The 2025 Hong Kong Election Committee Subsector by-elections was held on 7 September 2025 to fill the 93 seats across 28 subsectors of the 1,500-member Election Committee, plus 10 appointed seats through nominations by designated organisations. The Election Committee, which significantly gained power after the political reform in 2021, would select 40 out of the 90 seats in the Legislative Council in December, and the new Chief Executive in 2027.
Nominations opened between 22 July and 4 August, followed by national security vetting through the Candidate Eligibility Review Committee. Amongst the 93 vacancies, 72 seats are uncontested and the respective candidates are expected to be elected automatically. At least a quarter of the candidates are District Councillors, ten are senior executives of Chinese corporations, and two were government officials (former Director-General of Civil Aviation Li Tin-chui and former assistant director of Planning Amy Cheung).
Results The turnout of the election was 97.33% with 3,534 eligible electorates casting their votes. Commercial (Third) achieved a 100% turnout just within two hours after the Chinese businessmen were urged to demonstrate their full support of the "patriotic" by-election.
The by-election for subsector of Area Committees was the key race which suggests the popularity of the local politicians. The Liberal Party candidate Kenny Yuen was the only partisan member not elected. Amy Cheung was elected as the Architectural, surveying, planning and landscape subsector member after a tie and subsequent lots drawing session.
The public was generally apathetic to the voting criticised as for "the clique inside the clique" despite the government's widespread publication. It costs HKD233 million, which translates to HKD66k per vote.
SubsectorCandidatePolitical affiliationVotesElectedTurnoutCommercial (third)Jacky Kwok Tuen-cheung64100%Tony Mak Wing-yin42Architectural, surveying, planning and landscapeAmy Cheung Yi-mei26 (by drawing lots)96.3%Vincent Cheung Kiu-cho26Technology and innovationTu Wenwei46100%Lawrence Cheung Chi-chong44Yang Mengsu42Wong Kin-hang40Wendy Lee Woon-ming37Lam Hon-ming31LabourLam Tsin-kwok50691.85%Jim Fan-chak489Lui Nai-sing153Representatives of members of Area Committees, District Fight Crime Committees,and District Fire Safety Committees of Hong Kong and KowloonWilson Or Chong-shing1,36899%Kwok Kam-fat1,209Sher Ching-yee1,197Lee Wing-man1,164Wan Chun-man1,142Lai Nuen-san1,062Kenny Yuen Kin-chung782Representatives of members of Area Committees, District Fight Crime Committees,and District Fire Safety Committees of the New TerritoriesWong Po-yee89097.99%Michael Liu Tsz-chung/CF887Hau Hon-shek877Wong Wai-yue825Kent Tsang King-chung758Lau Chin-pang738Wong Chor-kei734Yip Yik-shing583Source: https://www.elections.gov.hk/ecss2025by/eng/results.html
Uncontested seats +SubsectorCandidatePolitical affiliationFirst SectorCateringYeung Chun-ninCommercial (first)Huang ShaomeiChan Ho-yinCommercial (second)Alfred Lee Tak-kongEmployers’ Federation of Hong KongYeung Lui-mingHotelMak Yu-faiImport and exportStephen Tang Siu-kunChiu Chun-moIndustrial (first)Wong Pok-manShum Kin-waiIndustrial (second)Vincent Leung Shing-kitReal estate and constructionWong Tin-cheungSiu Chak-yuSmall and medium enterprisesLai Cheuk-punTourism Peng YuTransportLi Tin-chuiSecond SectorChinese medicineFeng YibinEducationChoy Sai-hungNg Wun-kitLegalTong Man-lungMedical and health servicesHenry Chan Hin-leeJane Chan Chun-kwongTony Mok Shu-kamSports, performing arts, culture and publicationYip Pui-chuThird SectorAgriculture and fisheries Wong Ka-hingAssociations of Chinese fellow townsmenTong ChitChing Siu-toMatthew Lam Kin-hongTsoi Chiu-yukHe YanchenCheung Kwong-kwanSun HeiGrassroots associationsTung Kin-leiYuet Ngai-keungLo Hiu-fungAnson Lam Ka-faiCheung Man-kaLaw Kam-faiLam PokFung Mo-kwanFourth SectorHeung Yee KukMan Luk-singTang Sin-hangWan Yeung-kinChan Sung-ipAlfred Lam Kwok-cheongFifth SectorRepresentatives of Hong Kong membersof relevant national organisationsMuk Ka-chunJanet Lee Ching-yeeLee Chiu-yuConrad Alwin HoTsui Ho-yinStephen Chua Yiu-yeungChen Ching-waiShum Ho-cheungYiu Kwai-chuLinda Hung Man-yinTo Nga-ngaPang Chi-pingWong Ching-yungBian ZhaoxiangDouglas Fang Yan-takJia JiayaJing YinSze Hon-yeungTang Wing-chunEugene Chan Kin-keungAngel Lau Chan Siu-poWong Siu-leungWilfred Ng Sau-keiLi ZhongFelix Chow Bok-hinChong Chong-yipTai Chun-kit
Appointed seats SubsectorDesignated BodyNomineeSecond SectorAccountancyAssociation of Hong Kong Accounting Advisors LimitedPoon Kwok-chingLaw Fu-yuenRichard Tse Kin-pangSports, performing arts, culture and publicationHong Kong Publishing Federation LimitedHui Chiu-shingSports Federation & Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, ChinaYang Joe-tsiTechnology and innovationThe Greater Bay Area Association of AcademiciansZhao TianshouThird SectorReligiousChinese Muslim Cultural and Fraternal AssociationZareenah Ho Sau-yinThe Hong Kong Taoist AssociationHenry Tong Sau-chai and Wong Yum-yinCatholic Diocese of Hong KongEddie Chan Chi-kongFourth SectorRepresentatives of associations of Hong Kong residents in the MainlandHong Kong Chamber of Commerce in China—GuangdongAngelina Law Wai-hing
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