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Four more nominations for Legislative Council by-election received
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     The nomination period of the 2018 Legislative Council by-election started on January 16. The Returning Officers for the Hong Kong Island geographical constituency, the New Territories East geographical constituency and the Architectural, Surveying, Planning and Landscape functional constituency received four nominations today (January 25). No nominee was named for the Kowloon West geographical constituency.

     The number of nomination forms received so far for each constituency is as follows:
 
  January 25 Cumulative Total
Hong Kong Island geographical constituency 1 3
Kowloon West geographical constituency 0 2
New Territories East geographical constituency 2 7
Architectural, Surveying, Planning and Landscape functional constituency 1 2
Total 4 14
 
     Particulars of the nominees are available on the election website (www.elections.gov.hk/legco2018by/eng/nominat2.html).
 
     The nomination period will run until January 29. If the number of validly nominated candidates for a geographical constituency/functional constituency is more than one at the by-election, a poll will be held on March 11 (Sunday) for the by-election for that geographical/functional constituency.
 
Ends/Thursday, January 25, 2018
Issued at HKT 19:20
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