Election line-up will be known soon

Anybody thinking of standing in next month's House of Keys general election has until 1pm on Tuesday (August 30) to declare.

Nomination papers must be handed in to the 15 constituency returning officers during the three hours from 10am.

There are currently 64 candidates, compared with 55 for the last general election in 2006.

The period for handing in papers is following by a further hour for objections to be raised, so the final line-up of candidates won't be made public until just after 2pm.

Polling day is Thursday, September 29.

Potential candidates can visit gov.im/cso/election for information about their returning officer, if they need to ask any questions.