### Legislative Council Ordinance 《立法會條例》

48. Who is entitled to vote at an election
(1) A person is entitled to vote at an election for a geographical constituency or functional constituency only if the person is registered as an elector for the constituency. (Amended 14 of 2021 s. 319)
(2)-(3) (Repealed 25 of 2003 s. 31)(3A)-(3C) (Repealed 25 of 2003 s. 31)(3D) A person is entitled to vote at an election for the Election Committee constituency only if the person is a member of the Election Committee. (Added 14 of 2021 s. 319)
(4) An elector registered for a constituency is entitled to vote only once at an election to return a Member for a constituency, unless otherwise expressly provided by this Ordinance.
(5) A person registered as an elector for a geographical constituency or functional constituency may not be prevented from voting at an election for the constituency only because the person’s name should not have been included in the final register prepared for the constituency. (Amended 14 of 2021 s. 319)
(6) (Repealed 25 of 2003 s. 31)(7) Subsection (5) does not— (Amended 25 of 2003 s. 31)
(a) preclude the Court from making a determination under section 67; (Amended 18 of 2011 s. 4)
(aa) preclude the Court of Final Appeal from making a determination under section 70B; or (Added 18 of 2011 s. 4)
(b) affect the person’s liability to be charged with, and convicted of, an offence relating to voting at the election concerned.
(8) A corporate elector may vote at an election only by its authorized representative.
(9) Despite sections 32 and 33, only electors whose names are included in the final register of functional constituencies published for 2011 under section 32 are entitled to vote at a by-election held between the date of the publication and 31 May 2012 to return a Member for any functional constituency. (Added 2 of 2011 s. 24)

### Legislative Council Ordinance 《立法會條例》

49. System of voting and counting of votes: geographical constituencies
(1) Voting and counting of votes at a poll for the return of Members for a geographical constituency is to be conducted in accordance with the simple or relative majority system of election (otherwise known as the “first past the post” voting system) whereby an elector may vote for 1 candidate.
(2) The candidates to be returned as Members for a geographical constituency at a general election are the 2 candidates who obtain the greatest and next greatest numbers of votes.
(3) Subsection (2) applies with any necessary modifications to a by-election to fill vacancies among the Members to be returned for a geographical constituency.
(4) If, after the counting is finished at an election for a geographical constituency, 1 or 2 Members are still to be returned for the constituency and the most successful candidates remaining have an equal number of votes—
(a) the Returning Officer must determine the result of the election for the purpose of returning the Member or Members still to be returned by drawing lots; and
(b) the candidate or candidates on whom the lot falls is or are to be returned at the election.
(5) Subject to subsection (7), as soon as practicable after determining the result of an election for a geographical constituency, the Returning Officer must publicly declare as elected the candidate or candidates who were successful at the election.
(6) Subsection (7) applies if, before declaring the result of an election for a geographical constituency—
(a) proof is given to the satisfaction of the Returning Officer that the candidate or a candidate who was successful at the election (successful candidate

### Legislative Council Ordinance 《立法會條例》

51. System of voting and counting of votes: functional constituencies
(Amended 14 of 2021 s. 322)(1) (Repealed 14 of 2021 s. 322)(2) Voting and counting of votes at a poll for the return of a Member or Members for a functional constituency is to be conducted in accordance with the simple or relative majority system of election (otherwise known as the “first past the post” voting system) whereby an elector may vote for as many candidates as there are vacancies and no more. (Amended 14 of 2021 s. 322)
(3) If the election is for a single-member functional constituency that is contested by 2 or more candidates, the candidate to be returned as a Member is the candidate who obtains the greater or greatest number of votes.
(4) If the election is for a triple-member functional constituency that is contested by 4 or more candidates at a general election, the candidates to be returned as Members are the 3 candidates who obtain the greatest and next 2 greatest numbers of votes.
(5) Subsection (4) applies with any necessary modifications to a by-election to return fewer than 3 Members for a triple-member constituency.
(6) If, after the counting is finished at an election for a functional constituency, a Member or Members is still to be returned for the constituency and the most successful candidates have an equal number of votes, the Returning Officer must determine the result of the election by drawing lots. The candidate or candidates on whom the lot falls is or are to be returned at the election. (Amended 48 of 1999 s. 35; 14 of 2021 s. 322)
(7) Subject to subsection (9), as soon as practicable after determining the result of an election for a functional constituency, the Returning Officer must publicly declare as elected the candidate or candidates who were successful at the election. (Amended 14 of 2021 s. 322)
(8) Subsection (9) applies if, before declaring the result of an election for a functional constituency—
(a) proof is given to the satisfaction of the Returning Officer that the candidate or a candidate who was successful at the election (successful candidate