All China elections

13th NPC National Congress

Term limits abolished, 2 votes against

convened 5 March 2018 · The Xi-era congresses · 2980 seats

The 13th National People's Congress (NPC) was elected from October 2017 to February 2018 and was in session in the five-year period from 2018 to 2023. It held five sessions in this period, occurring around early March every year until before 2023, when the 14th National People's Congress first convened.

An indirect, Communist Party-controlled selection: delegates are chosen through tiers of party-managed elections with no opposition permitted, and the eight licensed minor parties all formally accept CCP leadership. Recorded here as the workings of a one-party state, not as a competitive election.

NPC Chairman before

NPC Chairman (continued)

Li Zhanshu

Largest force

Chinese Communist Party

2119 of 2980 seats

Turnout

The result

Share of the National People's Congress
Chinese Communist PartyXi Jinping2119
Independents479
Jiusan SocietyWu Weihua64
China Democratic LeagueDing Zhongli58
China National Democratic Construction AssociationHao Mingjin57
China Association for Promoting DemocracyCai Dafeng55
Chinese Peasants' and Workers' Democratic PartyChen Zhu54
Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese KuomintangWan Exiang43
China Zhi Gong PartyWan Gang38
Taiwan Democratic Self-Government LeagueSu Hui13