12th National People's Congress

Chinese Congressional election, 2012-13

Oct. 2012 - Feb. 2013

All seats to the National People's Congress

	Majority party	Minority party

Leader	Xi Jinping	Wan Exiang
Party	Communist	Minge (RCKMT)
Alliance	United Front	United Front
Leader's seat	Shanghai At-large	Hubei At-large
Last election	70.2%	29.7%
Seats before	2,099	888
Seats won	2,157	830
Seat change	58	58

Chairman before election

Wu Bangguo
Communist

Chairman-elect

Zhang Dejiang
Communist

12th National People's Congress

The 12th National People's Congress was elected from October 2012 to February 2013 and will be in session from 2013 to 2018. It is scheduled to hold five plenary sessions in this period, occurring around early March every year.^[1]

The 1st plenary session

Main article: 2013 National People's Congress

The first plenary session was held on March 2013. All top national posts are up for election.

The 2nd plenary session

Main article: 2014 National People's Congress

The second plenary session was held on March 2014.

Election Results

NPCSC Chairman Election				NPCSC Secretary-general Election
Candidates	For	Against	Abstain	Candidates	For	Against	Abstain
Zhang Dejiang	2,952	5	4	Wang Chen	2,923	30	7
Zhang Dejiang	2,952	5	4	Zhang Ping	1	0	0

Presidential Election				Vice-Presidential Election
Candidates	For	Against	Abstain	Candidates	For	Against	Abstain
Xi Jinping	2,952	1	3	Li Yuanchao	2,839	80	37
				Liu Yunshan	2	0	0
				Li Hongzhong	1	0	0
				Wang Yang	1	0	0
				Yuan Chunqing	1	0	0
				Pan Yiyang	1	0	0

CMC Chairmanship Election				Premierial Election
Candidates	For	Against	Abstain	Candidates	For	Against	Abstain
Xi Jinping	2,955	1	3	Li Keqiang	2,940	3	6

Supreme Court President Election				Procurator-general Election
Candidates	For	Against	Abstain	Candidates	For	Against	Abstain
Zhou Qiang	2908	26	23	Cao Jianming	2,933	18	5
Wu Aiying	2	0	0	Cao Jianming	2,933	18	5
Wang Shengjun	1	0	0	Chen Yunlong	1	0	0
Qi Qi	1	0	0	Cai Xueen	1	0	0

Summary of the October 2012–February 2013
National People's Congress
of the People's Republic of China election results
Parties	Seats
Communist Party of China (中国共产党)	2,157 ^[2]
United Front, independents	830
Total	2,987

References

↑ "Electoral Calendar - international elections world elections". Archived from the original on 26 May 2011. Retrieved 2011-05-12.
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