China News Service, Hong Kong, December 19 (Reporter Suo Youwei) The election of the seventh legislative council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region was held on the 19th. This is the first legislative council election after the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region's electoral system has been improved.
As of 19:30, the number of voters in direct district elections has reached 1,184,800, and the electoral committee's voter turnout rate has reached 97.44%.
In this Legislative Council election, a total of 153 candidates competed for 90 seats, including 40 members elected by the Election Committee, 30 members elected by functional constituencies, and 20 members directly elected by districts. There were 51, 67 and respectively. 35 people competed, and all seats were in competition, the first time since the return of Hong Kong.
According to data released by the Registration and Electoral Office, as of 19:30, the number of voters in direct district elections was 1,184,800, the number of voters in functional constituency elections was 60,800, and the number of voters in the election committee was 1,411.
Among them, the electoral committee's voter turnout rate reached 97.44%.
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