Hong Kong Electoral System Reform Process and Reason Analysis from 2012–2021
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- 10.2991/978-2-494069-45-9_20How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Hong Kong; Electoral system; Electoral reform; Voting system
- Abstract
The composition of the Legislative Council is a major issue in the development of Hong Kong’s electoral system. This not only concerns Hong Kong’s political environment but also its social stability and economic development. This paper mainly discusses the following contents: the Hong Kong legislative council directly elected seats in the list of the voting system, the government to avoid small parties caused by the measures taken by political turmoil, and an election by the largest remainder method shortcomings and advantages of two seats one vote per set by the electoral law amendment in 2021, the change in the electoral system and electoral system changes. It is concluded that the reform of Hong Kong’s legislative system from a “proportional representation system” to a “double seat single vote system” has improved the way of seat generation, which is conducive to the democracy and stability of Hong Kong society.
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TY - CONF AU - Fanyu Lin PY - 2022 DA - 2022/12/16 TI - Hong Kong Electoral System Reform Process and Reason Analysis from 2012–2021 BT - Proceedings of the 2022 2nd International Conference on Modern Educational Technology and Social Sciences (ICMETSS 2022) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 158 EP - 164 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-494069-45-9_20 DO - 10.2991/978-2-494069-45-9_20 ID - Lin2022 ER -