HKSAR holds election committee subsector by-elections

8/9/2025 7:11

The Election Committee Subsector (ECSS) By-elections of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) were held on Sunday.



A total of 28 candidates from six contested subsectors vied for 21 seats. In 22 subsectors where no poll was required, 72 candidates were returned uncontested. Additionally, 10 other members have been nominated by eight designated bodies to the Election Committee.



David Lok, chairman of the Electoral Affairs Commission, said that for the by-elections, 3,534 voters have cast their votes, with a cumulative turnout rate of 97.33 percent. It was the first time for the ECSS By-elections to adopt a new electronic counting system for counting of votes.

The whole counting process went smoothly.