{"id":9321,"date":"2016-08-24T21:33:24","date_gmt":"2016-08-24T13:33:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/varsity.com.cuhk.edu.hk\/?p=9321"},"modified":"2016-08-31T21:06:59","modified_gmt":"2016-08-31T13:06:59","slug":"legco-electoral-method","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/varsity.com.cuhk.edu.hk\/index.php\/2016\/08\/legco-electoral-method\/","title":{"rendered":"What you should know about the Legco elections &#8211; Part 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The voting system for the geographical constituencies<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hong Kong employs a proportional representation system of party-lists, in which seats are allocated on a &#8220;largest remainder&#8221; basis for the election of legislators in the geographical constituencies.<\/p>\n<p>That may sound confusing, so we&#8217;ve created three infographics to explain how it works:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9329\" src=\"http:\/\/varsity.com.cuhk.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ch3_voting-method-pt-1_v2-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"ch3_voting method pt 1_v2\" width=\"610\" height=\"610\" srcset=\"https:\/\/varsity.com.cuhk.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ch3_voting-method-pt-1_v2-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/varsity.com.cuhk.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ch3_voting-method-pt-1_v2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/varsity.com.cuhk.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ch3_voting-method-pt-1_v2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/varsity.com.cuhk.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ch3_voting-method-pt-1_v2-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/varsity.com.cuhk.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ch3_voting-method-pt-1_v2-696x696.jpg 696w, https:\/\/varsity.com.cuhk.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ch3_voting-method-pt-1_v2-1068x1068.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/varsity.com.cuhk.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ch3_voting-method-pt-1_v2-420x420.jpg 420w, https:\/\/varsity.com.cuhk.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ch3_voting-method-pt-1_v2-1920x1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9330\" src=\"http:\/\/varsity.com.cuhk.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ch3_voting-method-pt-2_v2-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"ch3_voting method pt 2_v2\" width=\"610\" height=\"610\" srcset=\"https:\/\/varsity.com.cuhk.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ch3_voting-method-pt-2_v2-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/varsity.com.cuhk.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ch3_voting-method-pt-2_v2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/varsity.com.cuhk.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ch3_voting-method-pt-2_v2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/varsity.com.cuhk.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ch3_voting-method-pt-2_v2-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/varsity.com.cuhk.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ch3_voting-method-pt-2_v2-696x696.jpg 696w, https:\/\/varsity.com.cuhk.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ch3_voting-method-pt-2_v2-1068x1068.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/varsity.com.cuhk.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ch3_voting-method-pt-2_v2-420x420.jpg 420w, https:\/\/varsity.com.cuhk.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ch3_voting-method-pt-2_v2-1920x1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9331\" src=\"http:\/\/varsity.com.cuhk.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ch3_voting-method-pt-3_v3-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"ch3_voting method pt 3_v3\" width=\"610\" height=\"610\" srcset=\"https:\/\/varsity.com.cuhk.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ch3_voting-method-pt-3_v3-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/varsity.com.cuhk.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ch3_voting-method-pt-3_v3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/varsity.com.cuhk.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ch3_voting-method-pt-3_v3-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/varsity.com.cuhk.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ch3_voting-method-pt-3_v3-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/varsity.com.cuhk.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ch3_voting-method-pt-3_v3-696x696.jpg 696w, https:\/\/varsity.com.cuhk.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ch3_voting-method-pt-3_v3-1068x1068.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/varsity.com.cuhk.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ch3_voting-method-pt-3_v3-420x420.jpg 420w, https:\/\/varsity.com.cuhk.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ch3_voting-method-pt-3_v3-1920x1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The voting system for the geographical constituencies Hong Kong employs a proportional representation system of party-lists, in which seats are allocated on a &#8220;largest remainder&#8221; basis for the election of legislators in the geographical constituencies. 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