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Huairen Hall, where the first session of the congress took place

The 1st National People's Congress (NPC) was in session from 1954 to 1959. It held four sessions in this period. There were 1,226 deputies to the Congress. These were the first legislative elections to take place after the founding of the People's Republic of China.

Background

In accordance with the rules set by the 1st Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the first set of deputies to the NPC were elected in the spring and summer of 1954, the first elections under the 1953 Electoral Law which set rules for elections in the PRC, by the following:

Seat distribution

Major party Chairman Seats
Chinese Communist Party Mao Zedong 1,048
Other Parties Chairperson Seats
Chinese Peasants' and Workers' Democratic Party Zhang Bojun 178
Jiusan Society Xu Deheng
China Democratic League Zhang Lan
Shen Junru
China Association for Promoting Democracy Ma Xulun
China National Democratic Construction Association Huang Yanpei
Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang Li Jishen
Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League Xie Xuehong
China Zhi Gong Party Chen Qiyou
Independents N/A

The first session

Chairman Mao Zedong and Premier Zhou Enlai at the first session of the 1st NPC in 1954.
Delegates voting at the first session of the 1st NPC.

The first plenary session was held in September 1954.[1] The Congress passed the 1954 Constitution of the People's Republic of China. It elected the state leaders:

Chairmanship Election
Candidates For Against Abstain
Mao Zedong 1210 0 0
Vice Chairmanship Election
Candidates For Against Abstain
Zhu De 1210 0 0

References

  1. ^ "第一届全国人民代表大会(1954年)". National People's Congress. 12 August 2004. Archived from the original on 16 May 2013. Retrieved 26 February 2018.