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, China
surface form: Hong Kong
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 People's Republic of China government
surface form: Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China
incumbentBeforeElection Carrie Lam
surface form: Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor
incumbentPartyBeforeElection pro-Beijing camp
isUncontested true
legalBasis Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
surface form: 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 of Hong Kong
surface form: 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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