Nomination period for Election Committee subsector general election under way, over 980 nomination forms received so far
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The nomination period for the general election of the Election Committee subsectors began on 7 October 2026 and will end on 20 October. According to a Government Press Release on 12 October, the Registration and Electoral Office received a further 206 candidate nomination forms and 11 specified organisation nomination forms that day, totalling 217; as at that date, a cumulative total of 962 candidate nomination forms and 23 specified organisation nomination forms had been received. According to a Ming Pao report on 13 October, on the fifth day of the nomination period, the 11 specified organisation nomination forms nominated 56 people in total, of which the Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong nominated 13 people and the Chinese Muslim Philanthropic Association nominated 10 people; each of the 6 specified religious organisations nominated 10 people, and where an organisation has not specified its preferred selection, any "excess" portion will be determined by lot by the Returning Officer to establish priority order.
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- 明報·每日港聞Religious groups submit "excess" nominations for Election Committee seats; lot to be drawn if no priority indicated
The nomination period for the Election Committee election entered its fifth day. The Returning Officer received 206 candidate nomination forms and 11 nomination forms from designated bodies, with a total of 56 people nominated through the latter, including 13 nominated by the Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong and 10 by the Chinese Islamic Association. The 6 designated bodies in the religious sector each nominated 10 people. If a body does not indicate its preferred candidates, the "excess" portion will be determined by lot drawn by the Returning Officer to establish the order of priority.
- 政府新聞處·新聞公報選舉委員會界別分組一般選舉今日再接獲217份提名表格
選舉委員會界別分組一般選舉今日（十月十二日）共接獲206份候選人提名表格及11份指定團體提名表格。提名期自十月七日開始，至今累計接獲962份候選人提名表格及23份指定團體提名表格。提名期將於十月二十日結束。
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