The nomination period for the 2025 Election Committee Subsector By-elections will run from July 22 until August 4.
The by-elections will fill a total of 93 vacancies in the Election Committee (EC) membership to be returned by election involving 28 subsectors.
Another 10 vacancies involving five subsectors to be returned by nomination will be filled through supplementary nominations by designated bodies.
The Registration & Electoral Office (REO) issued gazette notices about the nominations and the appointment of Returning Officers (ROs) today.
If the number of validly nominated candidates for a subsector exceeds the number of EC members to be elected for that subsector at the by-elections, a poll for that subsector will be held on September 7.
A person nominated as a candidate must be a registered geographical constituency elector aged 18 or above, who is a registered voter for the relevant subsector or has a substantial connection with that subsector.
The nomination form for the by-elections must be subscribed by no fewer than five voters registered for the subsector concerned.
Each voter may subscribe multiple nominations on a particular subsector but the number of candidates he or she can nominate should not exceed that of EC members to be elected by that subsector at the bypolls.
In the case of a corporate voter, the subscription of the nomination form may only be effected by the corporate voter’s authorised representative.
Starting today, the nomination forms are available at the REO’s two Kowloon offices, located on 8/F, Treasury Building, Cheung Sha Wan; and Unit 2301-03, 23/F, Millennium City 6, Kwun Tong.
The forms can also be picked up at the ROs’ offices, district offices, or downloaded from here.
A nominated person must submit the completed nomination form and an election deposit of $1,000 in person to the respective ROs.
Separately, the nominated persons must complete and return the Eligibility Review Supplementary Information Form, in accordance with the Candidate Eligibility Review Committee’s requirements.
Members of the public may inspect copies of the nomination forms for respective subsectors at the ROs’ offices, and view copies of all the nomination forms at the REO’s Kwun Tong office.
Call the election hotline 2891 1001 for enquiries.
