According to the provisions of Article 256 of the Criminal Law, when electing deputies to people's congresses at all levels and leaders of state organs, those who use violence, threats, deception, bribery, forgery of election documents, false reporting of election votes, etc., disrupt the election or hinder voters and deputies from freely exercising their right to vote and stand for election. If the circumstances are serious, they shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or deprivation of political rights.
According to Article 52 of the Election Law of the National People's Congress and local people's congresses at various levels, in order to ensure that voters and deputies freely exercise their right to vote and stand for election, any of the following illegal acts shall be given administrative or criminal sanctions according to law:
1, sabotaging the election by violence, threats, deception, bribery and other illegal means or obstructing voters and deputies from freely exercising their right to vote and stand for election;
2, forgery of election documents, false election votes or other illegal acts;
3. Repressing and retaliating against those who report and expose illegal acts in elections and those who demand the recall of deputies.
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CCTV News: Today (9th), the Beijing No.3 Intermediate People's Court publicly pronounced that Liu Qiang, the former deputy governor of Liaoning Provincial People's Government, took bribes to sabotage the election, and sentenced the defendant Liu Qiang to 11 years in prison for accepting bribes and fined him RMB 1.2 million. He was sentenced to two years' imprisonment for the crime of sabotaging the election, and decided to execute 12 years' imprisonment and fined RMB 1.2 million.
Liu Qiang's bribes and fruits will be recovered, and the property used to undermine the election crime will be confiscated and turned over to the state treasury. Liu Qiang said that he would obey the judgment and not appeal.
It was found through trial that from 20 1 1 to 20 13, 1, Liu Qiang was elected as the deputy governor of Liaoning Provincial People's Government. Taking advantage of his authority and influence as the secretary of Fushun Municipal Party Committee, he used the methods of giving others property and greeting to canvass and bribe the election, which undermined the normal election activities, and the circumstances were serious and the social impact was bad.
Reference source: CCTV-Liu Qiang, former vice governor of Liaoning Province, was sentenced in the first instance 12 years.
Reference source: Baidu Encyclopedia-Crime of sabotaging elections