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Elections in Hong Kong take place when certain political offices in the government need to be filled. Hong Kong has a multi-party system, with numerous parties in the Legislative Council. The Chief Executive of Hong Kong is nonpartisan but has to work with several parties to form a coalition government.

Every four years, ninety representatives are chosen to sit on the unicameral Legislative Council of Hong Kong (LegCo). Twenty seats representing the geographical constituencies are returned by popular vote, thirty seats representing the functional constituencies are elected through smaller closed elections within business sectors, and the remaining forty seats representing the Election Committee constituency are chosen by members of the Election Committee. The Chief Executive of Hong Kong is returned by the 1,500-member Election Committee on five-year intervals. Local elections are held on four-year intervals to return members of District Councils.

Following the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests, and the landslide victory of Hong Kong's pro-democracy camp in the 2019 Hong Kong local elections, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China unilaterally passed the Hong Kong national security law and changes to Annex I and Annex II of the Hong Kong Basic Law. Pro-democracy activists are now prevented from participating in future elections, curtailing the influence of the public's vote on the outcome.

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2014 Hong Kong protests

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2016 Hong Kong legislative election

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2021 Hong Kong legislative election

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2023 Hong Kong local elections

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Hong Kong local elections

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Chief Executive of Hong Kong

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Hong Kong legislative elections

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Hong Kong independence

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Localism in Hong Kong

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Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong

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History of Hong Kong

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2021 Hong Kong electoral changes

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2012 Hong Kong legislative election

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Governor of Hong Kong

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2020 Hong Kong national security law

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Legislative Council of Hong Kong

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