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A total of 27 nomination forms for the District Councils subsectors of the 2011 Election Committee Subsector Elections were received by the Returning Officer today (November 22).
This brings to 119 the total number of nomination forms received since the start of the nomination period on November 18. Nominations will close on November 24.
The number of nomination forms received for the two District Councils subsectors is as follows:
November 22 Cumulative total
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Hong Kong and Kowloon 5 62
District Councils
subsector
New Territories 22 57
District Councils
subsector
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Total 27 119
If there is a contested election for these two District Councils subsectors, a poll will be held on December 11.
Particulars of the nominees will be uploaded to the election website (www.elections.gov.hk/ecss2011/eng/nominat2.html).
Ends/Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Issued at HKT 20:08
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