Voting
Incumbent Donald Tsang had been widely expected to secure re-election by a landslide, as he had received nominations from 641 members of the same body. The pro-democracy candidate, Alan Leong of the Civic Party (公民黨), secured 132 nominations, ensuring that he would contest the election, the first opposed CE election.
Although the outcome of the election was a foregone conclusion, it was hoped that the debates would stimulate discussion about the future direction of Hong Kong, were meant for the respective candidates to put forward their political visions for public scrutiny.
Read more about this topic: Hong Kong Chief Executive Election, 2007
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