{
  "id": 12887379,
  "title": "471 nominations received in two days for EC poll",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/471-nominations-received-in-two-days-for-ec-poll-12887379",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-08T14:12:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "RTHK News",
    "slug": "rthk-news",
    "url": "https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1873209-20261008.htm"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Electoral officials have reported receiving a total of 471 nominations for the 2026 Election Committee Subsector Ordinary Elections. This total comprises 465 nomination forms from candidates and six from designated bodies, collected over the first two days of the nomination period.\n\nThe nominations were received from Wednesday, when the nomination period began, up to and including Thursday. On the second day alone, 164 nominations were submitted, with 160 being from candidates and four from designated bodies.\n\nThe Election Committee, which consists of 1,500 members, is set to elect the chief executive and 40 members of the Legislative Council. The poll is scheduled to take place on November 22, with the nomination period running until October 20.",
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      {
        "outlet": "RTHK English",
        "title": "471 nominations received in two days for EC poll",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/471-nominations-received-in-two-days-for-ec-poll",
        "published": "2026-10-08T14:12:06.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}