form a “rolling poll”. The polls closely follow the standards of the World Association for Public Opinion Research (WAPOR).
Support
Oppose
Half-half/ Don’t know/ Hard to say
Apr 23 - 27
Apr 24 - 28
Apr 25 - 29
Apr 26 - 30
Apr 27 - May 1
Apr 28 - May 2
Apr 29 - May 3
Apr 30 - May 4
May 1 - 5
May 2 - 6
May 3 - 7
May 4 - 8
May 5 - 9
May 6 - 10
May 7 - 11
May 8 - 12
May 9 - 13
May 10 - 14
May 11 - 15
May 12 - 16
May 13 - 17
May 14 - 18
May 15 - 19
May 16 - 20
May 17 - 21
May 18 - 22
May 19 - 23
May 20 - 24
May 21 - 25
May 22 - 26
May 23 - 27
May 24 - 28
May 25 - 29
May 26 - 30
May 27 - 31
May 28 - Jun 1
May 29 - Jun 2
May 30 - Jun 3
May 31 - Jun 4
Jun 1 - 5
Jun 2 - 6
Jun 3 - 7
Jun 4 - 8
Jun 5 - 9
Jun 6 - 10
Jun 7 - 11
Jun 8 - 12
Jun 9 - 13
46.7%
47.6%
49.5%
48.2%
47.6%
46.2%
45.2%
44.4%
43.7%
44.8%
42.5%
42.9%
42.3%
44.3%
43.7%
46.9%
46.8%
47.0%
45.8%
46.3%
44.2%
45.7%
45.8%
46.4%
46.0%
47.7%
44.0%
43.5%
44.3%
42.9%
43.5%
45.3%
45.9%
44.4%
47.9%
46.7%
45.3%
45.6%
45.8%
43.7%
42.8%
41.7%
41.6%
41.3%
42.9%
42.6%
44.9%
44.2%
37.6%
36.7%
35.7%
36.8%
36.4%
38.0%
37.9%
39.1%
40.2%
38.7%
39.5%
39.8%
40.3%
38.8%
40.6%
37.9%
38.9%
38.9%
40.1%
39.0%
40.8%
39.1%
38.5%
36.5%
36.5%
34.5%
37.1%
36.8%
37.3%
38.6%
38.7%
36.2%
35.2%
36.2%
34.5%
35.6%
37.6%
39.7%
39.6%
41.6%
42.8%
43.0%
43.4%
44.0%
42.4%
41.7%
40.9%
40.9%
15.8%
15.7%
14.8%
15.0%
16.0%
15.8%
16.9%
16.4%
16.1%
16.5%
18.0%
17.3%
17.3%
16.9%
15.7%
15.2%
14.3%
14.2%
14.1%
14.7%
14.9%
15.2%
15.7%
17.1%
17.5%
17.9%
18.9%
19.7%
18.4%
18.5%
17.8%
18.5%
19.0%
19.4%
17.6%
17.7%
17.0%
14.6%
14.7%
14.7%
14.5%
15.3%
15.1%
14.6%
14.7%
15.7%
14.2%
15.0%
Opposition for the first time matches - and then briefly outnumbers - the percentage of support
Support outweighs opposition again
Support
Oppose
Half-half/ Don’t know/ Hard to say
Support
Oppose
Half-half/ Don’t know/ Hard to say
Apr 23 - 27
Apr 24 - 28
Apr 25 - 29
Apr 26 - 30
Apr 27 - May 1
Apr 28 - May 2
Apr 29 - May 3
Apr 30 - May 4
May 1 - 5
May 2 - 6
May 3 - 7
May 4 - 8
May 5 - 9
May 6 - 10
May 7 - 11
May 8 - 12
May 9 - 13
May 10 - 14
May 11 - 15
May 12 - 16
May 13 - 17
May 14 - 18
May 15 - 19
May 16 - 20
May 17 - 21
May 18 - 22
May 19 - 23
May 20 - 24
May 21 - 25
May 22 - 26
May 23 - 27
May 24 - 28
May 25 - 29
May 26 - 30
May 27 - 31
May 28 - Jun 1
May 29 - Jun 2
May 30 - Jun 3
May 31 - Jun 4
Jun 1 - 5
Jun 2 - 6
Jun 3 - 7
Jun 4 - 8
Jun 5 - 9
Jun 6 - 10
Jun 7 - 11
Jun 8 - 12
Jun 9 - 13
46.7%
47.6%
49.5%
48.2%
47.6%
46.2%
45.2%
44.4%
43.7%
44.8%
42.5%
42.9%
42.3%
44.3%
43.7%
46.9%
46.8%
47.0%
45.8%
46.3%
44.2%
45.7%
45.8%
46.4%
46.0%
47.7%
44.0%
43.5%
44.3%
42.9%
43.5%
45.3%
45.9%
44.4%
47.9%
46.7%
45.3%
45.6%
45.8%
43.7%
42.8%
41.7%
41.6%
41.3%
42.9%
42.6%
44.9%
44.2%
37.6%
36.7%
35.7%
36.8%
36.4%
38.0%
37.9%
39.1%
40.2%
38.7%
39.5%
39.8%
40.3%
38.8%
40.6%
37.9%
38.9%
38.9%
40.1%
39.0%
40.8%
39.1%
38.5%
36.5%
36.5%
34.5%
37.1%
36.8%
37.3%
38.6%
38.7%
36.2%
35.2%
36.2%
34.5%
35.6%
37.6%
39.7%
39.6%
41.6%
42.8%
43.0%
43.4%
44.0%
42.4%
41.7%
40.9%
40.9%
15.8%
15.7%
14.8%
15.0%
16.0%
15.8%
16.9%
16.4%
16.1%
16.5%
18.0%
17.3%
17.3%
16.9%
15.7%
15.2%
14.3%
14.2%
14.1%
14.7%
14.9%
15.2%
15.7%
17.1%
17.5%
17.9%
18.9%
19.7%
18.4%
18.5%
17.8%
18.5%
19.0%
19.4%
17.6%
17.7%
17.0%
14.6%
14.7%
14.7%
14.5%
15.3%
15.1%
14.6%
14.7%
15.7%
14.2%
15.0%
Opposition for the first time matches - and then briefly outnumbers - the percentage of support
Support outweighs opposition again
Support
Oppose
Half-half/ Don’t know/ Hard to say
The government’s proposal for the 2017 poll
= 1 person
= 1 person
Entry stage
1
Each nominating committee (NC) member can
recommend one aspirant
120
240
Number of votes an
aspirant needs to qualify
Maximum votes
an aspirant can get
Up to 10 candidates can enter primary
2
Primary within 1,200-strong NC
NC members vote on each candidate to support
1,200 NC
Top two or three who get more than
50 per cent members’ support can
proceed to public vote.
Each member casts at least two votes
Public vote
3
One man, one vote, one round. Candidate with the most votes wins
2017 Chief Executive
= 1 person
= 1 person
Entry stage
1
Each nominating committee (NC) member can
recommend one aspirant
120
240
Number of votes an
aspirant needs to qualify
Maximum votes
an aspirant can get
Up to 10 candidates can enter primary
Primary within 1,200-strong NC
2
NC members vote on each candidate to support
1,200 NC
Top two or three who get more than
50 per cent members’ support can
proceed to public vote.
Each member casts at least two votes
Public vote
3
One man, one vote, one round. Candidate with the most votes wins
2017 Chief Executive
Hong Kong’s voting population
7.2 million
population in
Hong Kong
5 million
eligible voters
in Hong Kong
3.5 million
registered voters
in Hong Kong
1,200
NC members
See
2
7.2 million
population in
Hong Kong
5 million
eligible voters
in Hong Kong
3.5 million
registered voters
in Hong Kong
1,200
NC members
See
2
The long road to reform
2007
December:The Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC), China’s legislature, says universal suffrage will apply to Hong Kong’s chief executive poll in 2017
2010
January: Five lawmakers from the League of Social Democrats and Civic Party resign to trigger by-elections as a de facto referendum on universal suffrage in 2012.
April: The Hong Kong government issues new proposals for the 2012 chief executive and Legco elections: that the number of Election Committee members would increase from 800 to 1,200.
May: Legco by-elections are held and all five lawmakers who quit in January get re-elected.
Three Democratic Party leaders meet with the Beijing Liaison Office to discuss political reforms.
2013
March: NPC law committee chairman Qiao Xiaoyang says a chief executive candidate must “love the country and love Hong Kong”
December: Government starts five-month public consultation on reforms for the 2017 chief executive election and the 2016 Legco polls
2014
June: The State Council, China’s top administrative body, issues a white paper on rolling out “one country, two systems” in Hong Kong. It says Beijing is committed to universal suffrage for Hong Kong but opposes unpatriotic CE candidates
July: The Hong Kong government releases its report on the political reform consultation and Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying submits his report to the NPC Standing Committee
August: The NPC standing committee rules that voters are to choose from two or three candidates endorsed by the majority of a 1,200-member nominating committee, who will then be voted through “one man, one vote”
September: Pro-democracy activists and students kick off Occupy Central protests, blocking main roads in Mong Kok, Admiralty, and Causeway Bay
2015
January: The Hong Kong government launches a second round of consultations on electoral reforms
April: The Hong Kong government spells out its reform proposals for the 2017 CE election
Reform rollout
Updated on June 17, 2015
To implement electoral reform, Hong Kong must go through a five-step process, as set out in the Basic Law - the city’s mini-constitution - and the NPC Standing Committee’s decisions:
July 2014: The Chief Executive reports to the Standing Committee on the need to amend the process of electing the territory’s leader and Legco
August 2014: Standing Committee issues a framework for the 2017 chief executive election
June 2015: Hong Kong government tables its proposed amendments to Legco. A two-thirds majority in Legco is needed for approval
Third quarter of 2015: If Legco approves the proposal, the chief executive gives consent
Third quarter of 2015: The chief executive submits a report to the Standing Committee for approval
