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Legislative Council Election | Netizens in the nomination period are concerned about calling for unqualified votes to violate the bill. This sector has become the focus of attention

2021-11-17T04:45:12.506Z


At the end of the nomination period for the Legislative Council, a total of 154 nomination forms were received. For the first time, all seats were in competition. Many of them were new faces running for the first time. Under the new electoral system, what are the concerns of netizens? Which sector


At the end of the nomination period for the Legislative Council, a total of 154 nomination forms were received. For the first time, all seats were in competition. Many of them were new faces running for the first time.

Under the new electoral system, what are the concerns of netizens?

Which sector and candidates are the most talked about?


The analysis of this article is provided by the source big data xMiner platform to provide technical and data support


This analysis analyzes the election-related Facebook, Instagram and forum online posts from the beginning of the nomination period of the Legislative Council election to two days after the end (October 30 to November 14), including 3,629 main posts and 73,406 replies, data Posts showing that someone has been arrested for calling for a white vote or not to vote are the most popular, reflecting the concern of netizens.

The Independent Commission Against Corruption arrested 3 people on suspicion of violating the "Elections (Corrupt and Illegal Conduct) Ordinance" last Tuesday (9th) and reposted Xu Zhifeng’s social network post on the Internet. The post called on the public to vote in vain in the Legislative Council election. A person was arrested for the first time after the amendment of the regulations.

Netizens are concerned about the case, and the posts with the highest popularity in the discussion area are also related to the incident.

As for the posts with the highest popularity on social platforms, it is related to whether polling stations need to use peace of mind to travel, and Chen Yu'e (Sister E), who has participated in the election twice and is interested in making a comeback this time but was unable to obtain enough election committee nomination this time.

To join the electoral committee sector under the new election system, candidates also need to be nominated by a designated number and sector of electoral committees. In the end, 51 people signed up to compete for 40 seats, including academics, senior business leaders, etc., which made this sector popular The highest value is followed by direct elections in districts where the public has a vote.

Among the 154 candidates, the Southwest New Territories candidate who has been active on social platforms, the Federation of Trade Unions Chen Yingxin has the highest popularity. I believe that the attention mainly comes from his personal page.

Ranked second is another candidate from the Southwest New Territories, the DAB Chen Hengpin, who is running for re-election. The two have been running Facebook personal pages and YouTube channels, or one of the reasons why they are so popular.

Another candidate in the same district is Liu Zhuoyu.

The popularity of social platforms mainly comes from the posts posted on the individual or delegation pages of the candidates, and counts the responses of their netizens, while the differences in the forums are put forward by the netizens themselves.

In terms of discussion forums, many non-establishment camps under the new election system have naturally become topics, such as the Wong Tai Sin District Councillor Tan Heung-man who played in Kowloon Central, the outlying islands District Councillor Fang Lung Fei who participated in the election in the southwest of Hong Kong Island, as well as the new thinking of the self-proclaimed centrist who played in the social welfare sector. Di Zhiyuan.

Traditional political parties sent new people to participate in the war, including Chen Kairong, the youngest in this election, who was only 25 years old.

In addition, there are many more candidates with different backgrounds in the election for the first time, such as Guan Haoming, Secretary-General of the Anglican Province of the Election Committee, Sheng Zhiwen, Chairman of Lan Kwai Fong Group, and Director of Bank of Communications International Long Tan Yueheng is also on the list.

For the list of candidates from all sectors in the Legislative Council election,

please click here to refer to the "Hong Kong 01" election website.

Legislative Council Election|Analysis of 154 people participating in the election. Five pictures deployed in each section to see the latest election campaign. Legislative Council Election|Analysis of the age of voters in each district. The proportion of young voters in the New Territories East One Demolished Three Greatly Reduced the Legislative Council Election|Analysis of the lower 10 districts Previous voter turnouts reveal particularly high immigration tides in the two New Territories | Netizens are most concerned about the cost of living, and the three major immigration hotspots for children to go to school have caused negative comments on the policy address.

Source: hk1

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