The 2027 Rural Ordinary Election will be held in January next year. The Government gazetted today (November 13) the respective polling dates for Villages and Market Towns (Cheung Chau and Peng Chau).
    
​     The Village Representative (including Indigenous Inhabitant Representative and Resident Representative) Election will be conducted on January 17, 2027 (Sunday), while the Kaifong Representative Election for Market Towns will be held on January 24, 2027 (Sunday).
     
​     The nomination period will be from November 24 to December 7, 2026.
     
​     A polling notice, specifying the polling date and time and address of the polling station, will be issued to each and every eligible elector at least 10 days before the polling day for the respective Village/Market Town.
 
​     A government spokesman appealed to all eligible persons to participate in the election. 
 
​     The Rural Ordinary Election is held in accordance with the arrangements stipulated under the Rural Representative Election Ordinance (Cap. 576). At present, there are 709 villages with a total of 1 484 Village Representative seats, including 695 Resident Representative seats and 789 Indigenous Inhabitant Representative seats. In addition, there are 39 and 17 Kaifong Representative seats for the Market Towns of Cheung Chau and Peng Chau respectively.
 
​     For enquiries, please call 2152 1521 or contact the respective New Territories District Office. The public can also visit the Rural Representative Election website (www.had.gov.hk/rre).

Ends/Friday, November 13, 2026
Issued at HKT 9:30

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