National People's Congress in China from 1954 to 1959
1st National People's Congress
第一届全国人民代表大会
National Emblem of the People's Republic of China
Type Highest organ of state power Election Indirect elections Chairman Liu Shaoqi Vice Chairmen Soong Ching-ling , Lin Boqu , Li Jishen , Zhang Lan , Luo Ronghuan , Shen Junru , Guo Moruo , Huang Yanpei , Peng Zhen , Li Weihan , Chen Shutong , Tenzin Gyatso , Saifuddin Azizi , and Cheng Qian Secretary-General Peng Zhen Standing Committee 80 (1st ) Total 1,226 members
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 National Committee of the 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
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
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