Election Law

Election Law for the National People’s Congress and Local People’s Congresses of the People’s Republic of China
中华人民共和国全国人民代表大会和地方各级人民代表大会选举法

[Available Text: Chinese (current) | English (v. 2015)]

(adopted July 1, 1979, effective Jan. 1, 1980; amended and effective Dec. 10, 1982; amended and effective Dec. 2, 1986; amended and effective Feb. 28, 1995; amended and effective Oct. 27, 2004; amended and effective Mar. 14, 2010; amended and effective Aug. 29, 2015; amended Oct. 17, 2020, effective Oct. 18, 2020)

  • Status: Amendment passed
  • Legislative Body (Vote): NPCSC (N/A)
  • Principal Drafter: NPCSC Legislative Affairs Commission
  • Submitter: Council of Chairpersons
  • Legislative Plans
    • Five-year: N/A
    • Annual: 2020
  • Legislative History & Text
  • Legislative Records [Gazette 2020(5): 815, 824–827]
    • Explanation (Oct. 13, 2020)
    • Report on Results of Deliberation (Oct. 16, 2020)
    • Presidential Order (Oct. 17, 2020)

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