A total of 18 nomination forms for the 2020 Legislative Council General Election were received today (July 29) by the Returning Officers for the five geographical constituencies and the 29 functional constituencies.
This brings to 132 the total number of nomination forms received since the start of the nomination period on July 18. The nomination period will continue until July 31.
A spokesman for the Registration and Electoral Office advised nominees to submit their nomination forms as early as possible to allow ample time to correct mistakes, if any, in the nomination forms before the deadline.
The number of nomination forms received for each geographical constituency is as follows:
| July 29 | Cumulative total | |
| Hong Kong Island: | 0 | 10 |
| Kowloon West: | 1 | 11 |
| Kowloon East: | 0 | 9 |
| New Territories West: | 3 | 15 |
| New Territories East: | 3 | 18 |
| Total: | 7 | 63 |
The number of nomination forms received for each functional constituency is as follows:
| July 29 | Cumulative total | |
| Heung Yee Kuk: | 0 | 1 |
| Agriculture and Fisheries: | 0 | 1 |
| Insurance: | 0 | 1 |
| Transport: | 0 | 1 |
| Education: | 0 | 3 |
| Legal: | 0 | 2 |
| Accountancy: | 1 | 5 |
| Medical: | 0 | 2 |
| Health Services: | 0 | 2 |
| Engineering: | 0 | 3 |
| Architectural, Surveying, Planning and Landscape: | 0 | 2 |
| Labour: | 3 | 6 |
| Social Welfare: | 1 | 4 |
| Real Estate and Construction: | 0 | 1 |
| Tourism: | 1 | 3 |
| Commercial (first): | 0 | 1 |
| Commercial (second): | 0 | 1 |
| Industrial (first): | 0 | 1 |
| Industrial (second): | 0 | 1 |
| Finance: | 0 | 1 |
| Financial Services: | 0 | 3 |
| Sports, Performing Arts, Culture and Publication: | 0 | 3 |
| Import and Export: | 0 | 1 |
| Textiles and Garment: | 0 | 1 |
| Wholesale and Retail: | 0 | 2 |
| Information Technology: | 1 | 2 |
| Catering: | 0 | 3 |
| District Council (first): | 2 | 6 |
| District Council (second): | 2 | 6 |
| Total: | 11 | 69 |
Particulars of the nominees will be available on the election website (www.elections.gov.hk/legco2020/eng/nominat.html).
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