ELECTION
PROPOSALS
OF THE
TWO SIDES
ISSUE
VOTING METHOD IN
GEOGRAPHICAL CONSTITUENCIES For 20 directly-elected LegCo seats and for Municipal Councils (MCs) and District Boards (DBS)
BRITISH SIDE'S ORIGINAL 1992 PROPOSALS
Single-seat constituencies electing by single-vote, first-past-the-post method.
VOTING AGE
(For LegCo, DBs & MCs)
To be reduced from 21 to 18
(ie as in the UK and China).
REVISED BRITISH PROPOSALS
No change from original proposals.
No change from original proposals.
CHINESE PROPOSALS
Use existing 9 (1991)
constituencies to elect 20 seats on single-vote
basis. (Details unclear, but
would appear to ensure that seats go to parties winning small percentages of the vote.) Single-seat, single-vote, for DBS and MCs only, offered as part of a first-stage package.
offer to agree voting age of 18 for DB, MC and Legco elections as part of a first-stage package.
Election Pro sals
ANNEX I