Election of deputies to the NPC among Taiwan compatriots is presided over by the Standing Committee of the NPC. Standing committees of people’s congresses of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government and the armed forces are responsible to organize consultations to elect deputies.
2. The functions and powers of election committees during direct election
(1) To preside over the election of deputies to people’s congresses at the corresponding levels;
(2) To decide on the date of election;
(3) To conduct registration of voters, examine the qualifications of voters and publicize lists of voters;
(4) To look into appeals of disagreement lodged by voters concerning the lists of voters and make due decisions;
(5) To decide on the division of constituencies and allocate the number of deputies to the constituencies;
(6) To tally and publicize the names of candidates for deputies and according to the opinion of the majority of voters, decide and publicize the official lists of candidates for deputies;
(7) To dispatch staff to preside over ballot casting stations or the election of electoral meetings;
(8) To decide on whether the election is valid and publicize the lists of names of deputies elected; and
(9) To process reports and charges against violations during the election.
III. Allocation of the number of deputies
1. Deputies to local people’s congresses in ordinary administrative regions
The number of deputies to the NPC, and people’s congresses of provinces, autonomous regions, counties and autonomous counties is distributed by the standing committee of the corresponding level according to the principle of one deputy in rural areas representing a population four times that of a deputy in urban areas.
2. Deputies to people’s congresses in ethnic self-government regions
(1) In areas where the population of one ethnic minority makes up 30 percent or more of the total local population, the population a deputy represents equals that represented by any other deputies in the same local people’s congress.
(2) In areas where the population of one ethnic minority makes up more than 15 but under 30 percent of the total local population, the population a deputy represents may be smaller than that represented by other deputies in the same local people’s congress but deputies from this ethnic minority shall be no more than 30 percent of the total number of deputies.
(3) In areas where the population of one ethnic minority makes up less than 15 percent of the total local population, the population a deputy represents may be less than one half of that represented by other deputies in the same local people’s congress. In counties of ethnic self-government where minority population is exceptionally small, the population a deputy represents may be less than half of the total local population, upon decision of the standing committee of the people’s congress of a province or an autonomous region. Other ethnic groups whose populations are exceptionally small may have at least one deputy in the local people’s congress.
(4) Ethnic minorities living in scattered communities shall have their deputies and the population each deputy represents may be smaller than that represented by every other deputy in the local people’s congress.
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