| The Election | |
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| Genre | Political drama |
| Written by | Wong Wai-keung |
| Directed by | Wong Kwok-keung |
| Starring | Angelica Lee Liu Kai-chi Gregory Wong Kwok Fung Violet Li |
| Opening theme | "I'll Be There" by Eva Chan |
| Country of origin | Hong Kong |
| Original language | Cantonese |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 15 |
| Production | |
| Production location | Hong Kong |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 44–69 minutes |
| Production company | Hong Kong Television Network |
| Original release | |
| Release | 19 November 2014 – 21 February 2015 |
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| Traditional Chinese | 選戰 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 选战 | ||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Election campaign | ||||||||||
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The Election (Chinese: 選戰) is a political drama series produced by Hong Kong Television Network (HKTV). With a budget of HK$15 million, filming started in July 2014[1][2] and wrapped up on 28 October 2014.[3] Popularly voted to be the inaugural drama of HKTV, the first episode premiered on 19 November 2014,[4] and the remaining episodes were broadcast every Saturday. A second season was initially planned to start filming in February 2015 but was eventually postponed indefinitely.[5][6][7]
- ^ Leung, Stephen (16 October 2014). "HKTV – The Election is coming" (PDF). Guosen Securities. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
In order to further strengthen its program library, the company has started shooting a new TV series "The Election" in July, featuring Ms. Angelica Lee (李心洁) and Mr. Liu Kai Chi (廖启智) on a controversial story line along the election of the Chief Executive of Hong Kong.
- ^ Hsia, Heidi (16 July 2014). "Angelica Lee rumoured to star in new HKTV series". Yahoo! News. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
- ^ Chow, Vivienne (29 October 2014). "Political drama set to win HKTV's election". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
- ^ "港視開台劇全民公投 TVB台慶日啟播". Post 852. 27 October 2014. Archived from the original on 27 March 2016.
- ^ "Production for HKTV's "The Election 2" Indefinitely Postponed". JayneStars. 27 January 2015. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
- ^ ""The Election 2" may delay filming". Yahoo! News. 27 January 2015. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
- ^ "HKTV Plans Second Season of "The Election"". JayneStars. 27 November 2014. Retrieved 28 November 2014.