161 validly nominated candidates for Legislative Council General Election
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The Returning Officers received a total of 161 nomination forms for candidates during the nomination period. Upon finishing the review, the Candidate Eligibility Review Committee has determined that all candidates are validly nominated.
For the geographical constituency (GC) election, 51 candidates are validly nominated to compete for 20 seats in the 10 geographical constituencies.
For the functional constituency (FC) election, there are 60 validly nominated candidates, and they will run for 30 seats in the 28 functional constituencies.
For the Election Committee constituency (ECC) election, a total of 50 validly nominated candidates will compete for 40 seats.
"The 4.14 million-odd GC electors can cast one vote each in their respective GCs. About 194 000 electors/authorised representatives of the 28 FCs can cast their votes to select the member(s) for their respective FC. Not more than 1 500 Election Committee members can cast their votes to select 40 members of the ECC," a spokesman for the Registration and Electoral Office said.
The gazette notices and information about the candidates have been uploaded to the election website (www.elections.gov.hk).
Ends/Monday, November 10, 2025
Issued at HKT 19:27
Issued at HKT 19:27
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