Hong Kong Ordinances

CHIEF EXECUTIVE ELECTION ORDINANCE - SECT 27

System of voting: contested election

(Past version on 21/09/2001).

System of voting: contested election (Amended 10 of 2006 s. 13)

(1) If a candidate obtains more than half of the total number of valid votes
cast in any round of voting, he shall be returned at the election.

(2) Where-

   (a)  there are 2 candidates in the election; or

   (b)  2 candidates remain after the elimination of all other candidates
        under subsection (3)(c) or (4)(c), as many rounds of voting as may be
        necessary shall be conducted for the 2 candidates until one of them is
        returned under subsection (1).

(3) Where-

   (a)  there are 3 or more candidates in the election; and

   (b)  after the first round of voting-

        (i)    only 2 candidates obtain the highest and the same number of
               valid votes cast; or

        (ii)   (A) only one candidate obtains the highest number of valid
               votes cast but he does not obtain more than half of the total
               number of valid votes cast; and (B) only one candidate obtains
               the next highest number of valid votes cast, then-

   (c)  all candidates other than the 2 candidates referred to in paragraph
        (b)(i) or (ii) shall be eliminated; and

   (d)  subsection (2) applies in relation to those 2 candidates.

(4) Where-

   (a)  there are 3 or more candidates in the election; and

   (b)  after the first round of voting-

        (i)    3 or more candidates obtain the highest and the same number of
               valid votes cast; or

        (ii)   (A) only one candidate obtains the highest number of valid
               votes cast but he does not obtain more than half of the total
               number of valid votes cast; and (B) 2 or more candidates obtain
               the next highest and the same number of valid votes cast, then-

   (c)  all candidates (if any) other than the candidates referred to in
        paragraph (b)(i) or (ii) shall be eliminated;

   (d)  as many rounds of voting as may be necessary shall be conducted for
        the candidates referred to in paragraph (b)(i) or (ii) until-

        (i)    one of them is returned under subsection (1); or

        (ii)   subsection (2) applies in relation to any 2 of them; and

   (e)  the foregoing provisions of this subsection apply in relation to any
        such round of voting as they apply in relation to the first round of
        voting.