The nomination period for the 2020 Legislative Council (LegCo) General Election will run from July 18 to 31, Hong Kong's election watchdog said on Friday.
"To run for a seat in a geographical constituency or a functional constituency, a nominee must be a registered geographical constituency elector aged 21 or above," a spokesman for the Registration and Electoral Office said
In a press release, the Electoral Affairs Commission said 35 council members from geographical constituencies and 35 from functional constituencies will be returned in the election scheduled on September 6.
"To run for a seat in a geographical constituency or a functional constituency, a nominee must be a registered geographical constituency elector aged 21 or above," a spokesman for the Registration and Electoral Office said.
"A nominee for the geographical constituency election or the functional constituency election must also have ordinarily resided in Hong Kong for the three years immediately preceding the date of his nomination, and must be a Chinese citizen who is a Hong Kong permanent resident with no right of abode in a foreign country," he said.
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However, 12 functional constituencies are open to Hong Kong permanent residents who are not Chinese nationals or who have the right of abode in a foreign country.
These constituencies are: legal; accountancy; engineering; architectural, surveying, planning and landscape; real estate and construction; tourism; commercial (first); industrial (first); finance; financial services; import and export; and, insurance.
"Nominees are advised to submit their nominations as early as possible to allow time to correct mistakes, if any, in the nomination forms before the deadline," the spokesman said.
