184 nomination forms for Legislative Council General Election received by deadline
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A total of 184 nomination forms for the 2020 Legislative Council General Election were received by the Returning Officers for the five geographical constituencies and the 29 functional constituencies at the close of the two-week nomination period at 5pm today (July 31).
34 nomination forms were submitted to the Returning Officers today.
A total of 2 notices of withdrawal of candidature which comprise 2 nominees from one list were received by the Returning Officer of the New Territories East geographical constituency today.
The number of nomination forms received for each geographical constituency is as follows:
| July 31 | Cumulative total | |
| Hong Kong Island: | 5 | 18 |
| Kowloon West: | 4 | 15 |
| Kowloon East: | 5 | 14 |
| New Territories West: | 6 | 24 |
| New Territories East: | 8 | 28 (2 nominees from 1 list withdrawn) |
| Total: | 28 | 99 (2 nominees from 1 list withdrawn) |
The number of nomination forms received for each functional constituency is as follows:
| July 31 | Cumulative total | |
| Heung Yee Kuk: | 0 | 1 |
| Agriculture and Fisheries: | 0 | 1 |
| Insurance: | 0 | 1 |
| Transport: | 0 | 1 |
| Education: | 0 | 3 |
| Legal: | 0 | 3 |
| Accountancy: | 0 | 6 |
| Medical: | 0 | 2 |
| Health Services: | 2 | 5 |
| Engineering: | 0 | 3 |
| Architectural, Surveying, Planning and Landscape: | 0 | 2 |
| Labour: | 1 | 7 |
| Social Welfare: | 0 | 5 |
| Real Estate and Construction: | 0 | 1 |
| Tourism: | 0 | 3 |
| Commercial (first): | 1 | 2 |
| Commercial (second): | 0 | 1 |
| Industrial (first): | 0 | 1 |
| Industrial (second): | 0 | 1 |
| Finance: | 0 | 1 |
| Financial Services: | 0 | 4 |
| Sports, Performing Arts, Culture and Publication: | 0 | 3 |
| Import and Export: | 0 | 2 |
| Textiles and Garment: | 0 | 2 |
| Wholesale and Retail: | 0 | 2 |
| Information Technology: | 1 | 4 |
| Catering: | 1 | 4 |
| District Council (first): | 0 | 8 |
| District Council (second): | 0 | 6 |
| Total: | 6 | 85 |
Particulars of the nominees will be available on the election website (www.elections.gov.hk/legco2020/eng/nominat.html).
The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government announced today that, amid the severe COVID-19 epidemic situation, the Chief Executive in Council has decided to postpone the 2020 Legislative Council General Election, originally scheduled for September 6, 2020, for a year to September 5, 2021, in order to protect public safety and public health as well as ensure elections are conducted openly and fairly.
Ends/Friday, July 31, 2020
Issued at HKT 22:14
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