Detailed result of 2022 legislative by-election and past elections turnout

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Dear Registration and Electoral Office,

I am writing to request for the detailed result of the 2022 Legislative Council Election Committee constituency by-election, including -

1. the number of nominations received by each candidate; and
2. the total valid votes and invalid votes in the election.

May I also request for -

3. the voter turnout in different time period for past elections from 1985 to 2022 Legislative Council election, along with the legislative by-elections of the legislature.

Yours faithfully,
Bernardo

Registration and Electoral Office

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Dear Bernardo,

We have received your application for access to information on 20.12.2022.

Your application is now under processing.  According to paragraph 1.16 of
the Code on Access to Information, we will inform you of the latest
progress of the case separately on or before 9.1.2023.

In the meantime, please contact me at 3579 2632 if you have any enquiry.

(Miss Mandy LAU)
for Chief Electoral Officer

From:        Bernardo <[FOI #1251 email]>
To:        FOI requests at Registration and Electoral Office
<[Registration and Electoral Office request email]>
Date:        20/12/2022 12:19 PM
Subject:        Freedom of Information request - Detailed result of 2022
legislative by-election and past elections turnout

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Dear Registration and Electoral Office,

I am writing to request for the detailed result of the 2022 Legislative
Council Election Committee constituency by-election, including -

1. the number of nominations received by each candidate; and
2. the total valid votes and invalid votes in the election.

May I also request for -

3. the voter turnout in different time period for past elections from 1985
to 2022 Legislative Council election, along with the legislative
by-elections of the legislature.

Yours faithfully,
Bernardo

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Registration and Electoral Office

Dear Sir,

Thank you for your application dated 20 December 2022.  The relevant
information you requested is provided as below –

For the number of subscribers received by each candidate of the 2022
Legislative Council Election Committee Constituency By-election ("LC ECC
By-e"), please refer to the following table –

Candidate Number Name of Candidate Number of Subscribers
1 WONG KAM FAI WILLIAM 20
2 CHAN WING KWONG 20
3 HO KING HONG ADRIAN PEDRO 19
4 WONG CHI HIM 20
5 SHANG HAILONG 20
6 LEE KWONG YU 20

We are unable to provide the voter turnout statistics of Legislative
Council Elections held before 1998 as we do not have record of such
information.  For the voter turnout statistics of Legislative Council
Elections held from 1998 to 2021, please refer to the respective appendix
of the reports issued by the Electoral Affairs Commission ("EAC") in the
following webpages for details –

Appendix X of the 1998 Legislative Council Elections Report (Page 213)
[1]https://www.info.gov.hk/chinfo/dix-e.pdf

Appendix XIV of the 2000 Legislative Council Elections Report
[2]https://www.eac.hk/en/legco/2000_report....

Appendix I of the 2000 Legislative Council By-election (Hong Kong Island
Geographical Constituency) Report
[3]https://www.eac.hk/en/legco/2000_report_...

Appendix I of the 2001 Legislative Council By-election (Election
Committee) Report
[4]https://www.eac.hk/en/legco/2001_report....

Appendix V of the 2004 Legislative Council Election Report
[5]https://www.eac.hk/pdf/legco/2004/en/rep...

Appendix I of the 2007 Legislative Council By-election (Hong Kong Island
Geographical Constituency) Report
[6]https://www.eac.hk/pdf/legco/en/2007/200...

Appendix V of the 2008 Legislative Council Election Report
[7]https://www.eac.hk/pdf/legco/2008/en/rep...

Appendix I of the 2010 Legislative Council By-election Report
[8]https://www.eac.hk/pdf/legco/en/2010/201...

Appendix V of the 2012 Legislative Council Election Report
[9]https://www.eac.hk/pdf/legco/2012LCE_Rep...

Appendix I of the 2016 Legislative Council By-election (New Territories
East Geographical Constituency) Report
[10]https://www.eac.hk/pdf/legco/2016lcbe_nt...

Appendix V of the 2016 Legislative Council General Election Report
[11]https://www.eac.hk/pdf/legco/2016LCE_Rep...

Appendix I of the 2018 Legislative Council By-election Report
[12]https://www.eac.hk/pdf/legco/2018lcbe_re...

Appendix I of the 2018 Legislative Council Kowloon West Geographical
Constituency By-election Report
[13]https://www.eac.hk/pdf/legco/2018lcbe_kw...

Appendix V of the 2021 Legislative Council General Election Report
[14]https://www.eac.hk/pdf/legco/2021LCE_Rep...

For the voter turnout statistics of 2022 LC ECC By-e, please refer to the
following webpage:
[15]https://www.elections.gov.hk/legco2022by...

The voter turnout statistics were collected from polling stations on the
polling day and should be used for reference only.

Please refer to the following webpage for the number of votes given to
each candidate in the 2022 LC ECC By-e:
[16]https://www.elections.gov.hk/legco2022by...

As for the number of invalid ballot papers, the EAC is reviewing
statistics and other issues related to the 2022 LC ECC By-e and will
submit a report on the election to the Chief Executive in three months
according to the Law.  We consider that it is not appropriate to release
the statistics to the public before the EAC submits the election report to
the Chief Executive.  Therefore, in accordance with the following
provision of the Code on Access to Information, we could not provide the
requested information at this moment.

Clause 2.13(a) of the Code on Access to Information:
Information relating to incomplete analysis, research or statistics, where
disclosure could be misleading or deprive the department or any other
person of priority of publication or commercial value.

We will provide you with the requested statistics by email when the report
is uploaded to the EAC website for public inspection.  If you are not
satisfied with the above decision, you may request a review of the
decision by writing to the Chief Electoral Officer at 10/F, Harbour
Centre, 25 Harbour Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong.  Alternatively, you may
complain to the Office of The Ombudsman.  The Ombudsman’s address is -

30/F, China Merchants Tower
Shun Tak Centre
168-200 Connaught Road Central
Hong Kong

Telephone No.: 2629 0555
Fax No.: 2882 8149

If you have further enquiries, please contact us at 3427 3280 (for matters
relating to electoral statistics) or 2891 1001 (for other matters).  Thank
you for your interest in the electoral matters.

Regards,
(Ada YEUNG)
for Chief Electoral Officer
Registration and Electoral Office

From:        reoenq/REO/HKSARG
To:        Bernardo <[FOI #1251 email]>
Date:        28/12/2022 04:27 PM
Subject:        Re: Freedom of Information request - Detailed result of
2022 legislative by-election and past elections turnout (#14/2022)

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Dear Bernardo,

We have received your application for access to information on 20.12.2022.

Your application is now under processing.  According to paragraph 1.16 of
the Code on Access to Information, we will inform you of the latest
progress of the case separately on or before 9.1.2023.

In the meantime, please contact me at 3579 2632 if you have any enquiry.

(Miss Mandy LAU)
for Chief Electoral Officer

From:        Bernardo <[FOI #1251 email]>
To:        FOI requests at Registration and Electoral Office
<[Registration and Electoral Office request email]>
Date:        20/12/2022 12:19 PM
Subject:        Freedom of Information request - Detailed result of 2022
legislative by-election and past elections turnout

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Dear Registration and Electoral Office,

I am writing to request for the detailed result of the 2022 Legislative
Council Election Committee constituency by-election, including -

1. the number of nominations received by each candidate; and
2. the total valid votes and invalid votes in the election.

May I also request for -

3. the voter turnout in different time period for past elections from 1985
to 2022 Legislative Council election, along with the legislative
by-elections of the legislature.

Yours faithfully,
Bernardo

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This is a request under the Code of Access to Information facilitated via
the accessinfo.hk website.

Please use this email address for all replies to this request:
[FOI #1251 email]

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References

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1. https://www.info.gov.hk/chinfo/dix-e.pdf
2. https://www.eac.hk/en/legco/2000_report....
3. https://www.eac.hk/en/legco/2000_report_...
4. https://www.eac.hk/en/legco/2001_report....
5. https://www.eac.hk/pdf/legco/2004/en/rep...
6. https://www.eac.hk/pdf/legco/en/2007/200...
7. https://www.eac.hk/pdf/legco/2008/en/rep...
8. https://www.eac.hk/pdf/legco/en/2010/201...
9. https://www.eac.hk/pdf/legco/2012LCE_Rep...
10. https://www.eac.hk/pdf/legco/2016lcbe_nt...
11. https://www.eac.hk/pdf/legco/2016LCE_Rep...
12. https://www.eac.hk/pdf/legco/2018lcbe_re...
13. https://www.eac.hk/pdf/legco/2018lcbe_kw...
14. https://www.eac.hk/pdf/legco/2021LCE_Rep...
15. https://www.elections.gov.hk/legco2022by...
16. https://www.elections.gov.hk/legco2022by...
17. https://accessinfo.hk/en/change_request/...
18. https://accessinfo.hk/en/help/officers

Registration and Electoral Office

Dear Sir,

        I refer to your email dated 20.12.2022 requesting the number of
valid and invalid votes of the 2022 Legislative Council Election Committee
Constituency By-Election.  The information is provided in the following
table:

Number of valid ballot papers counted 1307
Number of invalid ballot papers counted 0

        The above figure excludes 10 invalid ballot papers kept by the
Presiding Officers which were not counted.  Please refer to Appendix II of
the Report on the 2022 Legislative Council Election Committee Constituency
By-Election for details
([1]https://www.eac.hk/pdf/legco/2022LCBE_Re...).
 
        If you have any further enquiries regarding electoral statistics,
please contact us at 3427 3280.

(Sally LO)
for Chief Electoral Officer

From:        reoenq/REO/HKSARG
To:        Bernardo <[FOI #1251 email]>
Date:        09/01/2023 09:11 AM
Subject:        Re: Freedom of Information request - Detailed result of
2022 legislative by-election and past elections turnout (#14/2022)

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Dear Sir,

Thank you for your application dated 20 December 2022.  The relevant
information you requested is provided as below –

For the number of subscribers received by each candidate of the 2022
Legislative Council Election Committee Constituency By-election ("LC ECC
By-e"), please refer to the following table –

Candidate Number Name of Candidate Number of Subscribers
1 WONG KAM FAI WILLIAM 20
2 CHAN WING KWONG 20
3 HO KING HONG ADRIAN PEDRO 19
4 WONG CHI HIM 20
5 SHANG HAILONG 20
6 LEE KWONG YU 20

We are unable to provide the voter turnout statistics of Legislative
Council Elections held before 1998 as we do not have record of such
information.  For the voter turnout statistics of Legislative Council
Elections held from 1998 to 2021, please refer to the respective appendix
of the reports issued by the Electoral Affairs Commission ("EAC") in the
following webpages for details –

Appendix X of the 1998 Legislative Council Elections Report (Page 213)
[2]https://www.info.gov.hk/chinfo/dix-e.pdf

Appendix XIV of the 2000 Legislative Council Elections Report
[3]https://www.eac.hk/en/legco/2000_report....

Appendix I of the 2000 Legislative Council By-election (Hong Kong Island
Geographical Constituency) Report
[4]https://www.eac.hk/en/legco/2000_report_...

Appendix I of the 2001 Legislative Council By-election (Election
Committee) Report
[5]https://www.eac.hk/en/legco/2001_report....

Appendix V of the 2004 Legislative Council Election Report
[6]https://www.eac.hk/pdf/legco/2004/en/rep...

Appendix I of the 2007 Legislative Council By-election (Hong Kong Island
Geographical Constituency) Report
[7]https://www.eac.hk/pdf/legco/en/2007/200...

Appendix V of the 2008 Legislative Council Election Report
[8]https://www.eac.hk/pdf/legco/2008/en/rep...

Appendix I of the 2010 Legislative Council By-election Report
[9]https://www.eac.hk/pdf/legco/en/2010/201...

Appendix V of the 2012 Legislative Council Election Report
[10]https://www.eac.hk/pdf/legco/2012LCE_Rep...

Appendix I of the 2016 Legislative Council By-election (New Territories
East Geographical Constituency) Report
[11]https://www.eac.hk/pdf/legco/2016lcbe_nt...

Appendix V of the 2016 Legislative Council General Election Report
[12]https://www.eac.hk/pdf/legco/2016LCE_Rep...

Appendix I of the 2018 Legislative Council By-election Report
[13]https://www.eac.hk/pdf/legco/2018lcbe_re...

Appendix I of the 2018 Legislative Council Kowloon West Geographical
Constituency By-election Report
[14]https://www.eac.hk/pdf/legco/2018lcbe_kw...

Appendix V of the 2021 Legislative Council General Election Report
[15]https://www.eac.hk/pdf/legco/2021LCE_Rep...

For the voter turnout statistics of 2022 LC ECC By-e, please refer to the
following webpage:
[16]https://www.elections.gov.hk/legco2022by...

The voter turnout statistics were collected from polling stations on the
polling day and should be used for reference only.

Please refer to the following webpage for the number of votes given to
each candidate in the 2022 LC ECC By-e:
[17]https://www.elections.gov.hk/legco2022by...

As for the number of invalid ballot papers, the EAC is reviewing
statistics and other issues related to the 2022 LC ECC By-e and will
submit a report on the election to the Chief Executive in three months
according to the Law.  We consider that it is not appropriate to release
the statistics to the public before the EAC submits the election report to
the Chief Executive.  Therefore, in accordance with the following
provision of the Code on Access to Information, we could not provide the
requested information at this moment.

Clause 2.13(a) of the Code on Access to Information:
Information relating to incomplete analysis, research or statistics, where
disclosure could be misleading or deprive the department or any other
person of priority of publication or commercial value.

We will provide you with the requested statistics by email when the report
is uploaded to the EAC website for public inspection.  If you are not
satisfied with the above decision, you may request a review of the
decision by writing to the Chief Electoral Officer at 10/F, Harbour
Centre, 25 Harbour Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong.  Alternatively, you may
complain to the Office of The Ombudsman.  The Ombudsman’s address is -

30/F, China Merchants Tower
Shun Tak Centre
168-200 Connaught Road Central
Hong Kong

Telephone No.: 2629 0555
Fax No.: 2882 8149

If you have further enquiries, please contact us at 3427 3280 (for matters
relating to electoral statistics) or 2891 1001 (for other matters).  Thank
you for your interest in the electoral matters.

Regards,
(Ada YEUNG)
for Chief Electoral Officer
Registration and Electoral Office

From:        reoenq/REO/HKSARG
To:        Bernardo <[FOI #1251 email]>
Date:        28/12/2022 04:27 PM
Subject:        Re: Freedom of Information request - Detailed result of
2022 legislative by-election and past elections turnout (#14/2022)

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Dear Bernardo,

We have received your application for access to information on 20.12.2022.

Your application is now under processing.  According to paragraph 1.16 of
the Code on Access to Information, we will inform you of the latest
progress of the case separately on or before 9.1.2023.

In the meantime, please contact me at 3579 2632 if you have any enquiry.

(Miss Mandy LAU)
for Chief Electoral Officer

From:        Bernardo <[FOI #1251 email]>
To:        FOI requests at Registration and Electoral Office
<[Registration and Electoral Office request email]>
Date:        20/12/2022 12:19 PM
Subject:        Freedom of Information request - Detailed result of 2022
legislative by-election and past elections turnout

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Dear Registration and Electoral Office,

I am writing to request for the detailed result of the 2022 Legislative
Council Election Committee constituency by-election, including -

1. the number of nominations received by each candidate; and
2. the total valid votes and invalid votes in the election.

May I also request for -

3. the voter turnout in different time period for past elections from 1985
to 2022 Legislative Council election, along with the legislative
by-elections of the legislature.

Yours faithfully,
Bernardo

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This is a request under the Code of Access to Information facilitated via
the accessinfo.hk website.

Please use this email address for all replies to this request:
[FOI #1251 email]

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to Registration and Electoral Office? If so, please contact us using this
form:
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References

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1. https://www.eac.hk/pdf/legco/2022LCBE_Re...
2. https://www.info.gov.hk/chinfo/dix-e.pdf
3. https://www.eac.hk/en/legco/2000_report....
4. https://www.eac.hk/en/legco/2000_report_...
5. https://www.eac.hk/en/legco/2001_report....
6. https://www.eac.hk/pdf/legco/2004/en/rep...
7. https://www.eac.hk/pdf/legco/en/2007/200...
8. https://www.eac.hk/pdf/legco/2008/en/rep...
9. https://www.eac.hk/pdf/legco/en/2010/201...
10. https://www.eac.hk/pdf/legco/2012LCE_Rep...
11. https://www.eac.hk/pdf/legco/2016lcbe_nt...
12. https://www.eac.hk/pdf/legco/2016LCE_Rep...
13. https://www.eac.hk/pdf/legco/2018lcbe_re...
14. https://www.eac.hk/pdf/legco/2018lcbe_kw...
15. https://www.eac.hk/pdf/legco/2021LCE_Rep...
16. https://www.elections.gov.hk/legco2022by...
17. https://www.elections.gov.hk/legco2022by...
18. https://accessinfo.hk/en/change_request/...
19. https://accessinfo.hk/en/help/officers