(Adopted at the Second Session of the Fifth National People's Congress on July 1, 1979, promulgated by Order No.2 of the Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress on July 4, 1979 and effective as of January 1, 1980; amended for the first time in accordance with the Resolution on the Revision of Certain Provisions in the Electoral Law of the National People's Congress and Local People's Congresses of the People's Republic of China, adopted at the Fifth Session of the Fifth National People's Congress on December 10, 1982; amended for the second time in accordance with the Decision on the Revision of the Electoral Law of the National People's Congress and Local People's Congresses of the People's Republic of China, adopted at the 18th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Sixth National People's Congress on December 2, 1986; amended for the third time in accordance with the Decision Regarding Revision of the Electoral Law of the National People's Congress and Local People's Congresses of the People's Republic of China, adopted at the 12th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Eighth National People's Congress on February 28, 1995; amended for the fourth time in accordance with the Decision on Amending the Electoral Law of the National People's Congress and Local People's Congresses of the People's Republic of China adopted at the 12th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Tenth National People's Congress on October 27, 2004)

Contents

Chapter I General Provisions

Chapter II Number of Deputies to the Local People's Congresses at Various Levels

Chapter III Number of Deputies to the National People's Congress

Chapter IV Elections Among Minority Nationalities

Chapter V Zoning of Electoral Districts

Chapter VI Registration of Voters

Chapter VII Nomination of Candidates for Deputies

Chapter VIII Election Procedure

Chapter IX Supervision, Recall and By-Elections Held to Fill Vacancies

Chapter X Sanctions Against Disruption of Elections

Chapter XI Supplementary Provisions