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The anti-establishment reverberations from almost six months of street protests swept through polling stations across Hong Kong on Sunday, as voters in record numbers roundly rejected pro-Beijing candidates in favour of pan-democrats.
The tsunami of disaffection among voters was clear across the board, as pan-democrats rode the wave to win big in poor and rich neighbourhoods, in both protest-prone and non protest-afflicted districts and, in downtown areas as well as the suburbs.
Less immediately obvious was whether there was a generational divide in the way the people voted but ousted pro-establishment district councillors suggested that young, first-time voters had been instrumental in dislodging them from their perch.
By 7am, the pro-democracy camp has gained a majority in at least 12 of the 18 district councils, taking 278 seats.
All councils were previously under pro-establishment control from the 2015 district council elections.
Youthful, fresh-faced candidates, many of whom were active in the anti-government protests roiling the city over the past six months, were among prominent winners of the historic district council electionswhich had a record turnout of 2.94 million voters, representing 71.2 per cent of registered electors, up from the previous figure of 47 per cent in 2015.
In a stunning setback that could force an internal reshuffle, the city’s largest pro-establishment party, the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB), which fielded 179 candidates, won only 21 seats as of 5.30am on Monday.
Their chairwoman Starry Lee Wai-king defended her seat in To Kwa Wan North, Kowloon City district. Lee fended off former lawmaker “Long Hair” Leung Kwok-hung of the pro-democracy camp.
The dramatically changing colour of the 452-member district council map from the predominantly blue stronghold of the pro-Beijing ranks, which held 292 seats before the polls, to the pan-democratic camp’s yellow hue became clear from early on as counting began when polls closed at 10.30pm.
The pro-Beijing camp had only managed to secure 42 seats, as of 7am. Independents, who are not endorsed by either camp, have won 24 seats.
Although the district councils handle local matters and have no direct say over the chief executive’s programme, the elections were seen as a barometer of support either for the anti-government protest movement or for the embattled leader Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor and her handling of the roiling unrest.
With the thrashing suffered by the pro-Beijing camp, the government’s allies, it would appear Lam’s position could become more even more difficult, even as she herself on Sunday tried to frame the elections to be one about district council matters.
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong...ections-tsunami-disaffection-washes-over-city
Massive blow to the CCP in Hong Kong!
The tsunami of disaffection among voters was clear across the board, as pan-democrats rode the wave to win big in poor and rich neighbourhoods, in both protest-prone and non protest-afflicted districts and, in downtown areas as well as the suburbs.
Less immediately obvious was whether there was a generational divide in the way the people voted but ousted pro-establishment district councillors suggested that young, first-time voters had been instrumental in dislodging them from their perch.
By 7am, the pro-democracy camp has gained a majority in at least 12 of the 18 district councils, taking 278 seats.
All councils were previously under pro-establishment control from the 2015 district council elections.
Youthful, fresh-faced candidates, many of whom were active in the anti-government protests roiling the city over the past six months, were among prominent winners of the historic district council electionswhich had a record turnout of 2.94 million voters, representing 71.2 per cent of registered electors, up from the previous figure of 47 per cent in 2015.
In a stunning setback that could force an internal reshuffle, the city’s largest pro-establishment party, the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB), which fielded 179 candidates, won only 21 seats as of 5.30am on Monday.
Their chairwoman Starry Lee Wai-king defended her seat in To Kwa Wan North, Kowloon City district. Lee fended off former lawmaker “Long Hair” Leung Kwok-hung of the pro-democracy camp.
The dramatically changing colour of the 452-member district council map from the predominantly blue stronghold of the pro-Beijing ranks, which held 292 seats before the polls, to the pan-democratic camp’s yellow hue became clear from early on as counting began when polls closed at 10.30pm.
The pro-Beijing camp had only managed to secure 42 seats, as of 7am. Independents, who are not endorsed by either camp, have won 24 seats.
Although the district councils handle local matters and have no direct say over the chief executive’s programme, the elections were seen as a barometer of support either for the anti-government protest movement or for the embattled leader Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor and her handling of the roiling unrest.
With the thrashing suffered by the pro-Beijing camp, the government’s allies, it would appear Lam’s position could become more even more difficult, even as she herself on Sunday tried to frame the elections to be one about district council matters.
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong...ections-tsunami-disaffection-washes-over-city
Massive blow to the CCP in Hong Kong!
