7th Legislative Council of Hong Kong
The Seventh Legislative Council of Hong Kong is the current meeting of the legislative branch of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government. It is scheduled to meet in the Legislative Council Complex, from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2025, overlapping the six months of Carrie Lam as the fifth term of the Chief Executive and the sixth term of Chief Executive. The membership of the Legislative Council will be determined in the December 2021 election.
7th Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Image: Andrew Leung 2017
Image: Cheung Yu yan in 2017 (cropped)
Image: Jeffrey Lam
2021 Hong Kong legislative election
The 2021 Hong Kong Legislative Council election was a general election held on 19 December 2021 for the 7th Legislative Council of Hong Kong. Under the drastic Beijing-imposed electoral overhaul, the total number of seats was increased from 70 to 90 seats, with the directly elected geographical constituencies (GCs) reduced from 35 to 20 seats, the trade-based indirectly elected functional constituencies (FCs) staying at 30, and the additional 40 seats being elected by the 1,500-member Election Committee. therefore still not allowing universal suffrage.
Image: Starry Lee
Image: Stanley Ng 20230315 (cropped)
Image: Lo Wai kwok 2016
Image: Regina Ip 2016