| Election Name: | 2002 National People's Congress election in Hong Kong |
| Country: | Hong Kong |
| Type: | legislative |
| Vote Type: | Popular |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1997 National People's Congress election in Hong Kong |
| Previous Year: | 1997 |
| Next Election: | 2008 National People's Congress election in Hong Kong |
| Next Year: | 2008 |
| Seats For Election: | 36 Hong Kong deputies to National People's Congress |
| Registered: | 956 |
| Image1: | Hu Jintao Cannes2011.jpg |
| Leader1: | Hu Jintao |
| Party1: | Chinese Communist Party |
| Seats1: | 1 |
| Colour2: | DDDDDD |
| Leader2: | Ng Hong-mun |
| Party2: | Pro-Beijing independent |
| Seats2: | 35 |
| Delegation Convenor | |
| Before Election: | Ng Hong-mun |
| Before Party: | Independent politician |
| After Election: | Yuen Mo |
| After Party: | Independent politician |
The election for the Hong Kong deputies to the 10th National People's Congress (NPC) was held on 3 December 2002. 36 Hong Kong deputies were elected by an electoral college.
Article 21 of the Hong Kong Basic Law stipulates:
Chinese citizens who are residents of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region shall be entitled to participate in the management of state affairs according to law.In accordance with the assigned number of seats and the selection method specified by the National People's Congress, the Chinese citizens among the residents of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region shall locally elect deputies of the Region to the National People's Congress to participate in the work of the highest organ of state power.
An electoral college composed of the following:
54 of the 78 candidates were pre-elected on 29 November 2002 and 36 of the 54 candidates were elected on 3 December. It was presided by Tung Chee-hwa, executive chairman of the 15-strong presidium.[1] Five pro-democrats who contested in the election, Albert Ho, James To, Sin Chung-kai, Anthony Cheung and Frederick Fung were defeated in the heavily pro-Beijing electoral college. The Liaison Office was accused of issuing a recommendation list to the electors before the election.[2]
The Liaison Office was criticised for meddling in the election; it was accused of issuing a recommendation list to the electors before the election. James Tien of the Liberal Party criticised the Liaison Office for circulating the recommendation lists, the Democratic Party's Martin Lee viewed it as a "shadow government" meddling in elections in all levels, including the Chief Executive elections, coordinating with pro-Beijing parties in Legislative Council and District Council elections,.[3]