2nd National People's Congress

The 2nd National People's Congress (simplified Chinese: 第二届全国人民代表大会; traditional Chinese: 第二屆全國人民代表大會; pinyin: Dì Èr Jiè Quánguó Rénmín Dàibiǎo Dàhuì) was in session from 1959 to 1964. It held four sessions in this period.

Chinese Congressional election, 1958-59
All 1,226 seats to the National People's Congress
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Mao Zedong
Party Communist Minority
Alliance United Front United Front
Seats before 1048 178
Seats won 1047 179
Seat change 1 1
Percentage 85.40% 16.60%
Swing 0.08% 0.08%
Chairman before election

Liu Shaoqi
Communist

 Chairman-elect

Zhu De
Communist

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Elections to the Congress

Since the succeeding Congress was to be the first to be elected under the 1954 Constitution of the People's Republic of China, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, in February 1959, finished all the preparatory work for selection of deputies, which were voted by representatives of the provincial legislatures and the city legislatures of the then two Direct-administered municipalities of China: Beijing and Shanghai. The elections were held in accordance with the 1953 Electoral Law. The results of the election were a clear Communist victory amongst the parties of the United Front, with the party electing 1,048 representatives, the minor parties 179.

First plenary session

The first session was held in April 1959. The Congress elected the state leaders:

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