:2018 Democratic Party (HK) leadership election

{{Infobox election

| election_name = Democratic Party (HK) leadership election

| country = Hong Kong

| flag_image =

| type = presidential

| ongoing = no

| previous_election = 2016 Democratic Party (HK) leadership election

| previous_year = 2016

| next_election = 2020 Democratic Party (HK) leadership election

| next_year = 2020

| election_date = 2 December 2018

| image1 = 150px

| candidate1 = Wu Chi-wai

| colour1 = 5FB04A

| 1blank = Ballot

| 2blank = Percentage

| 1data1 = 189

| 2data1 = 77%

| title = Chairperson

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| before_election = Wu Chi-wai

| after_election = Wu Chi-wai

}}

The Democratic Party leadership election was held on 2 December 2018 for the 30-member 13th Central Committee of the Democratic Party in Hong Kong, including chairperson and two vice-chairperson posts.

Incumbent chairman Wu Chi-wai was re-elected uncontested with 189 confidence votes with incumbent vice-chairman Lo Kin-hei re-elected and former vice-chairman Andrew Wan retook the post from Li Wing-shing.

Electoral method

The Central Committee was elected by the party congress. All public office holders, including the members of the Legislative Council and District Councils, are eligible to vote in the party congress.{{cite book|title=Out of the Shadow of 1997?: The 2000 Legislative Council Election in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region|editor1-first=Hsin-chi|editor1-last=Kuan|editor2-first=Zhaojia|editor2-last=Liu|editor3-first=Jiaying|editor3-last=Wang|publisher=Chinese University Press|year=2002|page=156}} The eligibility of members electing a delegate who holds one vote in the congress was 5 members.{{cite news|url=http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/news/art/20141213/18967756|title=隔牆有耳：白鴿選舉　卿姐愛刺激|newspaper=Apple Daily|date=13 December 2014|access-date=2 December 2018|archive-date=6 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150606174953/http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/news/art/20141213/18967756|url-status=dead}} Candidate also needs a majority in order to claim victory.{{cite news|url=http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/news/art/20141213/18967758|title=八方人物：尹兆堅想做民主黨「膠水」|newspaper=Apple Daily|date=13 December 2014|access-date=2 December 2018|archive-date=6 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150606172254/http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/news/art/20141213/18967758|url-status=dead}}

Overview

Wu Chi-wai emphasised the average age of 42.8 year-old of the elected Central Committee, which was the youngest in history. Another highlight was former chairwoman Emily Lau running for the Disciplinary Committee, who was elected with relatively low votes of 153 votes.{{cite news|title=【民主黨改選】胡志偉連任主席卿姐低票爭做紀委|url=https://hk.news.appledaily.com/local/realtime/article/20181202/58983337|newspaper=蘋果日報|date=2018-12-02}}

Candidates

=Chairperson=

Wu Chi-wai, incumbent chairman of the Democratic Party, Legislative Council member for Kowloon East and Wong Tai Sin District Councillor{{cite news|title=【李八方online】民主黨換屆胡志偉競逐黨主席|url=http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/realtime/news/20161126/55966381|newspaper=Apple Daily|date=26 November 2016|access-date=2 December 2018|archive-date=26 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161126130928/http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/realtime/news/20161126/55966381|url-status=dead}}

=Vice-Chairpersons=

Lo Kin-hei, incumbent Vice-Chairman of the Democratic Party and Southern District Councillor
Andrew Wan, former Vice-Chairman of the Democratic Party and Legislative Council member for New Territories West

Elections

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colspan=6\| Chairperson election
colspan=2\|Candidate	width=80px\| For	width=80px\| Against	% of votes
bgcolor="{{party color\|Democratic Party (Hong Kong)}}" \| \| align=left\| Wu Chi-wai	189	58	77

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colspan=6| Chairperson election

colspan=2|Candidate

width=80px| For

width=80px| Against

% of votes

bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party (Hong Kong)}}" |

| align=left| Wu Chi-wai

189

colspan=5\| Vice-Chairperson election
class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"
colspan=2\| Candidate	width=80px\| For	width=80px\| Against	% of votes
bgcolor="{{party color\|Democratic Party (Hong Kong)}}" \| \| align=left\| Lo Kin-hei	174	66	73
bgcolor="{{party color\|Democratic Party (Hong Kong)}}" \| \| align=left\| Andrew Wan	243	3	99