1 090 validly nominated candidates for District Council Ordinary Election
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The 1 090 validly nominated candidates will compete for the 452 seats in the 18 districts.
"Polling will take place on November 24 (Sunday). Over 600 ordinary polling stations and 23 dedicated polling stations will be open on the polling day for over 4.13 million electors listed on the 2019 Final Register to cast their votes," a spokesman for the Registration and Electoral Office said.
The polling hours for the ordinary polling stations and the three dedicated polling stations set up at police stations will be from 7.30am to 10.30pm. For the 20 dedicated polling stations set up in penal institutions, for security reasons, the polling hours will be from 9am to 4pm.
The number of candidates, seats and registered electors in the 18 districts as follows:
Hong Kong Island
| Candidates | Contested seats | Registered electors | |
| Central and Western | 35 | 15 | 110 483 |
| Wan Chai | 29 | 13 | 74 839 |
| Eastern | 81 | 35 | 323 725 |
| Southern | 37 | 17 | 151 994 |
Kowloon
| Candidates | Contested seats | Registered electors | |
| Yau Tsim Mong | 46 | 20 | 129 150 |
| Sham Shui Po | 61 | 25 | 204 046 |
| Kowloon City | 64 | 25 | 201 858 |
| Wong Tai Sin | 53 | 25 | 264 040 |
| Kwun Tong | 87 | 40 | 396 345 |
New Territories
| Candidates | Contested seats | Registered electors | |
| Tsuen Wan | 47 | 19 | 169 773 |
| Tuen Mun | 70 | 31 | 296 282 |
| Yuen Long | 107 | 39 | 349 322 |
| North | 47 | 18 | 186 496 |
| Tai Po | 42 | 19 | 187 494 |
| Sai Kung | 73 | 29 | 274 293 |
| Sha Tin | 107 | 41 | 419 853 |
| Kwai Tsing | 80 | 31 | 308 771 |
| Islands | 24 | 10 | 84 213 |
| Total | 1 090 | 452 | 4 132 977 |
In addition, the Electoral Affairs Commission (Electoral Procedure) (District Councils) (Amendment) Regulation 2019 has come into operation on October 18. The amendment regulation replaces the requirement of disclosing the "principal residential address" with "address" in the gazette notices in District Council Elections. Candidates may choose to disclose an address that they prefer, be it their office or business address, correspondence address, residential address or post office box number.
The gazette notices and information of the candidates are available on the election website (www.elections.gov.hk).
Ends/Thursday, October 31, 2019
Issued at HKT 10:00
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