Who elects the deputies to the people's congresses of the cities divided into districts of provinces, municipalities and autonomous prefectures?

Article 1 In order to protect citizens' right to vote and stand for election, and to develop and standardize people's democracy, the election procedures for deputies to local people's congresses at various levels are formulated in accordance with the Constitution of People's Republic of China (PRC).

Article 2 Deputies to local people's congresses at various levels shall be directly elected by voters.

Article 3 China people and citizens who have reached the age of 18 have the right to vote and stand for election, regardless of nationality, race, sex, occupation, family background, religious belief, education level, property status and length of residence. The law has other provisions on the duties of people's deputies, except those who are deprived of political rights. [2]

Article 4 The people and citizens of China have equal right to vote and stand for election.

Each voter has only one vote in an election, and each vote has the same value.

Article 5 The election of deputies to local people's congresses at various levels shall adopt the methods of differential election and secret ballot.

Article 6 The election of deputies to local people's congresses at various levels shall adhere to the principle of openness.

Article 7 In local people's congresses at various levels, a certain proportion of women deputies shall be maintained.

Where there are ethnic minorities living in compact communities, every ethnic minority living in compact communities should be represented at the local people's congress.

In areas with a large number of returned overseas Chinese, there should be an appropriate number of returned overseas Chinese representatives to participate in the local people's congresses.

Eighth local people's congresses election funds included in the fiscal budget, by the state treasury.

Candidates for deputies may raise election funds according to law.

Chapter II Election Organization

Article 9 The civil affairs departments of local people's governments at various levels shall set up election committees to preside over the election of deputies to the people's congresses at the corresponding levels.

The Election Committee is under the leadership of the people's congress at the same level and under the leadership of the Standing Committee of the people's congress at the same level when the people's congress is not in session. When the people's congresses are not in session, the election committees of townships, nationality townships and towns are under the leadership of the standing committees of the people's congresses at higher levels. The election committee of deputies to the people's congresses at higher levels shall guide the work of the election committee of deputies to the people's congresses at lower levels.

The Election Committee shall set up an office to handle the specific affairs of the election.

Article 10 The Election Committee consists of a chairman, vice-chairmen and members. The members of the Election Committee are nominated by the Standing Committee of the people's congress at the same level and voted by the people's congress at the same level. When a member of the Election Committee becomes vacant, when the people's congress is not in session, it shall be nominated by the meeting of directors of the Standing Committee of the people's congress at the corresponding level and approved by the meeting of the Standing Committee.

Article 11 Members of the Election Committee shall be persons without party affiliation, and persons with the same party identity shall not exceed half of the total number of members.

Article 12 The term of office of members of the Election Committee is five years, and they may not serve for more than two consecutive terms.

Article 13 The Election Committee shall meet once a month. During the election and recall, all kinds of election and recall meetings are not subject to this restriction.

The meeting of the Election Committee shall be convened by the director. When the chairman is unable to convene, he may elect a vice-chairman as the convener of the meeting. The meeting attended by more than half of all members of the Election Committee is valid, and the election affairs must be voted by more than two-thirds of the members present at the meeting.

Article 14 The Election Committee shall exercise the following functions and powers:

(a) to formulate the work plan for the election of deputies to the people's congresses at the corresponding levels;

(two) to manage the publicity of election activities and be responsible for the appointment and training of election staff;

(three) put forward the budget of election funds, and check the use of election funds;

(4) Examining and registering voters and managing the electoral roll;

(five) put forward suggestions on the division of electoral districts for deputies to the people's congresses at the corresponding levels;

(six) to determine the election day and announce the specific date and place of voting;

(seven) to organize political parties, people's organizations and voters to recommend candidates for deputies;

(eight) review the qualifications of candidates, determine and publish the official list of candidates according to law;

(9) Sending polling station managers and supervisors;

(ten) to announce the election results and confirm whether the election is valid;

(eleven) to supervise the election activities, accept the complaints and accusations of voters, and make decisions;

(twelve) summarize the election work, organize the establishment of election work files.

Article 15 The Election Committee shall issue the following announcements within the prescribed time limit:

(a) the election announcement of constituency division and election day. Announced six months before the expiration of the term of office of the current People's Congress;

(two) the election announcement of voter registration, nomination and registration of candidates. Announced forty days before the election day, and the nomination period of candidates for deputies shall not be less than seven days;

(3) Announcing the list of voters at the time of election. Announced thirty days before the election day, and its continuous display period shall not be less than ten days;

(four) the list of candidates for election announcement. Announced twenty days before the election day; The list of pre-selected candidates for official representatives shall be announced ten days before the election day;

(5) Election announcement, voting time and polling station location. Announced fifteen days before the election day;

(six) the election announcement list of elected representatives. Announced within three days after the polling day;

(7) Election announcement and final accounts of election funds. Announced within 30 days after the polling day;

(eight) the election announcement of another election. Announced ten days before the election day;

(nine) the election announcement of regular by-elections. Announced fifteen days before the date of the regular by-election;

(ten) other matters that should be announced.

The election announcement shall be delivered to all constituencies and posted in appropriate places respectively.

Article 16 The Election Committee shall regularly compile all kinds of election announcements into the election bulletin.

Seventeenth members of the Election Committee and election staff shall not be registered as candidates for deputies, otherwise they shall resign from the election work.

Chapter III Division of Representatives and Constituencies

Article 18 The number of deputies shall be determined according to provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government, cities divided into districts, autonomous prefectures, municipal districts, cities not divided into districts, counties, autonomous counties, townships, nationality townships and towns, and the number of deputies may be increased according to the proportion of population in each constituency. The upper limit of the total number of deputies is determined according to the population of each constituency. If the population is less than the representative base, it may be less than the base.

The population of each constituency is based on the latest census statistics published by the state.

Article 19 The number of deputies shall be allocated according to the principle that the population represented by each representative in the constituency is basically equal.

After the number of deputies is determined, it should be allocated to the constituency at one time, and the constituency will be elected according to the number of candidates.

Twentieth the number of women deputies in the same constituency shall not be less than 20% of the total number of deputies to the people's congresses at the corresponding levels. When the number of elected female deputies is less than the number of places to be elected, the number of votes of female deputies candidates shall be calculated separately, and the one with the most votes shall be elected.

Twenty-first autonomous regions and provinces with a large number of ethnic minorities can increase the number of deputies by 5% upon the decision of the NPC Standing Committee. Counties, autonomous counties, townships and nationality townships where ethnic minorities live in compact communities or live in scattered communities may increase the number of deputies by 5% upon the decision of the standing committees of the people's congresses of provinces and autonomous regions.

In the people's congresses of counties and autonomous counties, townships, nationality townships and towns with extremely small population should have at least one representative.

Article 22 The number of deputies to local people's congresses at various levels shall be determined in accordance with the following provisions:

(1) The base number of deputies of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government is 200. If the total population exceeds 30 million, 1 50,000 people can add1representative, and the total number of representatives shall not exceed 400; If the population is less than 30 million, the total number of delegates can be less than 200 [3].

(2) The number of representatives of cities and autonomous prefectures divided into districts is 150. If the total population exceeds six million, one delegate can be added for every forty thousand people, and the total number of delegates shall not exceed three hundred; If the population is less than six million, the total number of deputies may be less than one hundred and fifty.

(3) The base number of deputies in municipal districts, cities without districts, counties and autonomous counties is 100. If the total population exceeds 500,000, 1 delegate may be added for every 5,000 people, and the total number of delegates shall not exceed 200; If the population is less than 500,000, the total number of delegates may be less than 100.

(four) the base number of deputies in townships, nationality townships and towns is forty. If the total population exceeds 60,000, 1 delegate can be added for every 1500 people, and the total number of delegates shall not exceed 100 people; The total number of deputies of townships, nationality townships and towns with a population of less than 60,000 may be less than 40.

The total number of deputies to local people's congresses at various levels is the sum of the base number of deputies to local people's congresses as stipulated in the preceding paragraph and the number of deputies according to population growth.

Article 23 The specific number of deputies to the people's congresses of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government shall be determined by the NPC Standing Committee in accordance with this Law.

The specific number of deputies to the people's congresses of cities, autonomous prefectures and counties divided into districts shall be determined by the standing committees of the people's congresses of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government in accordance with this Law and reported to the NPC Standing Committee for the record.

The specific number of deputies to the township people's congress shall be determined by the Standing Committee of the people's congress at the county level and reported to the Standing Committee of the people's congress at the next higher level for the record.

Article 24 Once the total number of deputies to local people's congresses at various levels is determined, it shall not be changed. If the population changes greatly due to changes in administrative divisions and other reasons, the total number of deputies to the people's congresses at the corresponding levels shall be re-determined in accordance with the provisions of this Law.

Article 25 Deputies to local people's congresses at various levels shall, according to the number of deputies and the living conditions of voters, select one to three deputies from each constituency to divide constituencies.

Article 26 The division of electoral districts shall take into account administrative areas, population distribution, geographical environment and traffic conditions.

The population of each constituency should be roughly equal. The difference between the population of each constituency in the same constituency shall not exceed or be less than 25%.

Article 27 The electoral districts of local people's congresses at various levels are divided and announced by the election committee at the next higher level.

It will not change after the constituency is divided. Because of the change of administrative divisions and other reasons, the population changes greatly and the total number of deputies changes, or the population difference between constituencies in the same constituency exceeds 33%, the constituency should be re-divided.

Any change in the division of constituencies shall be completed and announced six months before the expiration of the term of office of the people's congress at the corresponding level.

Chapter IV Voter Registration

Article 28. People's Republic of China (PRC) citizens who have reached the age of 18 have the right to vote in any of the following circumstances:

(a) was sentenced to deprivation of political rights without restoring their rights;

(2) Persons suffering from mental illness and completely incapacitated.

Twenty-ninth citizens should take the initiative to register voters, and the voter qualification confirmed by registration is valid for a long time. If the situation is uncertain, it may not be revoked.

Each voter can only register in one constituency.

Voters have the obligation to correct the changed personal information in the electoral roll in time.

Thirtieth citizens should register voters at the place where they have their household registration.

If a citizen's domicile is inconsistent with his residence, and he has lived for more than six months, he can transfer to his current residence for voter registration after obtaining the voter qualification certificate of the domicile.

Overseas Chinese living in China during the election period can register as voters in their original or current residence with China passports.

Thirty-first election committees at all levels shall set up voter registration offices to be responsible for voter registration in non-election years.

During the election, the voter registration office shall set up a voter registration station in accordance with the constituency to facilitate voter registration.

Thirty-second in the constituency where online voter registration is established, citizens can download and submit the voter registration form on the election page of the local government website.

The voter registration office can handle all kinds of voter registration affairs through the network, accept the correction and supplement of voters' personal information online, and be responsible for the network maintenance and update of the voter register.

Thirty-third voter registration office can query and verify the population flow and changes in this constituency through the population information management system of public security organs, update the voter information in time, and maintain the voter list.

The people's court where the constituency is located shall promptly serve the effective criminal judgment involving deprivation of political rights on the voter registration office where the defendant's household registration is located.

Thirty-fourth before each publication of the voter list, the voter registration office shall check the voter list according to the household registration data and the previous voter list, and handle the registration of new voters.

If a voter dies, he shall be removed from the list of voters. Voters who are incapacitated due to mental illness and deprived of political rights according to law shall not be included in the list of voters after confirmation by the Election Committee.

Article 35 A voter who is arrested, prosecuted or tried for a crime shall, upon the decision of a people's procuratorate or a people's court, stop exercising his voting rights during his detention. The decision shall be delivered to the district, county or township election committee ten days before the election day.

Article 36 The following voters shall stop exercising their voting rights on the polling day:

(1) Being sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment, criminal detention or public surveillance without additional deprivation of political rights;

(2) Being subjected to administrative punishment such as detention that restricts personal freedom.

Article 37 Voter registration in an election year shall be conducted 40 days before the election day.

Ten days before the election day, voter registration and voter information correction will be suspended.

The suspension period specified in the preceding paragraph shall be terminated as of the date when the election results are announced.

Thirty-eighth voters list shall be published thirty days before the election day, and the continuous display time shall not be less than ten days. During the publication of the list of voters, the voter registration office accepts inquiries and corrections from voters.

Article 39 The list of voters shall be published at the location of each voter registration station and voter registration office.

The list of voters can also be published on the website of the local government through the Internet.

Fortieth voters who have objections to the published list of voters shall appeal to the Election Committee during the publication of the list of voters, and the Election Committee shall make a decision within three days. Anyone who refuses to accept the decision of the Election Committee may bring a lawsuit in the people's court where the constituency is located within five days.

Chapter V Nomination of Candidates

Forty-first candidates for deputies to local people's congresses at various levels should be voters who have reached the age of 23 and have a junior high school education or above, and be nominated by their constituencies.

Members of the people's government, judicial organs and procuratorial organs at the corresponding level and election staff shall not be nominated or registered as candidates for deputies.

Forty-second political parties and people's organizations may jointly or independently recommend candidates for deputies. More than 30 voters in a constituency may jointly recommend candidates for deputies.

More than 30 voters in this constituency are seconded, and voters can recommend themselves as candidates for deputies.

Article 43 The number of candidates for deputies recommended by political parties, people's organizations and voters shall not exceed the number of deputies to be elected in this constituency.

Article 44 A recommender shall provide the following information to the Election Committee:

(a) the candidate registration form signed by the candidate.

(two) the candidate's voter qualification certificate.

(3) a recommendation form signed jointly by a political party, a people's organization or a voter or a recommendation form seconded by the voter.

Article 45 The number of official candidates for deputies to local people's congresses at various levels shall be one to two times more than the number of deputies to be elected. If the nominated candidates for deputies are less than twice the number of deputies to be elected, the Election Committee shall reorganize and recommend candidates for deputies.

Forty-sixth candidates recommended by political parties, people's organizations and voters shall be included in the list of candidates for deputies, which shall be summarized and announced by the Election Committee, and shall not be changed or deleted at will.

Forty-seventh nominated or recommended candidates for deputies who exceed the difference ratio shall be pre-selected. According to the results of the pre-selection, the Election Committee shall determine the list of candidates for official representatives and make an announcement.

Chapter VI Competitive Elections

Article 48 Political parties, people's organizations, voters and self-recommended candidates for deputies shall introduce candidates for deputies to the Election Committee.

The Election Committee shall compile and publish the information on the candidates for deputies provided by referees or self-referees. The bulletin includes the candidate's name, recent photo, gender, date of birth, native place, education, occupation, address and references.

Article 49 After the list of candidates for deputies is published, the Election Committee shall organize the candidates for deputies to meet with the voters, and the candidates for deputies may introduce their term goals to the voters and answer the relevant questions raised by the voters.

Article 50 With the consent of half of the candidates, the Election Committee may hold an election debate.

If two or more candidates propose to hold an election debate, the Election Committee shall organize it within two days after proposing it.

The campaign debate is limited to three games.

Article 51. Political parties, people's organizations and voters who recommend candidates for deputies may print and distribute written and graphic publicity materials, and hang or erect advertising materials such as slogans, billboards, flags and cloth strips for the recommended candidates for deputies.

Publicity materials released by political parties and people's organizations shall specify the names of the political parties and people's organizations. There must be no commercial advertisements in the election propaganda.

Article 52. On behalf of candidates, candidates can print and distribute promotional materials with words and pictures, hang or erect advertising materials such as slogans, billboards, flags and cloth strips, and introduce themselves to voters by using television, radio, newspapers and other media at the time and place designated by the Election Committee.

All kinds of text and picture publicity materials on behalf of candidates shall be signed by myself.

Advertising materials such as slogans, billboards, flags, cloth strips hung or erected on behalf of candidates shall not interfere with public safety or traffic order, and shall be completely removed on the day after the polling day.

Article 53 After being registered by the Election Committee, candidates may set up election assistance institutions during the election period. The establishment and activities of electoral assistance institutions shall be stipulated by the Election Committee.

Fifty-fourth election day should stop all campaign activities.

Article 55 Political parties, people's organizations, candidates for deputies and their candidates for deputies shall not commit any of the following acts:

(1) inciting others to disturb public order;

(two) interfere with other candidates' campaign activities;

(3) Bribing or paying illegitimate interests to voters or other candidates;

(four) to take revenge on those who report election violations.

Fifty-sixth candidates can accept donations of election funds not exceeding the prescribed limit, and issue receipts one by one and keep their own stubs. The limit of election funds shall be set by the Election Committee.

Fifty-seventh candidates may not accept the following donations of election funds:

(1) Foreign enterprises, foreign-funded enterprises, foreign organizations or individuals;

(2) Other candidates in the same election, political parties and people's organizations that recommend other candidates;

(3) State-owned institutions or public welfare institutions as legal persons.

Political parties, people's organizations, candidates for deputies or election candidates may not raise election funds from unspecified people by issuing interest-free bonds or other securities regularly or irregularly.

Article 58 A candidate for deputies shall set up a comprehensive account book of election funds, and the Election Committee shall designate a certified public accountant to keep the account book for future reference.

Candidates for deputies shall, within 10 days after the voting date, fill in the final declaration form of election funds signed by certified public accountants and report it to the election Committee.

When examining election funds, the Election Committee may refer to the original vouchers or relevant materials declared in the preceding paragraph.

Fifty-ninth election funds revenue and expenditure, related materials, etc. , should be kept for six months after the declaration. Where a lawsuit occurs, it shall be kept until three months after the judgment takes effect.

The Election Committee shall, after receiving the declaration form for final accounts of election funds, make an announcement after reviewing the application materials within 20 days.

Chapter VII Voting and Counting

Article 60 The Election Committee shall, according to the distribution of voters, set up a number of polling stations in the constituency. The establishment and number of polling stations shall be announced fifteen days before the election day and incorporated into the election bulletin.

Sixty-first polling stations should set up a secret ballot marking office. Voters should enter the secret ballot box and use spare writing tools to draw votes.

Sixty-second polling stations shall be designated by the election committee a voting administrator and a number of voting staff. The duties of voting administrators and voting staff are as follows:

(1) Managing ballot papers and ballot boxes;

(2) Issuing ballot papers and maintaining voting order;

(three) after the vote, immediately seal the ballot box and send it to the electoral district counting center;

(4) Other voting affairs.

Article 63 A unified counting center shall be set up in each constituency, and the Election Committee shall designate a number of total tellers and tellers.

The counting center should set up observation seats for election observers, and the ballot boxes of each polling station should be sent to the counting center of the constituency for summary counting.

Article 64 The duties of the chief teller and teller are as follows:

(a) To be responsible for counting and counting the votes of all polling stations in the constituency;

(2) Statistics on the number of votes won by candidates;

(3) Making a vote counting report form and signing it;

(4) Other counting affairs.

Article 65 A polling station and a counting center shall have one or two inspectors respectively to supervise the voting and counting. The Ombudsman is appointed by the Election Commission.

Polling stations and counting centers should have local public security personnel present to maintain order.

Sixty-sixth polling station supervisors shall handle the following voting and counting supervision affairs:

(1) Supervising the polling station managers to handle voting and counting at the counting center;

(two) to supervise the voting affairs of voters;

(three) to stop and report other violations of the electoral law to the election committee.

Sixty-seventh candidates can send their own election observers to polling stations and counting centers. Election observers of candidates recommended by political parties and people's organizations may be appointed by referees.

The list of election observers shall be submitted to the Election Committee for the record five days before the election day.

Sixty-eighth voting, counting and supervision staff should arrive at the designated polling station and counting center on time. If the voting or counting staff cannot arrive on time for some reason, the Election Committee shall replace them in time. If the inspector fails to arrive on time for some reason, the Election Committee shall appoint him in time.

Voting and counting staff, supervisors and observers shall wear signs issued by the Election Committee.

Sixty-ninth voting, counting and supervision staff should participate in the training organized by the Election Committee, and those who have achieved excellent results should be rewarded.

Article 70 If the voting, counting and monitoring personnel commit illegal acts, once they are found to be true, the Election Committee shall immediately remove them from their posts and send someone else to replace them, in addition to handling them according to law.

Article 71 ballot boxes and ballot papers shall be made, distributed and used by the election committee. The names of candidates and referees should be printed on the ballot paper, and blank fields for other candidates should be reserved.

Article 72 The Election Committee shall, one day before the election day, seal the ballot boxes and ballot papers, send them to the polling stations in each constituency, and hand them over to the voting management personnel for safekeeping.

Before voting begins, the voting administrator should open the ballot box with the inspector and seal it again after public inspection.

Article 73 After the voting begins, the voting administrator shall, together with the scrutineers, unseal the ballot papers in public and issue invoices. Voters receive their votes with voter cards or identity cards.

When receiving electoral votes, voters shall sign the electoral roll or press their fingerprints. If they press their fingerprints, they should be signed and authenticated by the voting staff and the scrutineers.

If there is no voter's name on the electoral roll or the name does not match, no invoice may be issued.

Article 74 Except for voters and their families as stipulated in the second paragraph of Article 73, persons who do not wear the signs issued by the Election Committee are not allowed to enter the polling station.

Article 75 If a voter is blind or unable to vote in person due to disability, his family members may vote on his behalf at the request of the voter. If there are no family members present, a voting manager and a supervisor can draw lots and vote on their behalf according to their own wishes.

Article 76 Voters shall vote by themselves after voting, and shall not show the voting contents to others.

Article 77 When voting, voters may vote for the candidate for deputies, vote against him, choose another person or abstain from voting.

Article 78 A voter who goes out due to illness or during the election period may, with the consent of the Election Committee, entrust other voters in writing to collect votes and vote on his behalf. Each voter may not accept more than one entrustment.

Seventy-ninth voters in one of the following circumstances at the polling station, voting managers and supervisors shall immediately stop:

(a) deliberately make noise or interfere with others to vote or not to vote;

(two) carrying weapons or dangerous goods into the venue;

(3) Other illegal acts.

Voters who have not voted under any of the circumstances listed in the preceding paragraph may be ordered to withdraw from the polling station immediately after voting; For those who refuse to stop and the circumstances are serious, they shall be investigated for legal responsibility according to law, their votes shall be recovered, and the relevant information shall be recorded in the voters' register.

Article 80 If it is impossible to vote or suspend voting due to force majeure, the voting manager and scrutineer shall report to the Election Committee for approval and hold a new election.

Article 81 After the voting is over, the voting administrator shall seal the ballot box together with the scrutineers, and immediately send the ballot box to the counting center of the constituency after sealing and signing.

The voting administrator shall, together with the scrutineers, fill in the voting report, seal the electoral roll and the remaining votes respectively, sign and seal the seal, and send it to the Election Committee for safekeeping.

The voting report shall include the polling station number, voting date, invoiced number and remaining votes.

Eighty-second electoral district counting center shall complete all the counting work on the polling day.

The scrutineer and the counting personnel shall, together with the scrutineer, publicly unseal all ballot boxes and pour out all ballots. After the counting begins, the tellers sing the votes in public and count them one by one, and the scrutineers supervise them on the spot.

Article 83 A ballot paper is invalid under any of the following circumstances:

(a) issued by the Election Committee;

(two) do not use the writing tools reserved by the Election Committee;

(three) the reasons for not being able to determine the selected candidates;

(four) the number of deputies to be elected is more than the number of deputies to be elected;

(five) after the ticket has been altered;

(6) Signing, stamping, fingerprinting, adding any words or scribing symbols;

(7) The ballot paper is damaged or incomplete;

(8) completely blank.

When an election observer disagrees with the determination of invalid votes listed in the preceding paragraph, he may submit it to the election supervisor and record it for the record, and report it to the election committee for determination.

Article 84 The election is valid if more than half of all voters in a constituency vote. The candidate representing the candidate was elected with the most votes. In the case of an equal number of votes, if the winner cannot be determined, the candidate with an equal number of votes shall be voted again.

The number of votes cast in each election is more than the number of voters, and it is invalid if it is equal to or less than the number of voters.

Article 85 On the next day after the counting of votes, the tellers shall, together with the scrutineers, fill in a report form on counting and scrutinizing votes, including the number of polling stations, counting time, the total number of valid and invalid votes, the number of votes obtained by candidates, etc., seal the valid votes and invalid votes respectively, sign their names at the seal and immediately submit them to the Election Committee.

Article 86 After receiving the report on counting and scrutinizing votes, the Election Committee shall, within three days after the polling day, determine whether the election is valid or not in accordance with this Law, and publish the list of elected representatives.

Within five days after the publication of the list of elected representatives, the Election Committee shall issue certificates to the elected representatives and send the list of candidates who have won the votes.

Article 87 The Election Committee shall keep the remaining ballots, valid ballots and invalid ballots for six months.

If an election procedure occurs during the custody of the ballot papers mentioned in the preceding paragraph, the election materials related to the election procedure shall be kept until the end of the election procedure.

Chapter VIII Individual Elections and Periodic By-elections

Article 88 If the voters who participated in the voting did not pass more than half of the registered voters in the constituency, or if the number of elected representatives who won more than half of the votes was less than the number of deputies to be elected, or if they failed to vote or suspended their voting due to force majeure, or if the elected representatives died before taking office, another election shall be held.

Another election will still be held in the original constituency, and voter registration and voter list will no longer be announced.

Article 89 In the event of another election, the list of official candidates for deputies shall be determined in the order of the number of votes obtained in the previous vote in accordance with the provisions of Articles 44 and 45 of this Law, and shall be announced by the Election Committee ten days before the other election.

Separate elections should be announced within a certain period of time after voting. The term of the general election is from the date of the election to the first meeting of the new People's Congress.

Article 90 Except as otherwise provided by this Law, other elections shall be governed by the electoral procedures of this Law.

If the second independent election still does not produce elected representatives, the Election Committee shall declare the independent election over. The vacancy of representatives in this constituency is reserved until the regular by-election.

Article 91 During the term of office, a representative's qualification is terminated due to the following circumstances, which is a vacancy:

(1) died;

(two) transferred or moved out of the administrative area;

(3) Being dismissed according to law;

(4) Being elected according to law is invalid;

(5) Accepting the resignation as a representative;

(6) Failing to attend meetings of the people's congresses at the corresponding levels twice without approval;