Leung Chun-ying, former convenor of the Non-Official Members of the Executive Council of Hong Kong, was officially declared on Sunday the winner of the election of the fourth-term Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Photo: Xinhua

Leung Chun-ying, former convenor of the Non-Official Members of the Executive Council of Hong Kong, was officially declared on Sunday the winner of the election of the fourth-term Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, said Returning Officer Justice Poon Shiu-chor.

At about 12:33 p.m., Poon announced that of the 1,132 valid votes cast by members of the 1,200-member Election Committee, Leung Chun-ying won 689.

Voting of the election began at 9 a.m., with each member of the Election Committee entitled to cast a single vote by secret ballot.

The main polling station and the central counting station are both located at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center.