The nomination period for the seventh-term Legislative Council (LegCo) election in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) runs from October 30 to November 12, the Registration and Electoral Office (REO) of the HKSAR government said Friday.

The LegCo election will take place on December 19. Ninety members – 20 from geographical constituencies, 30 from functional constituencies and 40 from the Election Committee constituency – will be returned.

"To run for a seat in a geographical constituency, a functional constituency or the Election Committee constituency, a nominee must be a registered geographical constituency elector aged 21 or above," a spokesman for the REO said.

"He/she must also have ordinarily resided in Hong Kong for the three years immediately preceding the date of his/her nomination," the spokesman said, among other requirements.

The spokesman noted that the Electoral Affairs Commission has appointed returning officers for the 10 geographical constituencies, 28 functional constituencies and the Election Committee constituency in the election.

Completed nomination forms and the election deposit must be submitted by the nominees in person to the respective Returning Officers within the nomination period.

Nominations are accepted between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. local time from Mondays to Fridays and between 9:00 a.m. and noon local time on Saturdays.

Under the regulations, in deciding whether a candidate is validly nominated for a constituency, the Candidate Eligibility Review Committee (CERC) may require the candidate to furnish any other information that the CERC considers appropriate to be satisfied that the candidate is eligible to be nominated as a candidate or otherwise as to the validity of the nomination.

The CERC now requests each nominee to complete and return the "Candidate Eligibility Review Supplementary Information Form."

"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 added.

(Cover: The Legislative Council complex in the HKSAR, China. /CFP)