2022 Hong Kong Chief Executive election

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The 2022 Hong Kong Chief Executive election was the heavily vetted leadership race in which former security chief John Lee Ka-chiu ran unopposed and was selected as the city's next leader by a small Election Committee.

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instanceOf Chief Executive election ⓘ
indirect election ⓘ
political election ⓘ
campaignStart April 2022 ⓘ
candidate John Lee Ka-chiu ⓘ
candidateBackground former Chief Secretary for Administration of Hong Kong ⓘ
former Secretary for Security of Hong Kong ⓘ
controversy lack of opposition candidates ⓘ
limited electorate ⓘ
country Hong Kong ⓘ
linked to: Hong Kong, China
date 8 May 2022 ⓘ
describedAs heavily vetted leadership race ⓘ
small-circle election ⓘ
electoralCollege Election Committee of Hong Kong ⓘ
electorateType appointed and vetted Election Committee members ⓘ
governingAuthority Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China ⓘ
incumbentBeforeElection Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor ⓘ
linked to: Carrie Lam
incumbentPartyBeforeElection pro-Beijing camp ⓘ
isUncontested true ⓘ
legalBasis Annex I to the Basic Law ⓘ
Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region ⓘ
location Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre ⓘ
mediaCoverage international ⓘ
nextElection 2027 Hong Kong Chief Executive election ⓘ
nominationPeriodEnd 16 April 2022 ⓘ
nominationPeriodStart 3 April 2022 ⓘ
nominationsReceivedByJohnLee 786 ⓘ
numberOfCandidates 1 ⓘ
numberOfElectors 1500 ⓘ
officeContested Chief Executive of Hong Kong ⓘ
oversightFrom Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office ⓘ
politicalContext implementation of Hong Kong national security law ⓘ
post-2019 protests political environment ⓘ
previousElection 2017 Hong Kong Chief Executive election ⓘ
requiredNominationsFromEachSector at least 15 nominations from each of the five sectors ⓘ
requiredNominationsFromElectionCommittee at least 188 ⓘ
resultingOfficeHolder John Lee Ka-chiu ⓘ
resultingOfficeHolderTitle 6th Chief Executive of Hong Kong ⓘ
selectionMethod election by Election Committee ⓘ
successfulNominee John Lee Ka-chiu ⓘ
supervisingBody Electoral Affairs Commission ⓘ
termLengthOfElectedOffice 5 years ⓘ
turnoutPercentage 97.74% ⓘ
validVotes 1416 ⓘ
votesForJohnLee 1416 ⓘ
votingSystem secret ballot ⓘ
winner John Lee Ka-chiu ⓘ
winningCandidate John Lee Ka-chiu ⓘ
winningParty pro-Beijing camp ⓘ
year 2022 ⓘ

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John Lee Ka-chiu → election → 2022 Hong Kong Chief Executive election ⓘ