May 8, 2022

John Lee won the sixth-term chief executive election in China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) on Sunday, with 1,416 valid "support" votes.

The chief executive designate must obtain support from more than half of the 1,500 Election Committee members, or more than 750 votes, according to Hong Kong's Basic Law and the Chief Executive Election Ordinance.

The returning officer, who oversees the election, received one nomination form during the nomination period  – Lee's. As there is only one validly nominated candidate, EC members chose between "support" or "not support" on the ballot on Sunday.

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