1909 Chinese parliamentary election

1909 Chinese parliamentary election

September – October 1909 1912 →

196 seats (of 200 seats) to the Advisory Council
101 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Chen Baochen Yang Du Yan Xishan
Party Continuous Constitutionalism CERA Xinhai Club
Alliance Constitutionalists Constitutionalists Constitutionalists
Leader's seat Scholars
(Appointed)
Did not stand Did not stand
Elected seats 38 10 4
Appointed seats 37 0 7

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Sun Yat-sen Wang Rongbao Zheng Xiaoxu
Party Tongmenghui Political Science Club Preparative Constitutionalism
Alliance Revolutionaries Constitutionalists Constitutionalists
Leader's seat Did not stand Government Officials
(Appointed)
Did not stand
Elected seats 4 1 3
Appointed seats 3 4 2

  Constitutionalist majority
  Independent majority
  Divided between constitutionalists and independents
  Divided between constitutionalists and revolutionaries
  No election

The 1909 Chinese parliamentary election was an indirect election to the first imperial Advisory Council, a preparatory body of the parliament created under the constitutional reform bought by the late Qing dynasty. It was seen as the first popular election in Chinese history.[1]

Originally 100 members, half of the seats in the council were to be elected by the members of the Provincial Consultative Assemblies, while the other half were appointed by the Emperor. Due to the fact the Provincial Consultative Assembly had not been set up in Sinkiang, the seats were reduced to 98.

Translations with bracketed Chinese text are for reference only.

  1. ^ 張, 朋園 (2007). 中國民主政治的困境 1909-1949:晩清以來歷屆議會選舉述論. Changchun: 吉林出版集團有限責任公司. p. 63.