2012 Wukan municipal election

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.

2012 Wukan municipal election

3 March 2012
Turnout6,800

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.

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