The 40 lawmakers-elect from the Election Committee constituency were announced shortly after polls for the 2025 Legislative Council election closed on Sunday, with 24 incumbents all winning re-election alongside 16 new faces.

Many of the winners spoke of the need for the new-term legislature to get to work quickly to hasten relief for victims of the Tai Po fire, and ensure systemic inadequacies that contributed to the spread of the inferno are quickly addressed.

Incumbent Johnny Ng said he would focus on working together with the government to bring in necessary reforms.

"Chief Executive John Lee said the first government motion (of the new term) will be about the Tai Po fire tragedy,” Ng said.

“I think we need to think about any shortcomings and any loopholes – we need to fix them all."

Hong Kong Council of Social Service chairman Peter Koon also won back his seat.

He said he will work to improve coordination within the social services sector to provide timely assistance to survivors of the Tai Po blaze.

"I think the most important is about regulations – maybe some of the regulations are outdated,” Koon said.

“We need to review some of the regulations, especially fire regulations – I think it’s very important.”

Another familiar face, New People's Party's legislator-elect Adrian Ho, said despite the win, this is no time to celebrate as the city continues to grieve the 159 lives lost in the tragedy.

"There's so much work that needs to be done regarding the Tai Po fire... It's no time to celebrate, we're not in a celebrating mode," he said.

"I can only say that I'm glad to be wearing the lawmaker-elect hat again."

The top vote-getter in the Election Committee constituency was Perry Yiu – who served in the previous Legco term as the representative for the tourism sector functional constituency.

Yiu, who received 1,397 votes out of 1,458 ballots cast, thinks being candidate number one out of 50 hopefuls had helped his numbers.

He said he was honoured to receive the trust of the voters, adding that he’s used to coordinating between different sectors and believes that he can make greater contributions as an Election Committee lawmaker.

Yan Chan was the “vote queen” of the Election Committee – garnering the second most votes, just 11 behind Yiu.

She said councillors-elect all want to get to work very soon during these challenging times.

"Health issues must be among my top priorities, because we're facing shortages of doctors and nurses. We're also facing an ageing problem. So I wish to discuss more in Legco how to tackle the ageing problem with artificial intelligence," she said.

New faces set to join the Election Committee constituency include former president of the Law Society, Thomas So, and the former chairman of the Junior Police Officers’ Association, Joe Chan.