Six Election Committee subsectors will carry out by-election polls on Sept 7, with 28 eligible candidates set to compete for 21 seats.
The six contested subsectors are commercial (third); architectural, surveying, planning and landscape; technology and innovation; labour; representatives of members of Area Committees, District Fight Crime Committees, and District Fire Safety Committees of Hong Kong and Kowloon; and representatives of members of Area Committees, District Fight Crime Committees, and District Fire Safety Committees of the New Territories.
They and other 34 subsectors constitute the 1,500-strong Election Committee that is responsible for electing the Chief Executive, 40 out of the 90 seats in the Legislative Council as well as nominating candidates for the two elections.
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The Election Committee is required to fill 93 vacancies ahead of the Legislative Council Election scheduled for Dec 7.
In a statement issued on Tuesday night, the Registration and Electoral Office said five ordinary polling stations will be set up on the polling day, and will adopt the combined voting arrangement, meaning a subsector voter who is also an authorized representative of another subsector can cast two votes at the same polling station.
The polling stations will be open from 9am to 6pm.
A briefing session for candidates will be held on Aug 18 by the Electoral Affairs Commission to help them understand the electoral arrangements and various regulations.
Apart from the six sub-sectors to elect new members through polls, there are 22 uncontested subsectors, of which 72 candidates are returned uncontested.
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One candidate's nomination for the Heung Yee Kuk subsector was ruled invalid by the Candidate Eligibility Review Committee as he died during the nomination period.
