A total of 1,317,682 voters cast their ballots in the Legislative Council's Geographical Constituencies, producing a final turnout rate of 31.9 percent, the government announced after Sunday's poll closed at 11.30pm. The rate is 1.7 percentage points higher than the 2021 election, though the cumulative number of voters fell by 32,998.
Among the 10 geographical constituencies, New Territories South West recorded the highest turnout at 32.69 percent, with nearly 154,000 registered voters having cast their ballots. It was followed by New Territories South East and New Territories North West, both at 32.64 percent with over 140,000 voters each. Kowloon East recorded a 32.54 percent turnout.
In the Election Committee constituency, 1,458 out of 1,466 registered electors voted, yielding a 99.45 percent turnout rate.
For functional constituencies, the cumulative turnout was 40.09 percent with 76,942 voters. Two sectors – Commercial (Third) and Technology and Innovation – saw 100 percent participation. Several other functional constituencies, including deputies to the National People's Congress and Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference members, fisheries and agriculture, and catering, all recorded turnout rates exceeding 96 percent.
Approximately 615 ordinary polling stations have been set up for this election, primarily located in schools, community centers, and government facilities. Some 10 dedicated polling stations for civil servants were also set up for the first time.
The election's voting hours have also been extended, running from 7.30am to 11.30pm.
Some 20 members will be directly elected by citizens through the geographical constituencies, while 30 members will be elected by functional constituencies. Approximately 1,500 electors of the Election Committee Constituency will cast their votes to elect 40 LegCo members.
Additionally, the voter turnout rate for the functional constituencies was recorded at 39.48 percent as of 10.30pm, while the voter turnout rate for the Election Committee constituency stood at 99.32 percent.
Two functional constituencies – Technology and Innovation, and Commercial (Third) – recorded a 100 percent voter turnout within four and a half hours. Records show that neither of these sectors reached full participation in the 2021 LegCo election, when no constituency achieved a complete turnout.
The election's fiercest contests were in the New Territories Northeast and Hong Kong Island West constituencies, each with five candidates vying for two seats.
In the New Territories Northeast constituency, candidates include the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong's chairman Gary Chan Hak-kan, the New People's Party's Dominic Lee Tsz-king as they seek for re-election, independent district councillor Allan Wong Wing-ho, the Federation of Trade Unions' district councillor Ku Wai-ping, and the Business and Professionals Alliance's district councillor Calvin Tang Siu-fung.
In the Hong Kong Island West constituency, there are five candidates, including three incumbent lawmakers Judy Chan Ka-pui of the New People's Party, Chan Hok-fung of the DAB, and Kwok Wai-keung of the FTU. The other two were incumbent district councillors Jeremy Young Chit-on of the Liberal Party and non-partisan Wong Chau-ping.
Meanwhile, as of 4pm, the Electoral Affairs Commission had received 245 election-related complaints, involving campaign activities in private and government buildings, election advertisements, and polling arrangements.
The commission's chairman David Lok Kai-hong said six polling stations near the border were set up for this election. He added that having a polling station at the airport shows travelers that Hong Kong respects and values civic responsibility, and that the commission will consider setting up outreach polling stations and additional border-adjacent stations in the future.
The MTR Corporation also launched a series of initiatives that included extending the first train service and deploying additional manpower to facilitate and encourage citizens to cast their votes in the election on Sunday.
Likewise, Airport Authority Hong Kong implemented facilitation arrangements to encourage airport staff to fulfil their civic duty, including permitting on-duty staff to adjust their schedules to vote as well.
