Nomination period for the Election Committee elections ends

The nomination period for the Election Committee subsector elections ended at 5 pm. As of last Friday, among the 36 elected subsectors, at least 31 will be contested.

The 1,500-member Election Committee is responsible for nominating and electing the Chief Executive and 40 lawmakers.

Among them, 362 are ex officio members, hailing from subsectors including architecture, education and engineering.

156 other members are returned through nomination by designated bodies.

The remaining 982 to-be-elected seats are distributed across 36 of the 40 sub-sectors.

As of last Friday, 31 of the 36 sub-sectors will likely be contested. Among them, Commerce (third) received 21 nominations to jostle for 17 seats.

The five-year term will begin February 1st next year and end on January 2032.