2000 LegCo Election at a Glance

The second LegCo elections of the HKSAR were held on Sunday, 10 September 2000. As in the first LegCo elections in 1998, the objective of the Government was to produce a credible and representative legislature by ensuring that the electoral arrangements were fair, open, honest and acceptable to the people of HKSAR.

All 60 LegCo members were returned by elections. The number of members returned by geographical constituencies was increased from 20 in the first term to 24, with the number of members returned by an Election Committee reduced from 10 to 6 correspondingly. The number of members returned by functional constituencies remained at 30.

The term of office of the second term LegCo is four years.

About 3.06 million registered voters were eligible to cast their votes in the geographical constituency elections.

Most of the polling arrangements were similar to those in the LegCo election in 1998. The majority of voters used chops to mark ballot papers.

Counting of geographical constituency votes was performed at five regional counting stations, while a central counting station was set up for functional constituencies and the Election Committee.

Arrangements for the second LegCo election of the HKSAR were made in accordance with the provisions in the Basic Law and the Legislative Council Ordinance. The Electoral Affairs Commission, an independent statutory body, supervised the entire electoral process in accordance with the relevant regulations.

The elections were regulated by the Independent Commission Against Corruption in accordance with the Elections (Corrupt and Illegal Conduct) Ordinance.