Photo taken on March 12, 2021 shows the exterior of the headquarters of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government and the Legislative Council in Hong Kong, south China. [Photo/Xinhua]
The election for the seventh-term Legislative Council (LegCo) of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region kicked off Sunday Morning, the first since the improvement to the HKSAR electoral system.
More than 600 polling stations opened at 8:30 a.m. local time across Hong Kong for about 4.5 million registered electors to cast their votes.
The membership of the seventh term of the HKSAR LegCo will increase from 70 to 90, and the members are to be elected by the Election Committee constituency (40 seats), functional constituencies (30 seats), and geographical constituencies (20 seats), respectively.
Voting will end at 10:30 p.m. local time Sunday.