1 090 validly nominated candidates for District Council Ordinary Election
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     The names of the 1 090 validly nominated candidates for the 2019 District Council Ordinary Election were gazetted today (October 31). The numbers for each candidate, which were determined by drawing lots, were also gazetted.

     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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