1999 District Councils Election
Report on the 1999 District Councils Election (3.4.2000)
Nature |
No. of cases received |
|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cases received by REO |
Cases referred from Returning Officers |
Cases referred from ICAC |
Cases referred from the Police |
Total |
||
1 |
Election advertisements |
189 |
4 |
7 |
1 |
201 |
2 |
Electioneering activities on private premises |
99 |
10 |
3 |
0 |
112 |
3 |
Entitlement to vote |
11 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
15 |
4 |
Allocation of polling stations |
7 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
5 |
Nomination and candidature |
7 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
6 |
Election expenses |
17 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
20 |
7 |
False statements |
82 |
25 |
2 |
0 |
109 |
8 |
False claims of support |
25 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
31 |
9 |
Omission of printing details on election advertisements |
16 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
19 |
10 |
Corruption and illegal practices |
25 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
28 |
11 |
Employment of young persons under 18 years of age for canvassing/electioneering activities |
10 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
11 |
12 |
False/mass registration |
14 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
16 |
13 |
Disturbances to electors caused by use of loudspeakers/telephone canvassing/shouting electors' names in common areas of the premises |
113 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
114 |
14 |
Personal data privacy |
8 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
15 |
Unfair and unequal treatment by the media |
20 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
23 |
16 |
Polling arrangements |
19 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
21 |
17 |
No-canvassing zone arrangements |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
18 |
Canvassing activities in no-canvassing zones/no-staying zones |
72 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
72 |
19 |
Conduct of exit polls |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
20 |
Complaints against Returning Officers |
7 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
21 |
Complaints against polling staff |
44 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
50 |
22 |
Counting arrangements |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
23 |
Complaints outside the Complaints Committee's purview |
6 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
24 |
Others |
72 |
13 |
3 |
0 |
88 |
Total |
866 |
89 |
19 |
1 |
975 |
|
Action completed |
866 |
89 |
19 |
1 |
975 |
|
Outstanding |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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