Sixty-eight village representative vacancies will be open to nominations for by-election candidates from April 19 to May 2.

The by-elections will cover nine indigenous inhabitant representative and 59 resident representative posts for 68 villages.

To run in the indigenous inhabitant representative by-elections, a candidate must be an indigenous inhabitant as well as an elector of the indigenous village and ordinarily reside in Hong Kong.

As for the resident representative by-elections, a candidate must be a resident of the existing village and have lived there for six years immediately preceding the nomination. He or she must also be an elector of the village.

All candidates of both categories must be permanent Hong Kong residents aged 21 or above. No one can stand as a candidate in more than one village. Each candidate must be nominated by at least five electors from that village. Each elector may nominate only one candidate for his or her village.

Nominate now

Nomination forms will be available at the public enquiry service centres of the New Territories District Offices, the Home Affairs Department and the Village Representative Elections' website.

Forms must be submitted in person to the District Officer of the respective village, by 5pm on May 2.

If there is more than one validly nominated candidate for the same village, a poll will be held for that village on May 27. Eligible voters will receive a polling notice which specifies the date, time and place of the poll.

For enquiries call 2152 1521.