Hong Kong Election Committee polls go smoothly

A voter arrives at a polling station for the 2021 Election Committee Subsector Ordinary Elections at Kowloon Park on Sept 19, 2021. - China Daily

HONG KONG (China Daily/Asia News Network): The 2021 Election Committee Subsector Ordinary Elections ran smoothly on Sunday (Sept 19), with more than 80 per cent of voters casting their ballots in the first seven hours of the first election under the city’s new electoral system.

Around 80.51 per cent of the nearly 5,000 voters registered for the 13 contested subsectors had cast their ballots by 3pm. The turnout rate in all the subsectors surpassed 50 per cent, with Technology and Innovation reaching 98.15 per cent while the Legal subsector had a 100 per cent turnout.