The nomination period for the 2012 Legislative Council Election will run from tomorrow 18 until July 31.
Seventy members will be elected in the election to be held on September 9, returning 35 from geographical constituencies and 35 from functional constituencies.
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 nominee 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. However, the candidature in 12 functional constituencies is 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 and planning; real estate and construction; tourism; commercial (first); industrial (first); finance; financial services; import and export; and insurance.
For the geographical constituency election, each list of candidates needs to be subscribed by not less than 100 registered electors and the number of subscribers on a nomination form must not exceed 200.
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