Published: 09:01, December 7, 2025 | Updated: 14:22, December 7, 2025
Voting for future
By Wang Zhan
Voters take selfies outside a polling station after casting their ballot during the eighth-term Legislative Council General Election in Hong Kong, Dec 7, 2025. (EDMOND TANG / CHINA DAILY)
Polling hours for this election have been extended from 14 to 16 hours, and will run until 11:30 pm. Authorities have set up 612 ordinary polling stations, primarily located in schools, community facilities, and government premises. Three polling stations in Tai Po have been relocated due to the recent fire in the district.
A total 161 nominees are vying for seats, with 90 lawmakers to be elected. The races have 51 candidates competing for 20 directly elected geographical seats, 60 vying for 30 functional constituency seats, and the remaining 50 contesting 40 Election Committee seats.
China Daily photographers Edmond Tang and Andy Chong took the photos.
A woman, who is one of the residents affected by the recent Wang Fuk Court fire, cries after casting her ballot at a polling station in Tai Po district during the eighth-term Legislative Council General Election in Hong Kong, Dec 7, 2025. (EDMOND TANG / CHINA DAILY)A voter reads profiles of candidates for the eighth-term Legislative Council General Elction at a polling station in Hong Kong, Dec 7, 2025. (EDMOND TANG / CHINA DAILY)Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu casts his ballot at a polling station for the eighth Legislative Council General Election in Hong Kong, Dec 7, 2025. (ANDY CHONG / CHINA DAILY)
Chief Secretary for Administration Eric Chan Kwok-ki casts his vote at a polling station during the Legislative Council General Election in Hong Kong, Dec 7, 2025. (PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY)A voter gets off a free shuttle bus to a polling station for the eighth-term Legislative Council General Elction in Hong Kong on Dec 7, 2025. (EDMOND TANG / CHINA DAILY)A taxi driver offers free services for voters to a polling station during the eighth Legislative Council General Election in Hong Kong on Dec 7, 2025. (EDMOND TANG / CHINA DAILY)Voters get aboard a free shuttle bus after casting their ballot for the eighth-term Legislative Council General Elction in Hong Kong on Dec 7, 2025. (EDMOND TANG / CHINA DAILY)Voters enter a near boundary polling station at the Hong Kong International Airport to cast their ballot during the eighth-term Legislative Council General Election in Hong Kong, Dec 7, 2025. (ANDY CHONG/ CHINA DAILY)A man enters a near boundary polling station with his suitcase at the Hong Kong International Airport to cast his ballot for the eighth Legislative Council General Election in Hong Kong, Dec 7, 2025. (ANDY CHONG / CHINA DAILY)A man leaves a near boundary polling station with his suitcase at the Hong Kong International Airport after casting his ballot for the eighth Legislative Council General Election in Hong Kong, Dec 7, 2025. (ANDY CHONG / CHINA DAILY)Staff members pose after casting their ballot at a near boundary polling station at the Hong Kong International Airport for the eighth Legislative Council General Election in Hong Kong, Dec 7, 2025. (ANDY CHONG / CHINA DAILY)
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