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2012 Wukan municipal election

Field	Value
election_name	2012 Wukan municipal election
country	China
type	Municipal
ongoing	yes
election_date	3 March 2012
turnout	6,800
after_election	Lin Zuluan

The Wukan municipal election was held in Wukan, People's Republic of China on 3 March 2012 following an uprising against the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) government over alleged land grabs in which protesters forced out the incumbent government; the provincial government then acceded to an election for a committee to govern Wukan after protesters sought an end to what they said was decades of CCP corruption. The election would choose a seven-member village committee, including a village chief and his two deputies, who would control local finances and the sale and apportioning of collectively owned village land.

It was one of the first contested elections held in the Communist-controlled territory in China since the 1948 nationwide elections in the Republican era.

Background

Following the standoff in December 2011 over illegal land sales, protest leader Lin Zulian was named the new Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary of Wukan. As part of the truce with authorities, the governor of Guangdong province acquiesced to a village election in Wukan—the first of its kind to employ a secret ballot. A series of three elections were planned, which would select 100 representatives to oversee the village's governing committee.

During the first round election on 1 February, some 6,000 Wukan villagers voted for an independent committee to supervise the election for a new seven-member village leadership committee. On 11 February, over 6,500 villagers (85% of the population) According to The Wall Street Journal writer Josh Chin, the election appeared to be "free of the Communist Party meddling that typically mars Chinese election results."

Monitors

An unidentified U.S. diplomat said that a U.S. observer was sent to oversee the electoral process. The U.S. consul in Guangdong was permitted to observe the election.

References

Rahul Jacob and Zhou Ping, [http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/0c7046d6-5560-11e1-b66d-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/home_uk/feed//product#axzz1mPuZ5dIJ Wukan's young activists embrace new role], Financial Times, 12 February 2012.
[https://web.archive.org/web/20120204032019/http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-02-02/southern-china-protest-village-begins-choosing-new-leaders.html "Southern China Protest Village Begins Choosing New Leaders"]. 2 February 2012. ''Businessweek'' Archived from [https://web.archive.org/web/20120204032019/http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-02-02/southern-china-protest-village-begins-choosing-new-leaders.html the original] on 2 February 2012
voted to elect 107 village representatives, with protester leader Lin Zulian as village party chief replacing the ousted leader (Communist Party secretary Xue Chang, who has been in the position since 1970), after 42 years in office. Xue Jianwan, the daughter of the late protest leader Xue Jinbo, who died in state custody, was also elected.[http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asia/279492/chinese-village-experiments-with-democracy (''Bangkok Post'')] (article to read and integrate)
Chin, Josh (1 February 2012). [https://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2012/02/01/china-wukan-elections-the-spark-to-set-the-prairie-ablaze/ Wukan Elections the Spark to Set the Prairie Ablaze?] ''The Wall Street Journal''.
Demick, Barbara. "China protest leaders elected to lead village". Los Angeles Times.

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